Viscount Furness
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Viscount Furness, of Grantley in the West Riding of the County of Yorkshire, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1918 for the businessman Marmaduke Furness, 2nd Baron Furness. The title Baron Furness, of Grantley in the West Riding of the County of Yorkshire, had been bestowed on his father, Christopher Furness, a businessman and Liberal politician. The titles became extinct in 1995 on the death of William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness, who had taken a vow of celibacy.[1]
[edit] Barons Furness (1910)
- Christopher Furness, 1st Baron Furness (1852–1912)
- Marmaduke Furness, 2nd Baron Furness (1883–1940) (created Viscount Furness in 1918)
[edit] Viscounts Furness (1918)
- Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness (1883–1940)
- William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness (1929–1995)
