Biography of Christopher Furness 1st Baron Furness 1852-1912

On 23 Apr 1852 Christopher Furness 1st Baron Furness was born to John Furness of West Hartlepool and Averill Eastor Wilson.

On 16 May 1867 Christopher Furness 1st Baron Furness (age 15) and Jane Annette Suggitt Baroness Furness were married.

On 29 Oct 1883 [his son] Marmaduke Furness 1st Viscount Furness was born to Christopher Furness 1st Baron Furness (age 31) and [his wife] Jane Annette Suggitt Baroness Furness.

In 1891 Christopher Furness 1st Baron Furness (age 38) was elected MP The Hartlepools at a by-election which seat he held until 1895.

In 1900 Christopher Furness 1st Baron Furness (age 47) was elected MP The Hartlepools at a by-election which seat he held until 1910 when his re-election was declared void after an electoral petition..

The London Gazette 28398. Whitehall, July 21, 1910.

The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to confer the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom upon the undermentioned gentlemen, and the heirs male of their respective bodies lawfully begotten:—

The Right Honourable Richard Knight Causton (age 66), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Southwark of Southwark in the County of London. [Note. Selina Mary Chambers Baroness Southwark (age 58) by marriage Baroness Southwark of Southwark in London.]

The Right Honourable Sir Balthazar Walter Foster (age 70), Knight, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Ilkeston of Ilkeston in the County of Derby.

The Right Honourable Sir Hudson Ewbanke Kearley, Baronet, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Devonport of Wittington in the County of Buckingham.

Sir Weetman Dickinson Pearson, Baronet, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Cowdray of Midhurst in the County of Sussex.

Sir William Henry Holland (age 60), Baronet, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Rotherham, of Broughton in the County Palatine of Lancaster.

Sir Christopher Furness (age 58), Knight, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Furness of Grantley in the West Riding of the County of York. [Note. [his wife] Jane Annette Suggitt Baroness Furness by marriage Baroness Furness of Grantley in the West Riding of Yorkshire.]

Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Esquire, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Willingdon of Ratton in the County of Sussex.

On 10 Nov 1912 Christopher Furness 1st Baron Furness (age 60) died. His son [his son] Marmaduke Furness 1st Viscount Furness (age 29) succeeded 2nd Baron Furness of Grantley in the West Riding of Yorkshire.