|
Gurney Family (Norwich)
The Gurneys were an influential family of English Religious Society of Friends, Quakers, who had a major part in the development of Norwich, England. They established Gurney's Bank in 1770, which merged into Barclays Bank in 1896. They established successful breweries. A number of family members were abolitionists. Members of the family still live in the United Kingdom. History In the 17th century, John Gurney (1655–1721) left his home town of Maldon, Essex, Maldon for Norwich to live and work among the Quakers of the city. Arriving there in 1667, he became active in the woollen trade. In 1687 he married Elizabeth Swanton (died 1727) of Woodbridge, Suffolk, Woodbridge, by whom he had eight children. He died as a wealthy man in 1721, and was buried in "the old Dutch garden that the Religious Society of Friends, Friends had bought as their burial ground, the Gildencroft Quaker Cemetery, Norwich, Gildencroft or Buttercup Field", on the land Gurney had received to tend when he fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Religious Society Of Friends
Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations. Members refer to each other as Friends after in the Bible, and originally, others referred to them as Quakers because the founder of the movement, George Fox, told a judge to "quake before the authority of God". The Friends are generally united by a belief in each human's ability to be guided by the inward light to "make the witness of God" known to everyone. Quakers have traditionally professed a priesthood of all believers inspired by the First Epistle of Peter. They include those with evangelical, holiness, liberal, and traditional Quaker understandings of Christianity, as well as Nontheist Quakers. To differing extents, the Friends avoid creeds and hierarchical structures. In 2017, there were an estimated 377,557 adult Quakers, 49% of them in Africa followed by 22% in North America. Some 89% of Quakers worldwide belong to ''evangelical'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keswick Hall - Geograph
Keswick may refer to: Places Australia *Keswick, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide **Keswick railway station, Adelaide **Adelaide Parklands Terminal (formerly Keswick Rail Terminal) Canada *Keswick, Edmonton, Alberta *Keswick, Ontario * Keswick, New Brunswick, on the Saint John River near Fredericton *Keswick Ridge, New Brunswick United Kingdom *Keswick, Cumbria * Keswick, North Norfolk, part of Bacton * Keswick, South Norfolk United States *Keswick, California *Keswick, Iowa *Keswick, Baltimore, Maryland *Keswick, Michigan * Keswick, Pennsylvania, see Keswick Theatre *Keswick, Virginia ** Keswick (Powhatan, Virginia), listed on the National Register of Historic Places People *Keswick family, descendants of the founders of Jardine Matheson Other uses *Keswick Christian School, Florida *Keswick Convention The Keswick Convention is an annual gathering of Conservative evangelicalism in the United Kingdom, conservative evangelical Christians in Keswick, Cumbria, Keswick, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Gurney (1786–1856)
Samuel Gurney (18 October 1786 – 5 June 1856) was an English banker and philanthropist from the Gurney family of Norwich. He should not be confused with his second son, Samuel (1816–1882), also described as banker and philanthropist, and a Member of Parliament. Early years and marriage Gurney was born at Earlham Hall near Norwich, England, 18 October 1786, the second son of John Gurney (1749–1809), a Quaker banker of Norwich, and Catherine, the daughter of Daniel Bell (1728–1750), a London merchant from Stamford Hill. The family's Gurney's Bank was founded in 1770. Gurney was educated at Wandsworth, Surrey, and at Hingham, Norfolk. Among his siblings were Joseph John Gurney, Daniel Gurney (1791–1880), Elizabeth Fry, Louisa Hoare (1784–1836), the wife of Samuel Hoare, and Hannah Buxton, the wife of Sir Thomas Buxton. At the age of 14, Gurney was placed in the counting-house of his brother-in-law, Joseph Fry (1777–1861), a tea merchant and banker, at St Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earlham Hall
Earlham Hall is a country house in Norfolk, England. It is located just to the west of the city of Norwich, on Earlham Road, on the outskirts of the village of Earlham. For generations it was the home of the Gurney family. The Gurneys were known as bankers and social activists; prison reformer Elizabeth Fry grew up at Earlham Hall. When the University of East Anglia was founded in 1963, the building became its administrative centre, and it now serves as the law school. History Earlham Hall was built in 1642 by Robert Houghton. By the eighteenth century it was occupied by Nockold Tompson, a brewer who was Mayor of Norwich in 1759–60. When he farmed at Earlham Hall his crop-yield experiments were praised by Arthur Young in his ''Farmer's Calendar'' of 1771. Also in the eighteenth century it was in the ownership of the Bacon family; Edward Bacon M.P. built a "handsome, long, and lofty" dining room. He died in 1786 and ownership descended to a Mr Bacon Frank of Campsall in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earlham Hall, Law School Of TheUniversity Of East Anglia
Earlham can refer to the following places: * Earlham, Norfolk, England **Earlham Hall, a historic house in Norfolk, England **Earlham Road, Norwich, England * Earlham, Iowa, United States *Earlham College, a liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana, United States *Earlham Institute Earlham Institute (EI, formerly The Genome Analysis Centre) is a life science research institute located at the Norwich Research Park (NRP), Norwich, England. EI's research is focused on exploring living systems by applying computational science ..., a research institute in genomics and bioinformatics in Norfolk, England * Earlham Cemetery, a historic cemetery adjacent to Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, United States {{Disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St James's Square
