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In 1816 and 1818, Gurney was outlawed in
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England, took refuge in Paris in 1818." As Vice -Warden of the Stannaries, he received an income of £50 a year, yet heard only two cases.
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60:. He was the youngest of three children by Rev. Richard Gurney and Bridget Oban. He aspired to be a writer and a poet. After his father failed to obtain a naval commission for him, he went to London to study law. He was admitted to the Inner Temple on 14 January 1812.
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