1868 - 1926 (57 years)
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| Name |
Cyril Gurney |
| Birth |
20 Mar 1868 |
London  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Baptism |
15 Apr 1868 |
England |
| Residence |
2 Apr 1871 |
Wraxall, Somerset |
| Relation to Head of House: Grandson |
| Residence |
1881 |
Mortlake, Surrey |
| Residence |
5 Apr 1891 |
London |
| Relation to Head of House: Son |
| Departure |
Mar 1897 |
South Africa |
| Arrival |
11 May 1897 |
England |
| Residence |
31 1901 |
Sholden, Kent |
| Relation to Head of House: Head |
| Residence |
1901 |
Sholden, Kent |
| Age: 33; Relation to Head of House: Head |
| Residence |
2 1911 |
Henlow Grange, Henlow, Bedfordshire |
| Death |
2 Mar 1926 |
Westminster, London |
| Burial |
6 Mar 1926 |
Henlow, Bedfordshire |
| 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).
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| Person ID |
I2568 |
Gibbs Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
9 Jan 2018 |
| Father |
Rev. Alfred Gurney, b. 14 Nov 1843, Lutterworth, Leicestershire d. 28 Nov 1898, Roehampton, Surrey (Age 55 years) |
| Mother |
Alice Blanche Gibbs, b. 27 Oct 1843, Paddington, London d. 12 Mar 1871, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset (Age 27 years) |
| Marriage |
16 Aug 1866 |
Wraxall, Somerset |
| Family ID |
F799 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Margaret Evelyn Trotter, b. Apr 1869, St George Hanover Square, London d. 4 Jan 1958, 41 Sydney Building, Bath, Somerset (Age 88 years) |
| Marriage |
1894 |
St. Peter's, Eaton Square, Westminster, London |
| Children |
| | 1. Alice Ciceley Gurney, b. Oct 1895, Chelsea, London d. Jun 1969, Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire (Age 73 years) |
| + | 2. Christopher William Gurney, b. Apr 1898, Chelsea, London d. 31 Aug 1939, Hatfield, Hertfordshire (Age 41 years) |
| | 3. John Hampden Gurney, b. Jan 1901, Chelsea, London d. 28 Jul 1924, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire (Age 23 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1124 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
9 Jan 2018 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 20 Mar 1868 - London |
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 | Baptism - 15 Apr 1868 - England |
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 | Residence - Relation to Head of House: Grandson - 2 Apr 1871 - Wraxall, Somerset |
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 | Residence - 1881 - Mortlake, Surrey |
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| Residence - Relation to Head of House: Son - 5 Apr 1891 - London |
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 | Marriage - 1894 - St. Peter's, Eaton Square, Westminster, London |
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 | Departure - Mar 1897 - South Africa |
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| Arrival - 11 May 1897 - England |
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 | Residence - Relation to Head of House: Head - 31 1901 - Sholden, Kent |
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| Residence - Age: 33; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1901 - Sholden, Kent |
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 | Residence - 2 1911 - Henlow Grange, Henlow, Bedfordshire |
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 | Death - 2 Mar 1926 - Westminster, London |
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 | Burial - 6 Mar 1926 - Henlow, Bedfordshire |
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