Talk:Overend, Gurney and Company

Gurneys
A reference to Trial by Jury has been added, but I think that there might be confusion between this article and another Gurney banking family (see Gurney's Bank), which is described in the book Friends and Relations by Verily Anderson (ISBN 1-898030-84-7). If the two Gurney banking families are one in the same, several cross-references should be added among the various articles, but I am guessing that Gilbert was referring to the Gurney's Bank Gurneys in Trial by Jury, since Overend, Gurney and Company went out of business 10 years before Trial by Jury. Best regards, -- Ssilvers (talk) 16:45, 23 January 2008 (UTC)


 * This article about Daniel Gurney http://www.runctonweb.co.uk/hist/dgurney.html says that after the collapse of 1865, Gurney's Bank was taken over by the Barclay branch of the family and Barclay's Bank was founded. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:43, 23 January 2008 (UTC)


 * This book about the history of Barclays gives more info. http://books.google.com/books?id=yAwipk34KP0C&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=%22overend+gurney%22+%22gurneys+bank%22+barclay&source=web&ots=s-VaHsdwtI&sig=-D8gEN2GYX8nMBbqHxfpJiZ2UxU#PPA48,M1 -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:53, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Updating the figure for inflation
£11m in 1866, CDKO inflation index = 9.5 In the last year of the CDKO inflation index, 2003, it was 715.2, therefore the equivilent 2003 value was 715.2 / 9.5 * £11m = £828m. The value of the current equivilent index, the Retail Prices Index (RPI) was 181.3. In 2008 the RPI index was 214.8, therefore the equivalent 2008 value was 214.8 / 181.3 * £828m = £981m -- John (Daytona2 · Talk ·  Contribs) 20:32, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
 * consumer indicies shouldn't be used for capital. A capital series such as proportion of GDP should be used.Fifelfoo (talk) 01:39, 18 December 2009 (UTC)