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Authorised form of nameGurney; Russell (1804 - 1878)
Dates1804 - 1878
NationalityBritish
Date of birth02 September 1804
Place of deathHis house in Kensington Palace Gardens, London
Date of death31 May 1878
OccupationBarrister
ActivityEducation:
Trinity College, Cambridge. BA (1826)
Career:
Called to the Bar at Inner Temple (1828); Common Pleader in the City of London (1830); QC (1845); Common Sergeant (1856); Recorder of the City of London (1857-1878); MP for Southampton (1865); Privy Councillor (1866)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election22/04/1875
RelationshipsSon of Sir John Gurney and his wife Maria, daughter of William Hawes; married (01 September 1852) Emelia, daughter of Rev Samuel Ellis Batten
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 09 September 1871
CodeNA6541
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1875/13Gurney, Russell: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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