Barclay, David (1682-1769) – of Cheapside – Scottish merchant & banker
David Barclay m1. Anne Taylor (?-1720); m2, Priscilla Freame(?-?) Griselda Bigland was the 4th great granddaughter of David Barclay & Priscilla Freame. source: wikipediaDavid Barclay of Cheapside (1682–1769) was a Scottish merchant and banker. He was the second son of Robert Barclay, the Scottish Quaker writer, and was active in the Society of Friends. […]
Freame, John (1665-1745) – founder of Barclay’s bank
John Freame m Priscilla Gould (?-?)Griselda Bigland was the 5th great granddaughter of John Freame source: wikipediaJohn Freame (1669 (or 1665 ?) – 1745) founded Barclays Bank in 1690. John Freame was born in Cirencester the son of Robert Freame. In 1683 he was apprenticed to Job Bolton, a quaker goldsmith based in Lombard Street. […]
Barclays Bank – a Gurney, Backhouse and Barclay enterprise
source: Barclays – our Quaker roots (link no longer working) – new link Who were the Quakers?The Quakers are more properly known as the Society of Friends. They were founded during the 1650s by George Fox, and they believe that there is something of God in everyone and that, therefore, everyone is created equal – […]
Samuel Gurney (1786-1856) – banker and philanthropist
Samuel Gurney m. Elizabeth Sheppard (?-?) Griselda Bigland was the 1st cousin 3x removed of Samuel Gurney source: wikipediaSamuel Gurney (18 October 1786 – 5 June 1856) was an English banker and philanthropist from the Gurney family. He should not be confused with his second son, Samuel (1816–1882) , also described as banker and philanthropist, […]
Gurney’s Bank (Norwich) – merged with Barclays
source: wikipedia Gurney’s bank was a well-respected family-run bank founded by members of the Gurney family in 1770 and headquartered in Norwich, England. It merged into Barclays Bank in 1896. HistoryThe bank was founded in 1770 by John and Henry Gurney, sons of John Gurney (1688–1741), who passed the business to Henry’s son, Bartlett Gurney, […]
John Gurney (1749-1809) – banker
John Gurney m. Catherine Bell (1755-1792) Griselda Bigland was the 1st cousin 4x removed and the 2nd great grand niece of Catherine Bell John Gurney (10 November 1749 – 28 October 1809) was an English banker and member of the Gurney family of Norwich. Besides his role as a partner in Gurney’s bank he is notable as […]
Earlham Hall – a Gurney Home – now part of University of East Anglia
source: wikipedia Earlham Hall is a country house in Norfolk, England. It is located just to the west of the city of Norwich,[1] on Earlham Road, on the outskirts of the village of Earlham. For generations it was the home of the Gurney family, known as bankers and social activists; prison reformer Elizabeth Fry grew […]
Perran Foundry – a Fox enterprise
source: wikipediaIt was the home of the Perran Iron Foundry, an innovative concern, run by the Fox family of Falmouth and other Quaker business families. It was set up on the site of a tin smelting works in 1791. The foundry was later operated in partnership with the Williams family, and in 1858, it was […]
Fox, Edward Long (1761-1835) – psychiatrist
Edward Fox m. Catherine Brown (?-1803) Lloyd H Fox was the half first cousin 4x removed of Edward Fox source: wikipediaEdward Long Fox (26 April 1761 – 1835) was an English psychiatrist. He established an insane asylum at Brislington House, near Bristol, England, and classified the patients according to social class as well as behavioural presentation. […]
Fox’s Puttees
Fox Brothers have produced woollen and worsted fabric in Wellington in Somerset since 1772. From the late 1800s and in the 1900s, production became increasingly focused on fabrics for the British military. During the First World War, Fox Brothers supplied over 8,000 miles of cloth to the British and Allied governments, including the largest single […]