Background
Gurney was born on 27 June 1898, in Poughill, near Bude in Cornwall. He was the son of G.G.H. Gurney and Florence Gurney. He was educated at Winchester College and University College, Oxford. He married Lady Isabel Lowther Weir in 1924 and they had two sons, Michael and Peter.
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