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Sir '''Robert Howard Furness''' was [[Chief Justice of Barbados]], after which he became [[Chief Justice of Jamaica]] from April 1936.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34277|date=24 April 1936|page=2624}}</ref>
'''Sir Robert Howard Furness''' (1880–1959) was a British [[Chief Justice of Barbados]], after which he became [[Chief Justice of Jamaica]] from April 1936.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34277|date=24 April 1936|page=2624}}</ref>

==Life==
He was the son of Robert Pratt Furness of [[Preston, Lancashire]], a business agent for Pearson & Knowles Ltd., and his wife Margaret Rue, born in 1880. He was educated at [[King William's College]], becoming a solicitor. He worked for Rawsthorn, Ambler & Booth, in Preston.<ref name="Kelly">{{cite book|last=Kelly's|title=Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes|year=1943|publisher=Kelly's Directories.|page=1685}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=King William's College Register, 1833-1904 |url=https://archive.org/details/kingwilliamscol00mangoog/page/n332 |page=277 |publisher=J. Maclehose |language=English |date=1905}}</ref><ref name="Gleaner">{{cite news |title=Kingston Gleaner Newspaper Archives, Jul 1, 1929, p. 16 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner-jul-01-1929-p-16/ |page=16 |work=newspaperarchive.com |date=1 July 1929 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=World Biography |date=1948 |publisher=Institute for Research in Biography |page=1892 |language=en}}</ref>

Furness moved to [[British Honduras]] (now Belize) to practice in 1906.<ref name="Gleaner"/> He took the post of Registrar-General there in 1913.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Government |first1=Great Britain |title=Report by His Britannic Majesty's Government to the Council of the League of Nations on the administration of the British sphere of Togoland |date=1938 |page=19 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Price |first1=E. D. |last2=Palmer |first2=William |last3=Hall |first3=Hammond |last4=Ingram |first4=Thomas Allan |title=Hazell's annual ... a cyclopædic record of men and topics of the day .. |url=https://archive.org/details/hazellsannualcy1916pric_2/page/145 |page=145 |publisher=London : Hazell, Watson & Viney, ld.[sic] [etc.]; H. Frowde, Oxford University press [etc.] |date=1917}}</ref> He served in [[World War I]], commanding the 1st British Honduras War Contingent of 129 Belizean men who sailed for Europe on HMT ''Verdala'' on 4 November 1915; and then as an officer in the [[British West Indies Regiment]], in France and Egypt.<ref name="Kelly"/><ref name="Gleaner"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Bisher |first1=Jamie |title=The Intelligence War in Latin America, 1914-1922 |date=2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476620268 |page=62 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GTXECwAAQBAJ&pg=PA62 |language=en}}</ref> He was [[called to the bar]] at [[Lincoln's Inn]] in 1919.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Law Journal |date=1959 |publisher=Law journal |page=174 |language=en}}</ref>

Furness then held legal posts in [[Tanganyika (territory)|Tanganyika]] and [[Trinidad and Tobago]], where he was Solicitor-General. He was Chief Justice in Barbados from 1926 to 1936; then Chief Justice in Jamaica. He was knighted in 1929.<ref name="Kelly"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Teelucksingh |first1=J. |title=Labour and the Decolonization Struggle in Trinidad and Tobago |date=2014 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9781137462336 |page=218 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Ri-BQAAQBAJ&pg=PT218 |language=en}}</ref> He died in the Mandeville Nursing Home on 1 March 1959.<ref>{{cite web |title=March 1 |url=http://digjamaica.com/m/our-past/this-day-in-our-past/march_this_day_in_our_past/march_1/ |website=diG Jamaica |date=12 June 2018}}</ref>

==Family==
Furness married in 1917 Helen Frances Elizabeth Smyth, daughter of Arthur Smyth of [[Garvagh]], [[Royal Marine Light Infantry]]. They had one daughter.<ref name="Kelly"/>

Charles Clifford Furness DSO (born 1877) was his brother.<ref>{{cite book |title=Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage |date=1931 |publisher=Kelly's Directories |page=1630 |language=en}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://ww1latinamerica.weebly.com/wwi-in-belize.html ''World War I in Belize'']

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Latest revision as of 05:59, 29 August 2022

Sir Robert Howard Furness (1880–1959) was a British Chief Justice of Barbados, after which he became Chief Justice of Jamaica from April 1936.[1]

Life

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He was the son of Robert Pratt Furness of Preston, Lancashire, a business agent for Pearson & Knowles Ltd., and his wife Margaret Rue, born in 1880. He was educated at King William's College, becoming a solicitor. He worked for Rawsthorn, Ambler & Booth, in Preston.[2][3][4][5]

Furness moved to British Honduras (now Belize) to practice in 1906.[4] He took the post of Registrar-General there in 1913.[6][7] He served in World War I, commanding the 1st British Honduras War Contingent of 129 Belizean men who sailed for Europe on HMT Verdala on 4 November 1915; and then as an officer in the British West Indies Regiment, in France and Egypt.[2][4][8] He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1919.[9]

Furness then held legal posts in Tanganyika and Trinidad and Tobago, where he was Solicitor-General. He was Chief Justice in Barbados from 1926 to 1936; then Chief Justice in Jamaica. He was knighted in 1929.[2][10] He died in the Mandeville Nursing Home on 1 March 1959.[11]

Family

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Furness married in 1917 Helen Frances Elizabeth Smyth, daughter of Arthur Smyth of Garvagh, Royal Marine Light Infantry. They had one daughter.[2]

Charles Clifford Furness DSO (born 1877) was his brother.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 34277". The London Gazette. 24 April 1936. p. 2624.
  2. ^ a b c d Kelly's (1943). Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes. Kelly's Directories. p. 1685.
  3. ^ "King William's College Register, 1833-1904". J. Maclehose. 1905. p. 277.
  4. ^ a b c "Kingston Gleaner Newspaper Archives, Jul 1, 1929, p. 16". newspaperarchive.com. 1 July 1929. p. 16.
  5. ^ World Biography. Institute for Research in Biography. 1948. p. 1892.
  6. ^ Government, Great Britain (1938). Report by His Britannic Majesty's Government to the Council of the League of Nations on the administration of the British sphere of Togoland. p. 19.
  7. ^ Price, E. D.; Palmer, William; Hall, Hammond; Ingram, Thomas Allan (1917). "Hazell's annual ... a cyclopædic record of men and topics of the day ." London : Hazell, Watson & Viney, ld.[sic] [etc.]; H. Frowde, Oxford University press [etc.] p. 145.
  8. ^ Bisher, Jamie (2016). The Intelligence War in Latin America, 1914-1922. McFarland. p. 62. ISBN 9781476620268.
  9. ^ The Law Journal. Law journal. 1959. p. 174.
  10. ^ Teelucksingh, J. (2014). Labour and the Decolonization Struggle in Trinidad and Tobago. Springer. p. 218. ISBN 9781137462336.
  11. ^ "March 1". diG Jamaica. 12 June 2018.
  12. ^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. 1931. p. 1630.
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