Person    | Male  Born 1816  Died 1882

Samuel Gurney

Banker, philanthropist, M.P. Set up the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. Not to be confused with his father, banker and philanthropist, Samuel Gurney Snr, whose sister was Elizabeth Fry.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Samuel Gurney

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First drinking fountain

DrinkingFountains gives two pictures from the 'Illustrated London News' of th...

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Metropolitan Drinking Fountain - jubilee

{On long, low bronze plaques, one on each face, starting at the south and goi...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Samuel Gurney

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First drinking fountain

DrinkingFountains gives two pictures from the 'Illustrated London News' of th...

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Temperance fountain

This fountain was originally erected July 1861 at the Royal Exchange. It was ...

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Sir Simon Manwaring Robertson

Sir Simon Manwaring Robertson

Banker and businessman.  Simon Manwaring Robertson was born on 4 March 1941, the eldest of the three children of David Lars Manwaring Robertson CVO (1917-1999) and Pamela Lauderdale Robertson née ...

Person, Commerce, Philanthropy

1 memorial
John Marshall

John Marshall

Native of Stamford in Lincolnshire.  A white-baker who lived in a mansion house in Axe Yard, Southwark (now Newcomen Street), where his father, also a white-baker had lived before him. Widowered an...

Person, Philanthropy

1 memorial
Alfred Beit

Alfred Beit

Co-founder and funder (with Sir Julius Wernher) of the Royal School of Mines building. Born Hamburg, learnt the diamond trade in Amsterdam and went to Kimberley where he met Wernher and Cecil Rhod...

Person, Industry, Philanthropy, Race Issues, Africa, Germany, South Africa

1 memorial
Sydney Simmons

Sydney Simmons

From Parish of Frien Barnet: "... born in Okehampton, Devon ... made a fortune from a patent carpet cleaning process. By 1891, Sydney and his wife Annie were living in Friern Barnet at their house ...

Person, Benefactor, Commerce, Philanthropy

2 memorials
Wells & Campden Charity

Wells & Campden Charity

Original name was the Wells Charity, named after Chalybeate Well.

Group, Philanthropy

1 memorial