Sir Stephen Furness, 1st Baronet
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Sir Stephen Wilson Furness, 1st Baronet (26 May 1872 – 6 September 1914) was a British
shipping magnate and a Liberal Party
politician.
A member of a prominent ship-owning family from West Hartlepool
, Furness was educated at Ashville College, Harrogate
. He was a member of West Hartlepool Town Council in 1897 and of Durham County Council in 1898. He was a Justice of the Peace
, and a member of the Hartlepool Port and Harbour Commission.
He was elected as Member of Parliament
(MP) for The Hartlepools at a by-election in June 1910, after the re-election in January 1910 of his uncle Sir Sir Christopher was voided as a result of an electoral petition. When his uncle Christopher died in 1912, he succeeded him as Furness, Withy and Company, and also became chairman of over a dozen other companies and director of more. He was made a baronet
on 18 June 1913, of Tunstall Grange, Durham, and held his seat in the House of Commons
until his death in 1914, aged 44, in an accident while on holiday.
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shipping magnate and a Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK)
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politician.
A member of a prominent ship-owning family from West Hartlepool
West Hartlepool
This article refers to the place; for the Rugby Football Club see West Hartlepool R.F.C.West Hartlepool refers to the western part of the what has since the 1960s been known as the borough of Hartlepool in North East England...
, Furness was educated at Ashville College, Harrogate
Harrogate
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. He was a member of West Hartlepool Town Council in 1897 and of Durham County Council in 1898. He was a Justice of the Peace
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
, and a member of the Hartlepool Port and Harbour Commission.
He was elected as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for The Hartlepools at a by-election in June 1910, after the re-election in January 1910 of his uncle Sir Sir Christopher was voided as a result of an electoral petition. When his uncle Christopher died in 1912, he succeeded him as Furness, Withy and Company, and also became chairman of over a dozen other companies and director of more. He was made a baronet
Baronet
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on 18 June 1913, of Tunstall Grange, Durham, and held his seat in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
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until his death in 1914, aged 44, in an accident while on holiday.