Charles Wellington Furse

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

Furse was the third son of Charles William Johnson, of Great Torrington, Devon, 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. He was ordained in 1848. After curacies at St Andrew the Apostle, Clewer and Christ Church, Albany Street he was Vicar of Staines. He was then Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon and concurrently Chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford. He was the incumbent at St John's, Smith Square, Westminster from 1883 until his appointment as Archdeacon of Westminster.

Marriage and issue

He had married Jane Diana Monsell, second daughter of John Samuel Bewley Monsell, vicar of Egham. Their sons included the sculptor, Lt.-Gen. Sir William Furse, the artist Charles Wellington Furse, and Rt. Rev. Michael Furse.

They had nine children:

• John Henry Monsell Furse (1860–1950), a prominent sculptor
• Elisabeth Diana Furse (1862–1939)
• Mary Theresa Furse (1863–1952)
• Lt.-Gen. Sir William Thomas Furse (1865–1953)
• Charles Wellington Furse (1868–1904), prominent painter, father of Rear-Admiral John Paul Wellington Furse
• The Rt Rev Bolton Michael Furse (1870–1955)
• Margaret Waller Furse (1872– )
• Edith Furse (1874–1963) married Cecil Lubbock, mother of Colonel Michael Ronald Lubbock
• John Monsell Furse (1876–1888)

Jane died in March 1876, and Furse remarried Gertrude Louisa Barnett, daughter of MP Henry Barnett, in 1880, and had two more children:

• Emily Katharine Furse (1881–1911)
• Herbert Reynolds Furse (1887–1956)