Person    | Male  Born 18/10/1786  Died 5/6/1856

Samuel Gurney Snr

Categories: Philanthropy

Countries: France

Banker and philanthropist. Born near Norwich. Father of Samuel and of Catherine who married Edward, the son of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton. Died Paris, returning, ill, from a stay in Nice.

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Samuel Gurney Snr

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Samuel Gurney obelisk

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