Stephen Furness

Stephen Noel Furness , JP (* 18th December 1902 ; † 14. April 1974 ) was a British politician of the National Liberal Party (NLP), which from 1935 to 1945 member of the House ( House of Commons ) was.

Life

Furness, a son of the shipping company owner and eventual MPs Stephen Furness, 1st Baronet and his wife Eleanor Forster, completed his education at the traditional, elitist Charterhouse School and then began studying at Oriel College of the University of Oxford , which he with a Master of Arts (MA). In 1927 he received his legal admission as a barrister at the Bar Association ( Inns of Court ) from Middle Temple and was at times as a magistrate (justice of the peace) for North Riding of Yorkshire active.

In the election of May 30, 1929 , Furness ran for the Liberal Party in the constituency of The Hartlepools without success for a seat in the House of Commons. In the elections of November 14, 1935 Furness was for the National Liberal Party (NLP) for the first time as a member of the lower house ( House of Commons ) selected and represented there until July 5, 1945 constituency Sunderland selected. During his membership in parliament he was between 1936 and 1937 first parliamentary private secretary to Interior Minister John Simon and then from 1937 to 1938 parliamentary director ( Whip ) of the parliamentary group of the National Liberal Party in the lower house. He then served in the fourth national government , the Chamberlain War Government and the Churchill War Government from May 20, 1938 to May 18, 1940 as one of the Junior Lords of the Treasury . During World War II he served as a major with the London Irish Rifles .

After leaving the House of Commons, Furness became director of the Furness Shipbuilding Company , which belonged to his family's shipping company Furness, Withy & Co.

Web links

• Stephen Furness at Hansard (English)
• Stephen Noel Furness on thepeerage.com , accessed August 15, 2017.