Francis Ferris

Sir Francis Mursell Ferris (19 August 1932 – 26 March 2018) was a British High Court Judge.[1]

Francis Ferris was the son of Francis William Ferris and Elsie Lilian May Ferris (née Mursell).[1] He educated at Bryanston School and Oriel College, Oxford.[2] He became a High Court Judge (Chancery Division) during 1990–2005 and was a Queen's Counsel. He was appointed as an Honorary Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, in 2000.

Ferris was an amateur rower and the only person to be successively Captain (1957), Chairman (1971–1986), and President (1992–2007) of the Marlow Rowing Club at Marlow, Buckinghamshire on the River Thames.[2] He became a member of the Marlow Regatta's Committee in 1963, the Management Committee in 1999, and was elected as a Vice President in 2004.[3]

Francis Ferris married Sheila Elizabeth Hester Falloon Bedford in 1957 and had four children.[1][4] He was knighted in 1990.[5]

Coat of arms of Francis Ferris
Motto
My Deed Shall Match Thy Deed [6]

References
  1. "Ferris, Hon. Sir Francis (Mursell)". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U15665.
  2. "The Honourable Sir Francis Mursell Ferris 1932–2018". UK: Marlow Rowing Club. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  3. "Sir Francis Ferris QC". UK: Marlow Regatta. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  4. "Francis Mursell Ferris". The Times. UK. 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  5. "Honours and Awards" (PDF). The London Gazette. 20 March 1990. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  6. "Lincoln's Inn Great Hall, Ed52 Ferris, F". Baz Manning. Retrieved 19 December 2020.


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