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181: 93:, of which he afterwards headed and for more than 60 years was a partner. He wrote several privately circulated essays on banking. As the head of one of the first banks in the English provinces, he gained social and political influence. His amiability, courtesy and generosity endeared him to his contemporaries. He was main figure behind the foundation of the 164: 82:. His mother, Catherine, the daughter of Daniel Bell, died in 1792. He descended directly from a younger branch of the ancient family of Gurney or Gournay, which held manors in Norfolk (in the time of 191: 228: 223: 233: 243: 196: 132: 124: 116:, to which he added a supplement in 1858. The book was valued for its varied antiquarian information and research. 105: 94: 238: 79: 23: 51: 143:
to become a partner in Saunderson's Bank in London. Daniel Gurney died on 14 June 1880 at his seat near
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in 1853. He married in 1822 Lady Harriet Jemima Hay (1803–1837), daughter of
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and deputy-lieutenant for the county of Norfolk, and filled the office of
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After completing his education Gurney entered the Norwich firm of
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English banker
antiquary
Gurney family
Norwich
Earlham Hall
John Gurney (1749–1809)
Earlham
Norfolk
Elizabeth Fry
philanthropist
Louisa Gurney Hoare
Joseph John Gurney
Samuel Gurney
Henry II
Gurney's Bank
West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital
archæology
Society of Antiquaries
genealogy
conservative
justice of the peace
High Sheriff of Norfolk
William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll
Henry Thoby Prinsep
Trinity College, Cambridge
North Runcton
"Gurney, Charles Henry (GNY851CH)"
public domain
Gurney, Daniel
Dictionary of National Biography

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