not succeed in obtaining the seat. He was the author of:
- ‘Fables on Men and Manners,’ 1809.
- ‘Romeo and Juliet Travesty,’ 1812.
- ‘The Battle of Salamanca, a Poem,’ 1820.
- ‘The Maid of Prague,’ 1841.
He died at Bonn, Germany, in 1843. His wife, Catherine Harriet, died in 1876 (Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, pp. 200, 1213). Archer Thompson Gurney became a student of the Middle Temple 29 April 1842, and was called to the bar 8 May 1846. His connection with the bar was of short duration, as in 1849 he was ordained to the curacy of Holy Trinity, Exeter. In 1851 he took charge of St. Mary's, Crown Street, Soho, London, where he remained until 1854, when he obtained the senior curacy of Buckingham. He was appointed chaplain to the Court Chapel, Paris, in 1858, and resided in that city till 1871. After his return to England he served as evening lecturer of Holy Trinity Church, Westminster, from 1872 to 1874, as curate of Holy Trinity Chapel, Brighton, 1874–5, as curate in charge of St. Andrew's, Hastings, 1877–8, assisted at St. Katharine's Hospital, Regent's Park, London, 1879–80, was curate in charge of Rhayader, Radnorshire, 1880–1, and was curate in charge of Llangunider, Brecon, 1882–3. He afterwards resided at 7 Keble Terrace, Oxford, and died of disease of the kidneys at the Castle hotel, 4 Northgate Street, Bath, 21 March 1887. He was known as a poet and a theologian, and his work entitled ‘Words of Faith and Cheer,’ 1874, obtained a well-deserved popularity. He was the author or translator of the following:
- ‘Turandot, Princess of China,’ a drama from the German of Schiller, with alterations, 1836.
- ‘Faust, a Tragedy. Part the Second,’ 1842.
- ‘King Charles the First,’ a dramatic poem, 1846.
- ‘Love's Legends,’ poems, 1845.
- ‘Poems, Spring,’ 1853.
- ‘March and April Ditties,’ 1853.
- ‘A Satire for the Age, The Transcendentalists,’ 1853; 2nd ed. 1855.
- ‘Songs of the Present,’ 1854; 3rd ed. 1856.
- ‘Iphigenia at Delphi,’ a tragedy, 1855; new ed. 1860.
- ‘The Ode of Peace,’ 1855.
- ‘Songs of Early Summer,’ 1856.
- ‘Absolution, its Use and Abuse, and Excommunication,’ 1858.
- ‘Poems,’ 1860.
- ‘Sermons Anglicans prononcés à Paris,’ 1860.
- ‘Restoration, or the Completion of the Reformation,’ 1861; 2nd ed. 1862.
- ‘A Letter of Entreaty to the Rev. Dr. Pusey,’ 1864.
- ‘Faith against Freethinkers,’ 1864.
- ‘On Recent Propositions and the Prospect of Reunion,’ a letter to the Bishop of Oxford, 1866.
- . ‘Letter to a Friend on Obedience to Law, and to the Bishop,’ 1873.
- ‘Words of Faith and Cheer, a Mission of Instruction and Suggestion,’ 1874.
- ‘Parables and Meditations for Sundays and Holy-days,’ 1874.
- ‘First Principles in Church and State,’ 1875.
He also wrote the words for Horsley's ‘Gideon, an oratorio,’ 1859, several songs which were set to music, many hymns in Shipley's ‘Lyra Eucharistica,’ 1864, and the hymn commencing ‘Come ye lofty, come ye lowly’ in Schaff's ‘Christ in Song,’ 1870. He wrote in the ‘Theologian,’ ‘English Review,’ ‘Fortnightly Review,’ ‘Churchman's Family Magazine,’ ‘Macmillan's Magazine,’ and the ‘Spectator.’
[Imperial Mag. January 1886, pp. 113–14; Times, 29 March 1887, p. 8; Guardian, 23 March 1887, p. 457; Men of the Time, 1879, p. 473; Boase and Courtney's Bibl. Cornub. iii. 1210–12; Boase's Collect. Cornub. p. 305.]
GURNEY, DANIEL (1791–1880), banker and antiquary, was born at Earlham Hall, near Norwich, on 9 March 1791. He was youngest son of John Gurney (d. 1809) of Earlham, Norfolk, and brother of Mrs. Elizabeth Fry, the philanthropist, and of Joseph John and Samuel Gurney, who are separately noticed. His mother, Catherine, daughter of Daniel Bell, died in 1792. He descended from the ancient family of Gurney or Gournay, a younger branch of which held certain manors in Norfolk (temp. Henry II). Daniel was a direct descendant of this branch of the family. After completing his education Gurney entered the Norwich firm of Gurney & Co., of which he was afterwards the head, and for more than sixty years a partner. He wrote several essays on banking, which were printed for private circulation only. As the head of one of the first banks in the provinces he had much influence, both socially and politically. His amiability, courtesy, and generosity greatly endeared him to his contemporaries. Gurney was mainly instrumental in establishing the West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital.
One of Gurney's favourite pursuits was archæology, and he was a prominent fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He took great interest in genealogy. In 1848 he printed in two volumes for private circulation an elaborate work entitled ‘The Record of the House of Gournay,’ to which he afterwards (1858) added a supplement. This book is highly valued for its varied antiquarian information and research. Gurney, who was a conservative in politics, was a justice of the peace and deputy-lieutenant for the county of Norfolk, and filled the office of high sheriff in 1853. He married in 1822 the Lady Harriet Jemima Hay, daughter of William, fifteenth earl of Erroll, by whom he had a numerous issue;
