Charles Furse (priest)

Charles Wellington Furse

Charles Wellington Furse, MA, JP (born Johnson; 16 April 1821 – 2 August 1900) was Archdeacon of Westminster from 1894[1] until his death.[2]

Furse was the third son of Charles Wellington Johnson, of Great Torrington, Devon,[3] and his wife Theresa Furze. In 1854, he changed his surname from Johnson to Furse in 1854, to inherit from his maternal uncle John Furze (Furse). He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford.[4] He was ordained in 1848. After curacies at St Andrew the Apostle, Clewer[5] and Christ Church, Albany Street he was Vicar of Staines.[6] He was then Principal of Cuddesdon Theological College[7] and concurrently Chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford.[8] He was the incumbent at St John's, Smith Square, Westminster from 1883 until his appointment as Archdeacon of Westminster.[9]

Marriage and issue

On 24 February 1859, Furse married Jane Diana Monsell, second daughter of John Samuel Bewley Monsell, vicar of Egham. They had ten children:[3]

  • John Henry Monsell Furse (6 March 1860 – 5 April 1950), sculptor
  • Charles Cyril Furse (19 June 1861 – 21 March 1862)
  • Elizabeth Diana Furse (1862–1939), married John Primatt Maud, Bishop of Kensington
  • Mary Theresa Furse (1863–1952), married Charles Abraham, Bishop of Derby
  • Lt.-Gen. Sir William Thomas Furse (1865–1953),[10]
  • Charles Wellington Furse (1868–1904), painter[11]
  • Rt. Rev. Bolton Michael Furse (1870–1955), Bishop of Pretoria and Bishop of St. Albans
  • Margaret Furse
  • Edith Furse (1874–1960), married Cecil Lubbock, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England
  • John Monsell Furse (1877–1888)

Jane died in March 1877,[3] and on 7 January 1880 Furse married Gertrude Louisa Barnett, daughter of Henry Barnett MP, and had two more children:[3]

  • Emily Katharine Furse (21 February 1881 – 8 July 1911)
  • Herbert Reynolds Furse (31 January 1887 – 1956)

References

  1. ^ Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Dec 12, 1894; pg. 8; Issue 34445
  2. ^ "Archdeacon Furse." The Times (London, England), Friday, Aug 03, 1900; pg. 4; Issue 36211
  3. ^ a b c d Bernard Burke A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of ..., Volume 1, (1894), p. 524, at Google Books
  4. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Furse, Charles Wellington" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  5. ^ Geograph
  6. ^ 'CONSECRATION of the BISHOP of OXFORD' The Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, January 26, 1870; pg. 5; Issue 29995
  7. ^ 'Appointments' The Morning Post (London, England), Saturday, December 27, 1873; pg. 5; Issue 31667
  8. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1885 p497: London, Horace Cox, 1898
  9. ^ ‘FURSE, Ven. Charles Wellington’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 15 Oct 2017
  10. ^ "Obituary: Lt.-Gen. Sir William Furse". The Times. 1 June 1953. p. 8.
  11. ^ "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33299. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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