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  Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness (August 23, 1904 - January 29, 1970), born Thelma Morgan, was an American socialite, the mistress who preceded Wallis Simpson in the affections of Edward VIII of the United Kingdom.
Her second husband was Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness (1883-1940), the chairman of Furness Shipping Company.
Lady Furness was interred next to her twin sister Gloria in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thelma_Morgan   (526 words)

  
 Marmaduke, Arkansas - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Marmaduke, Arkansas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The town of Marmaduke was named for Confederate Major General John Sappington Marmaduke who later served as Governor of Missouri.
Marmaduke was said to have established a camp for his soldiers near the site of the present town.
Marmaduke was incorporated on 02 August 1909 and had expanded to a fair sized town by 1914 with two drugstores, three banks, three restaurants, a Methodist and Baptist church, two barber shops, a hotel, a boarding house, and two "dime stores".
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Marmaduke-Arkansas.html   (541 words)

  
 Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness (1883-1943), was a British businessman.
Furness was the son of Christopher Furness, 1st Baron Furness and Jane Annette Suggit.
Furness died on October 6, 1940, aged 56.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marmaduke_Furness   (136 words)

  
 Christopher Furness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christopher Furness, 1st Baron Furness (23 April 1852-10 November 1912), was a British businessman and Liberal politician.
Furness was also involved in politics, and was elected Member of Parliament for Hartlepool in 1891.
He was knighted in 1895 and in 1910 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Furness, of Grantley in the West Riding of the County of Yorkshire.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Christopher_Furness   (317 words)

  
 LANCASHIRE - LoveToKnow Article on LANCASHIRE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Morecambe Bay also detaches from the rest of the county the district of Furness (q.v.), extending westward to the Duddon, and having off its coast the island of Walney, 8 m.
Furness, entirely hilly except for a narrow coastal tract, extends N. to include the southern part of the Lake District (q.v); it contains Coniston Lake and borders Windermere, which are drained respectively by the Leven and Crake, with some smaller lakes and such mountains as the Old Man and Wetherlam.
The first industry established in Lancashire was that of wool, and with the founding of Furness abbey in 1127 wool farming on a large scale began here, but the bulk of the wool grown was exported, not worked up in England.
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 Marmaduke Furness - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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Son of Christopher Furness, 1st Baron Furness of Grantley.
This biography of a British peer or noble is a stub.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Marmaduke_Furness   (108 words)

  
 Thelma Morgan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
After the divorce, she was rumored to be engaged to the American actor Richard Bennett, thematinée-idol father of Hollywood film stars Constance Bennett, Joan Bennett, and Barbara Bennett (the third was themother of talk-show host Morton Downey, Jr.
Her second husband was Marmaduke Furness (1883-1940), 1st Viscount Furness, thechairman of Furness Shipping Company.
Lady Furness was interred next to her sister Gloria Vanderbilt in the Holy Cross Cemetery in CulverCity, California.
www.therfcc.org /thelma-morgan-60638.html   (482 words)

  
 GENUKI: The History and Antiquities of Eyam, Derbyshire, William Wood, Minstrels and Poets
Richard Furness has added much to the classic distinction of his native village.
Marmaduke Middleton, Esq., Leam Hall, Eyam, was also in his day a candidate for poetical honours; he wrote 'Sketches of a Poetical Tour,' heretofore mentioned.
John Furness, controversialist and biographer, was born at Middleton Bank, in the parish of Eyam.
www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/DBY/Eyam/Wood/Minstrels.html   (1013 words)

  
 Port Cities: - Marmaduke Furness 1883-1940 biography
Marmaduke Furness was the only son of wealthy industrialist Christopher Furness.
Marmaduke Furness was born in West Hartlepool on 29th October 1883, the only son of Sir Christopher Furness.
Ada died in 1921, and Marmaduke remarried in 1926, to Thelma Converse.
portcities.hartlepool.gov.uk /server.php?show=ConNarrative.89   (191 words)

  
 The Victoria Cross & Old Summerfieldian VC's   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Viscount Furness, and the Viscountess Furness (nee Hogg), of Westminster, London.
Early on 24 May the enemy were advancing along the road where the transport columns were moving and Lieutenant Furness decided to attack.
He reached the enemy position under heavy fire and when the light tanks and all the carriers and their crews had become casualties he engaged the enemy in hand-to-hand combat until he was killed.
www.summerfields.oxon.sch.uk /WeRemeberThem/VCs/VCs.htm   (556 words)

  
 Marmaduke Furness - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Marmaduke Furness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Marmaduke Furness - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Marmaduke Furness.
Here you will find more informations about Marmaduke Furness.
The orginal Marmaduke Furness article can be editet
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 14962
She married, thirdly, Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness on 3 August 1933.
     Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness married, thirdly, Enid Maude Lindeman, daughter of Charles Lindeman, on 3 August 1933.
     Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness was created 1st Viscount Furness on 16 January 1918.
www.thepeerage.com /p14962.htm   (797 words)

  
 Waddington Family Genealogy Forum
Marmaduke Waddington, Cumbria, 19thC - Malcolm Bland 7/31/00
Re: Marmaduke Waddington, Cumbria, 19thC - Malcolm Bland 12/04/00
Re: Marmaduke Waddington, Cumbria, 19thC - Marilyn Kozak 5/30/01
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 Encyclopedia: Thelma Morgan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Thelma Morgan (August 23, 1904 - January 29, 1970) was an American socialite best known as Viscountess Furness, the mistress who preceded Wallis Simpson in the affections of Edward VIII of the United Kingdom.
Lady Furness was interred next to her sister Gloria Vanderbilt in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.
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www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Thelma-Morgan   (545 words)

  
 GENUKI: The History and Antiquities of Eyam, Derbyshire, William Wood
Also includes mention of BLACKWELL, FURNESS, RIPPON and SLINN.
Anna SEWARD, Richard and John FURNESS, Marmaduke MIDDLETON and William NEWTON.
Includes transcriptions of several Memorial Inscriptions in the Churchyard, some of which may now be lost.
www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/DBY/Eyam/Wood/index.html   (506 words)

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