Thomas Fearnley (shipping magnate, born 1880)

He was the son of shipping magnate Thomas Nicolay Fearnley (1841–1927) and his wife Elisabeth Young (1854–1932).

His sister Cecilie Fearnley (1878–1902) was married to Ebbe Carsten Morten Astrup (1876–1955).

In 1901, he was also employed at the partnership of Fearnley & Eger in Christiania, the shipping company founded by his father in 1869.

He made his comamy one of the country's leading shipping companies, while at the same time being a key player in national shipowners' cooperation.

[6] [7] [8] Fearnley was a co-founder of the gentlemen's skiing club SK Fram in 1889, and received honorary chairmanship.

In 1909 he took the initiative for the formation of the Norwegian Lawn Tennis Association (Norges Tennisforbund).