Overview
Lieutenant General Sir William Thomas Furse, (21 April 1865 – 31 May 1953) was a Master-General of the Ordnance.
Early life and education
Furse was born in Staines, Middlesex, the second son of the Ven. Charles Furse (born Johnson), Archdeacon of Westminster, and Jane Diana Monsell, second daughter of John Samuel Bewley Monsell, vicar of Egham. He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. The artist Charles Wellington Furse and Rt. Rev. Michael Furse were his younger brothers.
Military career
Furse was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a lieutenant on 5 July 1884. He was Aide-de-Camp to Lord Roberts from 1891 to 1893, and was promoted to captain on 30 May 1893.
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