Viscount Furness, of Grantley in the West Riding of the County of Yorkshire

West Riding of Yorkshire

The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of the three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county, County of York, West Riding , was based closely on the historic boundaries...

, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created in 1918 for the businessman Marmaduke Furness, 2nd Baron Furness

Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness

Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness , known as The Lord Furness between 1912 and 1918, was a British businessman....

. The title Baron Furness, of Grantley in the West Riding of the County of Yorkshire, had been bestowed on his father, Christopher Furness

Christopher Furness

Christopher Furness, 1st Baron Furness was a British businessman and Liberal politician.-Biography:...

, a businessman and Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

 politician. The titles became extinct in 1995 on the death of William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness

William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness

William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness , was a British peer.Furness was born in Melton Mowbray, England, the only child of Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness, and his second wife, Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness , an American socialite...

, who had taken a vow of celibacy.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-viscount-furness-1619161.html

Barons Furness (1910)

• Christopher Furness, 1st Baron Furness (1852–1912)
• Marmaduke Furness, 2nd Baron Furness
  Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness
  Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness , known as The Lord Furness between 1912 and 1918, was a British businessman....
  
   (1883–1940) (created Viscount Furness in 1918)

Viscounts Furness (1918)

• Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness
  Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness
  Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness , known as The Lord Furness between 1912 and 1918, was a British businessman....
  
   (1883–1940)
• William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness
  William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness
  William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness , was a British peer.Furness was born in Melton Mowbray, England, the only child of Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness, and his second wife, Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness , an American socialite...
  
  (1929–1995)