Banker, philanthropist, M.P. Set up the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. Not to be confused with his father, banker and philanthropist, Samuel Gurney Snr, whose sister was Elizabeth Fry.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Samuel Gurney
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First drinking fountain
DrinkingFountains gives two pictures from the 'Illustrated London News' of th...
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain - jubilee
{On long, low bronze plaques, one on each face, starting at the south and goi...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Samuel Gurney
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First drinking fountain
DrinkingFountains gives two pictures from the 'Illustrated London News' of th...
Temperance fountain
This fountain was originally erected July 1861 at the Royal Exchange. It was ...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Samuel Morley
Born Well Street Hackney into a Nottingham family of wool/hosiery manufacturers and merchants. His father John, had come to London to set up an outlet for their products. Samuel went into the famil...
Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion
3 memorials
Henry Charles Stephens
Businessman and politician. Born at 71 York Road, Lambeth (demolished), the son of Dr Henry Stephens. Known as 'Inky', he developed the writing fluid invented by his father. He served as member of ...
2 memorials
Julia, Countess of Ducie
Wife of Henry Reynolds-Moreton, Third Earl of Ducie. There is no portrait and virtually no other information available about her, so we have used a picture of the monument to her in Tortworth Churc...
1 memorial
Samuel Augustine Courtauld
Philanthropist and editor. Associated with Halstead, Braintree. Almost certainly related to Samuel Courtauld of Institute fame but we cannot discover how.
1 memorial
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Highbury Corner traffic scheme
This scheme converted a roundabout, which was unfriendly to pedestrians and people on bikes, into two-way roads and created a plaza in front of the station. This is happening at many locations all ...
1 memorial
League of Nations
Founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I. At its height, it had 58 member states. Although achieving much in its early years, it was unable to prevent the aggress...
1 memorial
Freemason VCs - W6 - Johnson, Kerr, Lumsden
WC2, Great Queen Street, Freemasons' Hall
The Freemasons commissioned this memorial to mark the 300th anniversary of The United Grand Lodge of England in 2017 and the centenary of...
War dead, War served | WW1
4 subjects commemorated
4 subjects commemorated
Alexander Caesar d'Anterroches
Bishop of Condom (really, check Googlemaps).
1 memorial
Ian Fleming
Writer. Born Ian Lancaster Fleming at 27 Green Street, Mayfair. Christopher Lee was his step-cousin. He worked as a foreign correspondent with Reuters in Moscow, and was a senior naval intelligence...
Person, Armed Forces, Literature, Seriously Famous, Jamaica, Russia
1 memorial
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