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Christopher Furness, 1st Baron Furness (23 April 1852 – 10 November 1912) was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician.
Christopher Furness, 1st Baron Furness (1852-1912) of Christopher Furness and Co was a British businessman and Liberal politician. 1852 April 23rd. Born in West Hartlepool, Durham.
Furness, Sir Christopher, (1852-1912), 1st Baron Furness. This page summarises records created by this Person. The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s)...
Christopher Furness, 1st Baron Furness, (grandfather) Lieutenant Christopher Furness VC (17 May 1912 – 24 May 1940) was a British Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
He was knighted in 1895 and in 1910 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Furness, of Grantley in the West Riding of the County of Yorkshire. Moreover, in 1909 he was made an Honorary Freeman of West Hartlepool. In 1876 Furness married Jane Annette Suggit. They had one son, Marmaduke, born in 1883. Christopher Furness died on 10 November 1912 ...
- Male
- April 23, 1852
- Jane Annette Suggitt
- November 10, 1912
FURNESS, CHRISTOPHER, first Baron Furness, of Grantley (1852–1912), shipowner and industrialist, was born at West Hartlepool 23 April 1852. He was the seventh son of John Furness, provision merchant, of West Hartlepool, by his wife, Averill, daughter of John Wilson, of Naisbet Hall, co. Durham.
Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness (29 October 1883 – 6 October 1940) was a British shipping magnate and during his lifetime one of the richest men in the world.
