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Elizabeth Gurley

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Biography

Claimed unsuccessfully as the guardian of William J S Gurley (her son) for the compensation for Peter's Hope on St Vincent.

  1. Elizabeth Gurley was widow of William Gurley, killed in Scotland's penultimate duel 1824 at North Queensferry Edinburgh.

Sources

  1. Joan M. Leggett, Scotland's penultimate duel (Kinloch Rannoch, Crossmount House, 1998); Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany Vol. 94 (1824) p. 754, which identifies Captain William Gurley as of Peter's Hope St Vincent.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish?
Spouse
William
Children
William John Selby

Associated Claims (1)

St Vincent 642 (Peter's Hope)
£2,727 4s 0d
Unsuccessful claimant (Guardian)
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Relationships (4)

Elizabeth Gurley
Daughter-in-law → Mother-in-law
Mary Selby Gurley (née Johnston)
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Elizabeth Gurley
Mother → Son
William John Selby Gurley
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Elizabeth Gurley
Widow → Deceased Husband
Capt. William Gurley
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Elizabeth Gurley
Sister-in-law → Brother-in-law
John Fewtrell Wylde
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Notes →
Wylde had married the sister of Elizabeth Gurley's husband William ...

Addresses (1)

Edinburgh, Midlothian (Edinburgh), Central Scotland, Scotland
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