Gardiner Henry Guion

Who was Gardiner Henry Guion?

Captain Gardiner Henry Guion

Gardiner Henry Guion was the son of Daniel Guion – a Merchant who was befriended and professionally involved with Oliver Toulmin, Major David Parry and Henry Cort and lived for some years in 35 Crutched Ffriars opposite to the Office of the Royal Navy – and Ann, who would become Matron of the London Hospital 1790–1797. His brother was Daniel Oliver Guion, the captain of HMS St George. St George was wrecked on 24 December 1811 on the coast of Ringkjøbing, Denmark. The Guion family were Huguenots and they are probably related to the "de Guyon de Geis" family from France. A Huguenot branch of this family is still living in England and a famous member of this family is Richard Debaufre Guyon, general in Hungarian and Turkish service.