Gardiner Henry Guion

Captain Gardiner Henry Guion (London, 22 February 1775, – Thun, CH, 27 September 1832)

Gardiner Henry Guion was the son of Daniel Guion (1742–1780) – a Merchant who was befriended and professionally involved with Oliver Toulmin (Navy Agent), Major David Parry (a close friend to William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne) and Henry Cort and lived for some years in 35 Crutched Ffriars opposite to the Office of the Royal Navy – and Ann (Harwood), 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.

From June 1818 until November 1818 Gardiner Henry made a grand Tour through France: le Havre – Paris, a circular tour south of Paris, Paris – Bayonne – St. Sebastian along the Atlantis coast, St. Sebastian – Bayonne – probably Marseille or Toulon along the Spanish border and the Mediterranean coast. Where his tour ended and how he returned to England is unknown.

After his last mission on the Tribune, he made from 1827–1832 a grand tour though Italy and visited Bologna, Verona, Venice and Naples. On this tour he bought several charts of the towns he passed and made several sketches and drawing of people, animals and landscapes. During this tour, his only daughter married 1828 Dr Charles James Fox in London His last chart he bought in Luzern. He died 1832 in Thun, on his way back to England.

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