Peerage Record – 41556

     John Wilson lived at Naisbet Hall, County Durham, England^G.¹

     Averill Eastor Wilson was the daughter of John Wilson.² She married John Furness, son of John Furness and Margaret Wearmouth, on 5 February 1835.¹ She died on 5 October 1890.¹
     From 5 February 1835, her married name became Furness.

     Stephen Furness was born on 28 May 1848.¹ He was the son of John Furness and Averill Eastor Wilson.² He married Mary Anne Sharper, daughter of Dixon Taylor Sharper, on 4 July 1870.¹ He died on 19 June 1911 at age 63.¹
     He lived at The Manor House, Berwick St. James, Wiltshire, England^G.¹

     Dixon Taylor Sharper was born in 1826.² He married, firstly, Barbara Ridley Allen.² He died in 1895.²
     He lived at West Hartlepool, County Durham, England^G.¹

     Mary Anne Sharper was the daughter of Dixon Taylor Sharper.² She married Stephen Furness, son of John Furness and Averill Eastor Wilson, on 4 July 1870.¹ She died on 17 October 1898.¹
     From 4 July 1870, her married name became Furness.

     Sir William Russell, 1st Bt. was born on 29 May 1773. He was the son of John Russell.¹ He married Sophia Russell. He married, secondly, Jane Eliza Sherwood in 1814 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.² He died on 9 April 1832 at age 58.
     He was in the Honourable East India Company Service.¹ He gained the title of 1st Baronet Russell. He graduated with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

     Matthew Forster was Civil Engineer.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) [South Australia]¹ He lived at Mount Brown, South Australia, Australia^G.¹

     Eleanor Forster was the daughter of Matthew Forster.² She married Sir Stephen Wilson Furness, 1st Bt., son of Stephen Furness and Mary Anne Sharper, on 5 September 1899.¹ She died on 13 November 1936.¹
     From 5 September 1899, her married name became Furness.

     Stephen Noel Furness was born on 18 December 1902.¹ He was the son of Sir Stephen Wilson Furness, 1st Bt. and Eleanor Forster.² He died on 14 April 1974 at age 71, unmarried.¹
     He was educated at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, England^G.¹ He graduated from Oriel College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He was admitted to Middle Temple in 1927 entitled to practise as a barrister.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for the North Rising, Yorkshire.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Sunderland between 1935 and 1945.¹ He held the office of a Junior Lord of the Treasury between 1938 and 1940.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the London Irish Rifles.¹ He was a director of the Furness Shipbuilding Company.¹

     Edward Luce was born in 1864 at Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England^G.¹ He was the son of Colonel Charles Richard Luce and Mary Visger.¹ He died in 1887 at Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England.²