John Hampden Gurney

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

Life

Born the son of Sir John Gurney, Baron of the Exchequer in Serjeant's Inn, Fleet Street, London, England, he was educated in Chobham, Surrey and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. as 3rd classic in 1824 and became M.A. in 1827.^[1]

He was an active supporter of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and other religious societies. He died in London.

There is now a school named after him (Hampden Gurney C of E primary school) located in Nutford Place, London.

Service

• Curate of Lutterworth (1824–1844) (Listed as Stipendiary Curate, 1827)
• Rector of St. Mary's, Marylebone
• Prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral.

Published writings

• Church Psalmody: Hints for the Improvement of a Collection of Hymns (1853)
• A Collection of Hymns for Public Worship (1838), known as the Lutterworth Collection

Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship, Selected for Some of the Churches of Marylebone (1851) known as his Marlybone collection.

His hymns include: We saw Thee not when Thou didst come, Lord, as to thy dear Cross we flee, and Yes God is good.

References

Notes

1. "Gurney, John Hampden (GNY819JH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

Sources

• Julian, John (June 1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. London: John Murray. p. 474.
• Bailey, Albert Edward (1950). The Gospel in Hymns. New York: Charles Scribner's sons. pp. 389–390.
• Cyber Hymnal. "John Hampden Gurney". Retrieved 2007-02-08.
• "Clergy of the Church of England: Parish (church): Lutterworth". Retrieved 2007-02-08.