St James's Square is the only square in the St James's district of the City of Westminster and is a garden square. It has predominantly Georgian architecture, Georgian and Neo-Georgian architecture. For its first two hundred or so years it was one of the three or four most fashionable residential streets in London. It now has headquarters of a number of well-known businesses, including BP and Rio Tinto Group; four Gentlemen's club, private members' clubs, the East India Club, the Naval and Military Club, the Canning Club, and the Army and Navy Club; the High Commission of Cyprus, London, High Commission of Cyprus; the London Library; and global think tank and peace-promoter Chatham House. A main feature is a high, stone-plinthed Equestrian statue of William III, London, equestrian statue of William III erected in 1808. History In 1662 Charles II of England, Charles II extended a lease over the 45 acres of Pall Mall (St James's) Field held by Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keswick, South Norfolk
Keswick () is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Keswick and Intwood, in the English county of Norfolk. Keswick is located east of Wymondham and south-west of Norwich. History Keswick's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the farm specialising in cheese. In the Domesday Book, Keswick is listed as a settlement of 38 households in the hundred of Humbleyard. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of Roger Bigod and Godric the Steward. A watermill is recorded in Keswick since the time of the Norman Conquest, along the River Yare. The current building was built in the Nineteenth Century and has now been converted into private residences. Keswick Hall was built in the Nineteenth Century by William Wilkins in the Regency style for the Gurney family. The hall was requisitioned during the Second World War and was later used as a teacher training college. All Saints' Church Keswick's church is one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sheriff Of Norfolk
The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown and is appointed annually (in March) by the Crown. The High Sheriff of Norfolk was originally the principal law enforcement officer in Norfolk and presided at the assizes and other important county meetings. Most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. There was a single high sheriff serving the two counties of Norfolk and Suffolk until 1576. Pre 17th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century Footnotes References Norfolk Lists by Google books {{DEFAULTSORT:High Sheriff Of Norfolk Norfolk Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ... Local government i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Society
The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, recognising excellence in science, supporting outstanding science, providing scientific advice for policy, education and public engagement and fostering international and global co-operation. Founded on 28 November 1660, it was granted a royal charter by Charles II of England, King Charles II and is the oldest continuously existing scientific academy in the world. The society is governed by its Council, which is chaired by the society's president, according to a set of statutes and standing orders. The members of Council and the president are elected from and by its Fellows, the basic members of the society, who are themselves elected by existing Fellows. , there are about 1,700 fellows, allowed to use the postnominal title FRS (Fellow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newtown (UK Parliament Constituency)
Newtown was a parliamentary borough located in Newtown, Isle of Wight, Newtown on the Isle of Wight, which was represented in the House of Commons of England until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and finally in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two members of parliament (MPs), elected by the Plurality-at-large voting, bloc vote system. The borough was abolished in the Reform Act 1832, and from the 1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 general election its territory was included in the new county constituency of Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency), Isle of Wight. History Newtown, located on the large natural harbour on the north-western coast of the Isle of Wight, was the first borough established in the county. A French raid in 1377, which destroyed much of the town as well as other settlements on the island, sealed its permanent decline. By the mid-16th century it was a small s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hudson Gurney
Hudson Gurney (19 January 1775 – 9 November 1864) was an English antiquary and verse-writer, also known as a politician. He was a member of the Gurney family. Life Gurney was born at Keswick Old Hall, Norwich on 19 January 1775, the eldest son of Richard Gurney of Keswick Hall, Norfolk, by his first wife, Agatha, daughter of David Barclay of Youngsbury, Hertfordshire; Anna Gurney was his sister. Hudson was born at what is now known as Keswick Old Hall, the original residence of the Norwich Gurney family. He was educated by his grandfather Barclay, by Thomas Young, and by John Hodgkin. He inherited a fortune from his father in 1811. In early life he travelled on the continent with his friend George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. Gurney was briefly M.P. for Shaftesbury from 1812 to 1813, the election being voided on petition. In March 1816, he was elected M.P. for Newtown, Isle of Wight, sitting in five successive parliaments until 1832. He served much on committees. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
