Charles Furse (priest)

Charles Wellington Furse

Charles Wellington Furse, MA, JP (born Johnson; 16 April 1821 – 2 August 1900) was Archdeacon of Westminster from 1894^[1] until his death.^[2]

Furse was the third son of Charles Wellington Johnson, of Great Torrington, Devon,^[3] and his wife Theresa Furze. In 1854, he changed his surname from Johnson to Furse in 1854, to inherit from his maternal uncle John Furze (Furse). He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford.^[4] He was ordained in 1848. After curacies at St Andrew the Apostle, Clewer^[5] and Christ Church, Albany Street he was Vicar of Staines.^[6] He was then Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon^[7] and concurrently Chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford.^[8] He was the incumbent at St John's, Smith Square, Westminster from 1883 until his appointment as Archdeacon of Westminster.^[9]

Marriage and issue[]

He had married Jane Diana Monsell, second daughter of John Samuel Bewley Monsell, vicar of Egham. They had ten children, including John Henry Monsell (born 6 March 1860), Charles Cyril (born 19 June 1861 - 21 March 1862), Lt.-Gen. Sir William Thomas Furse (1865–1953),^[10] the painter Charles Wellington Furse (1868–1904),^[11] the Rt Rev Bolton Michael Furse (1870–1955), John Monsell (deceased), Elizabeth Diana, Mary Theresa, Margaret and Edith.^[3]

Jane died in March 1877,^[3] and in 1880 Furse then married Gertrude Louisa Barnett, daughter of MP Henry Barnett, and had two more children, Katherine Emily (born 21 February 1881) and Herbert Reynolds (born 31 January 1887).^[3]

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