Robert Howard Furness
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 of 129 Belizean men who sailed for Europe on HMT Verdala; and then in the British West Indies Regiment.[2][3][4] He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1919.[5]
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][6] He died in the Mandeville Nursing Home on 1 March 1959.[7]
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.
- ^ Bisher, Jamie (2016). The Intelligence War in Latin America, 1914-1922. McFarland. p. 62. ISBN 9781476620268.
- ^ The Law Journal. Law journal. 1959. p. 174.
- ^ 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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