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Cyril Gurney

Male 1868 - 1926  (57 years)


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  • Name Cyril Gurney 
    Birth 20 Mar 1868  London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 15 Apr 1868  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 2 Apr 1871  Wraxall, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relation to Head of House: Grandson 
    Residence 1881  Mortlake, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 5 Apr 1891  London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relation to Head of House: Son 
    Departure Mar 1897  South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Arrival 11 May 1897  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 31 1901  Sholden, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relation to Head of House: Head 
    Residence 1901  Sholden, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age: 33; Relation to Head of House: Head 
    Residence 2 1911  Henlow Grange, Henlow, Bedfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 2 Mar 1926  Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 6 Mar 1926  Henlow, Bedfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Educated at Winchester College, 1882-3; matric. at Oxford (Christ Church) 1887, BA and 3 Cl. History 1891. Died at his flat in London 2nd and was buried 6 March 1926 at Henlow, Bedfordshire where was his residence (Henlow Grange) since 1908. Memorial Inscription in Henlow churchyard. Will dated 15 March 1924, proved 23 July 1926.

      Partner in Thomson Hankey and Co. merchants in the City of London, 1896-1926, and head of the firm for some years up to his death.

      Director of the Indemnity Assurance Corporation, 1900-26 (chairman 1925-26). He had two sons and a daughter; his eldest son Christopher William Gurney was a partner in Thomson Hankey & Co. until his death. Christopher married Joan Doris Grenfell (see Burke's Peerage}, who was active in Women's Institutes and W.R.V.S. during World War II.

      They had two sons and a daughter; their eldest son Timothy was a Director of Thomson Hankey & Co. from 1947-76; their second son Jeremy was an Underwriting Agent in Price Forbes, Insurance Brokers; and their daughter Gillian married and emigrated with her husband to Ontario, Canadain 1948 (living 1980). Both sons are married and living.

      Cyril Gurney's daughter Alice was active in Women's Institute and Village Produce Association and died unmarried in 1969; his second son, John, was a student Land Agent when he died (1924).
    Person ID I2568  Gibbs Family Tree
    Last Modified 9 Jan 2018 

    Father Rev. Alfred Gurney,   b. 14 Nov 1843, Lutterworth, Leicestershire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1898, Roehampton, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Alice Blanche Gibbs,   b. 27 Oct 1843, Paddington, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1871, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years) 
    Marriage 16 Aug 1866  Wraxall, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F799  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Evelyn Trotter,   b. Apr 1869, St George Hanover Square, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jan 1958, 41 Sydney Building, Bath, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 1894  St. Peter's, Eaton Square, Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Alice Ciceley Gurney,   b. Oct 1895, Chelsea, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1969, Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    +2. Christopher William Gurney,   b. Apr 1898, Chelsea, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1939, Hatfield, Hertfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
     3. John Hampden Gurney,   b. Jan 1901, Chelsea, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1924, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
    Family ID F1124  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Jan 2018 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Mar 1868 - London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 15 Apr 1868 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Relation to Head of House: Grandson - 2 Apr 1871 - Wraxall, Somerset Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1881 - Mortlake, Surrey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Relation to Head of House: Son - 5 Apr 1891 - London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1894 - St. Peter's, Eaton Square, Westminster, London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeparture - Mar 1897 - South Africa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - 11 May 1897 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Relation to Head of House: Head - 31 1901 - Sholden, Kent Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 33; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1901 - Sholden, Kent Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 2 1911 - Henlow Grange, Henlow, Bedfordshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 2 Mar 1926 - Westminster, London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 6 Mar 1926 - Henlow, Bedfordshire Link to Google Earth
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