Name Samuel Gurney Uncles Daniel Gurney Parents Samuel Gurney | Died 1882 Role Member of Parliament | |
Cousins Charles Buxton, Harriet Gurney, Charles Henry Gurney, Sir Edward Buxton, 2nd Baronet, Thomas Fowell Buxton Grandparents John Gurney, Catherine Bell Aunts Elizabeth Fry, Hannah Buxton | ||
Samuel Gurney (1816–1882) was a banker from the Gurney family. He served an independent Member of Parliament for Penryn & Falmouth from 1857 to 1865 but never spoke. He was also the first Chairman of the London and Provincial District Telegraph Co. Ltd. in 1859 (originally the London District Telegraph Co. Ltd.). He was president of the National Association for the relief of British Miners and, along with Edward Thomas Wakefield, founder and chairman of the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
Gurney was the second son of Samuel Gurney (1786–1856), also a banker.
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