Daughter of Sir John Gurney. Her husband, Robert Ware was a significant slave owner in British Guiana. When he died in 1824 he left 148 slaves. After a legal battle she inherited all his wealth including the slaves and under the terms of the 1833 Abolition Act she, like all British slave owners, was compensated for the loss of her 'property' by the government.
The fountain was not provided for in her will so it seems she arranged for its erection shortly before she died.
Information from Tiger Growl and Geograph.
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