Charles Wellington Furse, MA, JP (born Johnson; 16 April 1821 – 2 August 1900) was

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from 1894 until his death. Furse was the third son of Charles Wellington Johnson, of

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, Devon,Bernard Burke 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

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and Balliol College, Oxford. He was

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in 1848. After

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at St Andrew the Apostle,

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and Christ Church, Albany Street he was

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of Staines. He was then Principal of Cuddesdon Theological College and concurrently Chaplain to the

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. He was the incumbent at

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, Westminster from 1883 until his appointment as

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: * 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), * Charles Wellington Furse (1868–1904), painter * 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, and on 7 January 1880 Furse married Gertrude Louisa Barnett, daughter of Henry Barnett , and had two more children: * Emily Katharine Furse (21 February 1881 – 8 July 1911) * Herbert Reynolds Furse (31 January 1887 – 1956)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Furse, Charles 19th-century English Anglican priests 1821 births People educated at Eton College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford 1900 deaths English justices of the peace Archdeacons of Westminster