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He was the son of R. P. Furness of [[Preston]], Lancashire, born in 1880, and was educated at [[King William's College]]. He served in [[World War I]], commanding the 1st British Honduras War Contingent, and then in the [[British West Indies Regiment]].<ref name="Kelly">{{cite book|last=Kelly's|first=|title=Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes|year=1943|publisher=Kelly's Directories.|page=1685}}</ref> |
He was the son of R. P. Furness of [[Preston]], Lancashire, born in 1880, and was educated at [[King William's College]]. He served in [[World War I]], commanding the 1st British Honduras War Contingent, and then in the [[British West Indies Regiment]].<ref name="Kelly">{{cite book|last=Kelly's|first=|title=Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes|year=1943|publisher=Kelly's Directories.|page=1685}}</ref> |
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Furness held legal posts in [[British Honduras]], [[Tanganyika]] and [[Trinidad]]. He was Chief Justice in Barbados from 1926 to 1936; then Chief Justice in Jamaica. He was knighted in 1929.<ref name="Kelly"/> 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> |
Furness held legal posts in [[British Honduras]], [[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.co.uk/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> |
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Revision as of 19:34, 15 June 2019
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
He was the son of R. P. Furness of Preston, Lancashire, born in 1880, and was educated at King William's College. He served in World War I, commanding the 1st British Honduras War Contingent, and then in the British West Indies Regiment.[2]
Furness held legal posts in British Honduras, 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][3] He died in the Mandeville Nursing Home on 1 March 1959.[4]
Family
Furness married in 1917 Helen Frances Elizabeth Smyth, daughter of Arthur Smyth of Garvagh, Royal Marine Light Infantry. They had one daughter.[2]
References
- ^ "No. 34277". The London Gazette. 24 April 1936. p. 2624.
- ^ a b c Kelly's (1943). Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes. Kelly's Directories. p. 1685.
- ^ Teelucksingh, J. (2014). Labour and the Decolonization Struggle in Trinidad and Tobago. Springer. p. 218. ISBN 9781137462336.
- ^ "March 1:". diG Jamaica. 12 June 2018.
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