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William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness (31 March 1929 – 1 May 1995) was a British peer. He was the producer and financier of many West End plays, and an active member of the Royal Central Asian Society. He was also a knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
William Anthony Furness, businessman and theatrical producer: born Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire 31 March 1929; succeeded 1940 as second Viscount Furness; died 1 May 1995.
The titles became extinct in 1995 on the death of the first Viscount's only surviving son, William, the second Viscount. Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness, second wife of the first Viscount, was an American-born socialite. The Honourable Christopher Furness, only son of the first Viscount by his first wife, was a recipient of the ...
They had one son, William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness, and as the former wife of a British nobleman she was known as Thelma, Viscountess Furness. [13] [14] By this marriage she also had a stepson, Christopher Furness , and a stepdaughter, Averill Furness.
1 de mai. de 1995 · William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness (31 March 1929 – 1 May 1995) was a British peer. He was the producer and financier of many West End plays, and an active member of the Royal Central Asian Society. He was also a knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
1 de mai. de 1995 · William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness (31 March 1929 - 1 May 1995), was a British peer. Furness was born in Melton Mowbray, England, the only child of Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness, and his second wife, Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness (formerly Converse, née Morgan), an American socialite.
When Lord Furness came of age, he decided to enter the House of Lords and to take up his responsibilities as second viscount, rather than to live and work in America, his mother's home country. In the House he served on a series of committees and was, for many years, a mainstay of the Inter Parliamentary Union.
