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. They had nine children including Lt.-Gen. Sir William Thomas Furse (1865–1953),[9] the painter Charles Wellington Furse (1868–1904),[10] and the Rt Rev Bolton Michael Furse (1870–1955).

Jane died in March 1876, and in 1880 Furse remarried Gertrude Louisa Barnett, daughter of MP Henry Barnett, and had two more children.

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. "Obituary: Lt.-Gen. Sir William Furse". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 1 June 1953. p. 8.
10. https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-33299