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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]], becoming a solicitor. 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><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> |
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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> |
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 19:41, 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, becoming a solicitor. He served in World War I, commanding the 1st British Honduras War Contingent, and then in the British West Indies Regiment.[2][3]
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][4] He died in the Mandeville Nursing Home on 1 March 1959.[5]
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.
- ^ "King William's College Register, 1833-1904". J. Maclehose. 1905. p. 277.
- ^ 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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