Background
FURLEY, John was born on March 19, 1836 in Ashford, Kent. Son of Robert Furley, a Justice of the Peace.
FURLEY, John was born on March 19, 1836 in Ashford, Kent. Son of Robert Furley, a Justice of the Peace.
Harrow, qualified as a solicitor.
Commissioner of British National Aid Society, Franco-German War, 1870-1871.
Director of Ambulances Volantes of French Army during War of Commune, 1871. Delegate of British Seed Fund Committee for French peasant Farmers (Lord Vernon’s Fund), 1871. Director of Ambulances in Spain during Carlist War, 1874.
Special Commissioner of MansionHouse Fund for relief of sufferers from inundations in valley of Garonne, 1875. Special Commissioner of British National Aid Society to inspect and report on Ambulance arrangements, and to afford necessary assistance to wounded in Montenegro during Russo-Turkish war, 1876. Chief Commissioner Central British Red Cross Committee in South Africa, 1900 (despatches twice).
One of original organisers of St. John Ambulance Association, 1877. DeputyChairman and Director of Ambulance Dept, of Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Member of International Congress of Red Cross Societies, held at Berlin, 1868.
Honourable Secretary of similar Conference held at Vienna, 1873. Member of the Conference at Geneva, 1884. Honourable Secretary of the Conference at Carlsruhe, 1887.
Vice-President of the Conference at Rome, 1892. Vice-President of Conference at Vienna, 1897. Vice-President of Conference at St. Petersburg, 1902.
One of the delegates for Great Britain at International Conference for revision of the Convention of Geneva, 1906. Vice-President of International Conference, London, 1907. Honourable Pres, of tirst International First-Aid and Life-Saving Congress, Frankfort-on-Main, 1908.
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Club: Constitutional.