Charles Furse (priest)

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 William Johnson, of Great Torrington, Devon, 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.[3] He was ordained in 1848. After curacies at St Andrew the Apostle, Clewer[4] and Christ Church, Albany Street he was Vicar of Staines.[5] He was then Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon[6] and concurrently Chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford.[7] He was the incumbent at St John's, Smith Square, Westminster from 1883 until his appointment as Archdeacon of Westminster.[8]

Marriage and issue

He had married Jane Diana Monsell, second daughter of John Samuel Bewley Monsell, vicar of Egham. Their sons included the sculptor, Lt.-Gen. Sir William Furse, the artist Charles Wellington Furse, and Rt. Rev. Michael Furse.[9][10][11]

They had nine children:[12][13][14][15]

  • John Henry Monsell Furse (1860–1950), a prominent sculptor
  • Elisabeth Diana Furse (1862–1939)
  • Mary Theresa Furse (1863–1952)
  • Lt.-Gen. Sir William Thomas Furse (1865–1953)
  • Charles Wellington Furse (1868–1904), prominent painter, father of Rear-Admiral John Paul Wellington Furse
  • The Rt Rev Bolton Michael Furse (1870–1955)
  • Margaret Waller Furse (1872– )
  • Edith Furse (1874–1963) married Cecil Lubbock, mother of Colonel Michael Ronald Lubbock
  • John Monsell Furse (1876–1888)

Jane died in March 1876,[16] and Furse remarried Gertrude Louisa Barnett, daughter of MP Henry Barnett, in 1880,[17] and had two more children:

  • Emily Katharine Furse (1881–1911)
  • Herbert Reynolds Furse (1887–1956)
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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. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Furse, Charles Wellington" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. Geograph
  5. 'CONSECRATION of the BISHOP of OXFORD' The Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, January 26, 1870; pg. 5; Issue 29995
  6. 'Appointments' The Morning Post (London, England), Saturday, December 27, 1873; pg. 5; Issue 31667
  7. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1885 p497: London, Horace Cox, 1898
  8. ‘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
  9. McConkey, Kenneth. "Furse, Charles Wellington (1868–1904)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33299. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  10. "Obituary: Lt.-Gen. Sir William Furse". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 1 June 1953. p. 8.
  11. 1871 England Census
  12. Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813–1912
  13. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538–1812
  14. Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
  15. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1995
  16. Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813–1965
  17. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837–1915
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Frederick Farrar		 Archdeacon of Westminster
1894–1900		 Succeeded by
Basil Wilberforce
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