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About Richard Hanbury Gurney, MP
- "GURNEY, Richard Hanbury (1783-1854), of Thickthorn Hall, nr. Norwich, Norf.", Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986
- Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 702
He worked as a Banker of Norwich. He worked as a Member of Parliament for Norwich 1818 to 1832. He lived at Thickthorne, Norfolk. Miscellaneous: Richard Hanbury Gurney, 1 Jan 1854, Thickthorne, Norfolk. Died at his residence, Thickthorn, near Norwich, in his 71st year, Mr. Richard Hanbury Gurney. He was the son of Mr. Richard Gurney, of Keswick, and in early life was a member of the Society of Friends. In 1818 Mr. Gurney was elected member for Norwich in conjunction with Mr. W. Smith; he was re-elected in 1820, in 1830, and in 1831. At the General Election in 1832 he and the other Liberal candidate, Mr. Ker, were, after a very severe contest, defeated p. 28by Lord Viscount Stormont and Sir James Scarlett. Mr. Gurney was a patron of the Turf and a genuine lover of old English sports, but he was never known to bet. His remains were interred, on January 9th, at the Rosary Burial-ground, Norwich
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Richard Hanbury Gurney, MP's Timeline
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August 5, 1783
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| 1829 |
December 1829
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| 1854 |
January 1, 1854
Age 70
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