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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. [1] [2] [3]
Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness (née Morgan, 23 August 1904 – 29 January 1970), was a mistress of King Edward VIII while he was Prince of Wales. She was supplanted in his affections by Wallis Simpson, for whose sake Edward abdicated, becoming the Duke of Windsor.
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Furness was the son of Christopher Furness, 1st Baron Furness and Jane Annette Suggit. He served as Chairman of Furness Withy, the shipbuilding firm, and was also involved in the steel and iron business. He succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Furness in 1912, and in 1918 was created Viscount Furness, of Grantley in the West Riding of the County of Yo...
Lord Furness was married three times. His first marriage was to Ada "Daisy" Hogg, daughter of an English businessman, G. J. H. Hogg of Seaton Carew. She was heavily involved in the Red Cross during World War I. She died on 28 February 1921, aboard the Furness yacht Sapphire off the coast of Portugal, while recovering from an operation and was burie...
Lord Furness died on 6 October 1940, aged 56, 5 months after his son Christopher was killed in the Battle of Arras. He was succeeded by his younger and only surviving son, Tony, as second viscount.
Obituary in The Times, Lord Furness - Shipbuilder And Owner Of Steelworks, October 9, 1940, p.7Book: Spence, Lyndsy. The Grit in the Pearl: The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll. February 11, 2019. History Press. 9780750991063. Google Books.Book: Campbell, Lady Colin. The Queen Mother: The Untold Story of Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, Who Became Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. April 24, 2012. St. Martin's Press. 9781250018960. Google Books.Book: Who's Who: Anyone who is, or was anyone...in their own words. Oxford University Press.Jun 1, 2023 · Marmaduke Furness was the son of Christopher Furness, 1st Baron Furness and Jane Annette Suggit. He served as Chairman of Furness Withy, the shipbuilding firm, and was also involved in the steel and iron business.
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Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness was born on 29 October 1883. 2 He was the son of Christopher Furness, 1st Baron Furness and Jane Annette Suggitt. 2 He married, firstly, Daisy Hogg, daughter of G. J. H. Hogg, on 1 November 1904. 2 He married, secondly, Thelma Morgan, daughter of Harry Hays Morgan and Laura Delphine Kilpatrick, on 27 June ...
Feb 28, 2020 · Born to a wealthy wine-making family in Australia in 1892, Enid Furness had already been widowed twice before she married the world's sixth richest man, Viscount Marmaduke Furness, at the age of 41.
Biography of Marmaduke Furness 1st Viscount Furness 1833-1940 including his birth, marriages, death and life events, life events of his siblings, and his ancestry to five generations, royal ancestors and royal descendants.
