Charles Furse (priest)

Charles Wellington Furse, MA, JP (born Johnson; 16 April 1821 – 2 August 1900) was Archdeacon of Westminster from 1894[1] until his death.

[2] Furse was the third son of Charles Wellington Johnson, of Great Torrington, Devon,[3] and his wife Theresa Furze.

After curacies at St Andrew the Apostle, Clewer[5] and Christ Church, Albany Street he was Vicar of Staines.

[6] He was then Principal of Cuddesdon Theological College[7] and concurrently Chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford.

They had ten children:[3] Jane died in March 1877,[3] and on 7 January 1880 Furse married Gertrude Louisa Barnett, daughter of Henry Barnett MP, and had two more children:[3]