Baron Furness of Grantley in the West Riding of Yorkshire

Baron Furness of Grantley in the West Riding of Yorkshire is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.

Summary

21st July 1910. Christopher Furness 1st Baron Furness [aged 58] created.

10th November 1912. Son Marmaduke Furness 1st Viscount Furness [aged 29] succeeded.

6th October 1940. Son William Anthony Furness 2nd Viscount Furness [aged 11] succeeded.

1st May 1995. William Anthony Furness 2nd Viscount Furness extinct.

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 [aged 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 [aged 58] by marriage Baroness Southwark of Southwark in London.]

The Right Honourable Sir Balthazar Walter Foster [aged 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 [aged 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 [aged 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. 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 10th November 1912 Christopher Furness 1st Baron Furness [aged 60] died. His son Marmaduke [aged 29] succeeded 2nd Baron Furness of Grantley in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

On 6th October 1940 Marmaduke Furness 1st Viscount Furness [aged 56] died. His son William [aged 11] succeeded 2nd Viscount Furness of Grantley in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 3rd Baron Furness of Grantley in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

On 1st May 1995 William Anthony Furness 2nd Viscount Furness [aged 66] died unmarried. Viscount Furness of Grantley in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Baron Furness of Grantley in the West Riding of Yorkshire extinct.