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Records of Henry Willingham Gell
Catalogue reference: D8760/F/GHW
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This record is about the Records of Henry Willingham Gell dating from 1855-1938.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- D8760/F/GHW
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of Henry Willingham Gell
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855-1938
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Description (What the record is about)
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As with his older brother Philip Lyttelton Gell, he had a strong interest in his Franklin heritage. Nearly all the records related to correspondence about Sir John Franklin, including a series of documents collected about his portrait painted in 1824 by Thomas Phillips and the family disputes about its ownership.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Derbyshire Record Office
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth; Henry Willingham Gell (1856-1942)
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 101 items
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Henry Willingham Gell (1856-1942) was the third son and fifth child of John Philip Gell and Eleanor Isabella (nee Franklin), and a grandson of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin. He married Edith Georgiana Banks Bradshaw on 19 July 1893. They had two children, Philip Victor Willingham Gell (1897-1970), who inherited Hopton Hall in 1944, and Honor Elizabeth Franklin Gell, who died aged only 7 in 1907.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/405b9e0a-5126-402d-901b-4ef22456a512/
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This record is held at Derbyshire Record Office
Within the fonds: D8760
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Within the sub-fonds: D8760/F
Family records of the extended Franklin family and the Gell family of Hopton Hall
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Records of Henry Willingham Gell