Education
Gurden was educated in Birmingham at Lyttelton School and Birmingham University.
Gurden was educated in Birmingham at Lyttelton School and Birmingham University.
He was sometime President of the RSPCA. Gurden served as a councillor on Birmingham City Council from 1946–1956, representing the ward of Selly Oak. Gurden was one of the first MPs to join the Conservative Monday Club.
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Gurden was Member of Parliament for Birmingham Selly Oak from May 1955 to October 1974, when he lost the seat to Labour"s Thomas Litterick.