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Name: FURNESS, Marmaduke 'Duke', 1st Viscount, Lord

Nee: 1st Viscount Furness, son of Sir C. Furness of Tunstall Court, West Hartlepool

Birth Date: 29 Oct 1883 West Hartlepool

Death Date: 6 Oct 1940 Cap Ferrat, France

Last Date: 1940

Profession: Shipbuilder and an Iron and Steel Works and Colliery proprietor

Married: 1. In Co. Durham 1 Nov 1904 Ada 'Daisy' Hogg b. 29 Mar 1880 Seaton Carew, d. 28 Feb 1921 at sea off Cadiz; 2. 1926 Mrs Thelma Converse née Morgan b. 23 Aug 1904 Lucerne, d. 29 Jan 1970 Beverly Hills, California (div. 1933); 3. In London 3 Aug 1933 Mrs Enid Maude Cavendish née Lindeman b. 8 Jan 1892 Burwood, NSW, d. 5 Jan 1973 S. Africa (see her entry)

Children: 1. Christopher (17 May 1912 St Pancras, London-24 May 1940 killed in action Arras, VC); Averill (22 July 1908 North Hartlepool-1936), William Anthony (2nd Viscount Furness) (31 Mar 1929-1995)

Book Reference: Markham, Debrett, Kingsley-Heath, Eton

School: Eton

General Information:

Extremely wealthy. Paid for Beryl Markham's nose job - done by Sir Archibald McIndoe

Markham - 1931 - Furness' white hunter was Andrew Rattray. Furness' own daughter Averill had a growing crush on Rattray ................ In Kenya the Africans called Lord Furness 'Champagne Lordy'. Beryl Markham let him pay out for things beyond her reach in the summer of 1931. She made good friends of Lord Furness and Enid.

Kingsley-Heath - English Earl who hunted with Syd Downey before the 1939-45 war. He was Chairman of the board of the Furness Shipping Line, a long-established business in the UK. His son, the Honourable Christopher Furness, VC, won his VC serving in the Welsh Guards ….. At Arras in Northern France between 17 and 24 May 1940

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