Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness
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Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness (29 October 1883 – 6 October 1940), was a British businessman.
Furness was the son of Christopher Furness, 1st Baron Furness and Jane Annette Suggit. He served as Chairman of the Furness Shipping Company and was also involved in the steel and iron business. He succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Furness in 1912, and in 1918 he was created Viscount Furness, of Grantley in the West Riding of the County of Yorkshire.
In 1926 Lord Furness married Thelma Morgan, an American socialite. They had one son, William, but were divorced in 1933. Furness died on October 6, 1940, aged 56.
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