Gurney family

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The Gurney family was a prominent English Quaker banking and philanthropic dynasty influential in finance, social reform, and religious life in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English family
Quaker family
banking dynasty
philanthropic family
activePeriod 18th century
19th century
associatedWithMovement abolitionism
evangelical Quakerism
prison reform
temperance movement
country United Kingdom
ethnicGroup English people
foundedBank Gurney's Bank
industry banking
finance
influenced British banking system
Quaker social witness
knownFor banking
philanthropy
religious leadership
social reform
language English
member Anna Gurney
Catherine Gurney
Daniel Gurney
Elizabeth Fry
Hannah Gurney
Hudson Gurney
John Gurney
Joseph John Gurney
Louisa Gurney Hoare
Elizabeth Gurney
surface form: "Priscilla Gurney"

Richenda Gurney NERFINISHED
Samuel Gurney
mergedInto Barclays
surface form: "Barclays Bank"
notableEstate Earlham Hall
Northrepps Cottage
philanthropicFocus Bible distribution
education
poverty relief
prison visitation
region Earlham College
surface form: "Earlham"

Norfolk NERFINISHED
Norwich NERFINISHED
religiousAffiliation Quakerism
Religious Society of Friends NERFINISHED
socialClass provincial gentry
upper middle class

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Thomas Fowell Buxton associatedWith Gurney family
Elizabeth Fry hasRelative Gurney family
this entity surface form: "Gurney family of Norwich"

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