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John Gurney (judge)

Index John Gurney (judge)

Sir John Gurney KC (14 February 1768 – 1 March 1845) was a British barrister and judge. [1]

30 relations: Baron of the Exchequer, Buggery Act 1533, Burdett-Coutts Memorial Sundial, Call to the bar, Cato Street Conspiracy, Inner Temple, James Pratt and John Smith, John Hampden Gurney, John Horne Tooke, John Soane, Joseph Gurney (1744–1815), Lincoln's Inn Fields, Napoleon, Offences Against the Person Act 1828, Oxford University Press, Pontarddulais, Popgun Plot, Queen's Counsel, Rebecca Riots, Russell Gurney, Senior Counsel, Sodomy, St Pancras Old Church, St Paul's School, London, Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Thomas Gurney (shorthand writer), Thomas Hardy (political reformer), United Kingdom, William Brodie Gurney, William Garrow.

Baron of the Exchequer

The Barons of the Exchequer, or barones scaccari, were the judges of the English court known as the Exchequer of Pleas.

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Buggery Act 1533

The Buggery Act 1533, formally An Acte for the punishment of the vice of Buggerie (25 Hen. 8 c. 6), was an Act of the Parliament of England that was passed during the reign of Henry VIII.

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Burdett-Coutts Memorial Sundial

The Burdett Coutts Memorial Sundial is a structure built in Old St Pancras churchyard in 1877–79, at the behest of Baroness Burdett-Coutts.

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Call to the bar

The call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received a "call to the bar".

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Cato Street Conspiracy

The Cato Street Conspiracy was an attempt to murder all the British cabinet ministers and Prime Minister Lord Liverpool in 1820.

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Inner Temple

The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, commonly known as Inner Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for barristers and judges) in London.

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James Pratt and John Smith

James Pratt (1805–1835) also known as John Pratt, and John Smith (1795–1835) were two London men who, in November 1835, became the last two to be executed for sodomy in England.

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John Hampden Gurney

John Hampden Gurney (15 August 1802 – 8 March 1862) was an Anglican clergyman and hymnist.

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John Horne Tooke

John Horne Tooke (25 June 1736 – 18 March 1812), known as John Horne until 1782 when he added the name of his friend William Tooke to his own making his surname "Horne Tooke", was an English clergyman, politician, and philologist.

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John Soane

Sir John Soane (né Soan; 10 September 1753 – 20 January 1837) was an English architect who specialised in the Neo-Classical style.

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Joseph Gurney (1744–1815)

Joseph Gurney (1744–1815) was an English shorthand-writer and evangelical activist.

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Lincoln's Inn Fields

Lincoln's Inn Fields is the largest public square in London.

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Napoleon

Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Offences Against the Person Act 1828

The Offences Against the Person Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4 c. 31) (also known as Lord Lansdowne's Act) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Pontarddulais

Pontarddulais is a community and town in the City and County of Swansea, Wales.

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Popgun Plot

The Popgun Plot was an alleged 1794 conspiracy by three members of the London Corresponding Society to assassinate King George III by means of a poison dart fired from an airgun.

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Queen's Counsel

A Queen's Counsel (postnominal QC), or King's Counsel (postnominal KC) during the reign of a king, is an eminent lawyer (usually a barrister or advocate) who is appointed by the Monarch to be one of "Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law." The term is also recognised as an honorific.

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Rebecca Riots

The Rebecca Riots took place between 1839 and 1843 in South and Mid Wales.

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Russell Gurney

Russell Gurney, FRS (2 September 1804 – 31 May 1878) was an English lawyer and Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1878.

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Senior Counsel

The title of Senior Counsel or State Counsel (post-nominal letters: SC) is given to a senior lawyer in some countries that were formerly part of the British Empire.

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Sodomy

Sodomy is generally anal or oral sex between people or sexual activity between a person and a non-human animal (bestiality), but it may also mean any non-procreative sexual activity.

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St Pancras Old Church

St Pancras Old Church is a Church of England parish church in Somers Town, Central London.

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St Paul's School, London

St Paul's School is a selective independent school for boys aged 13–18, founded in 1509 by John Colet and located on a 43-acre (180,000m2) site by the River Thames, in Barnes, London.

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Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald

Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Marquess of Maranhão, GCB, ODM, OSC (14 December 1775 – 31 October 1860), styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831, was a British naval flag officer of the Royal Navy, mercenary and radical politician.

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Thomas Gurney (shorthand writer)

Thomas Gurney (1705–1770) was an English shorthand-writer.

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Thomas Hardy (political reformer)

Thomas Hardy (3 March 1752 – 11 October 1832) was an early Radical, and the founder, first Secretary, and Treasurer of the London Corresponding Society.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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William Brodie Gurney

William Brodie Gurney (1777–1855) was a famed English shorthand writer and philanthropist of the 19th century.

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William Garrow

Sir William Garrow (13 April 1760 – 24 September 1840) was an English barrister, politician and judge known for his indirect reform of the advocacy system, which helped usher in the adversarial court system used in most common law nations today.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gurney_(judge)

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