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Letters between Frances Majendie (née Griffin) and her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin,...

Catalogue reference: D8760/F/FEG/1/38

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This record is about the Letters between Frances Majendie (née Griffin) and her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin,... dating from 1847-1849.

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Reference

D8760/F/FEG/1/38

Title

Letters between Frances Majendie (née Griffin) and her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Gell

Date

1847-1849

Description

Frances (Fanny) Griffin, later Majendie (1788-1868), was the elder sister of Lady Jane Franklin, second wife of the Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, She was the eldest of three daughters of John Griffin and his wife Jane (nee Guillemard). On 18 Jan 1831 she married the geologist Ashurst Majendie of Hedingham Castle, Essex, at St George's Church, Bloomsbury,

Held by
Derbyshire Record Office
Creator(s)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth; Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Physical description

4 items

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/4da300fb-2522-41d6-9c58-f94350ea9be5/

Series information

D8760/F/FEG

Records of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, daughter of Sir John and Eleanor Franklin...

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This record is held at Derbyshire Record Office

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Within the fonds: D8760

Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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Within the sub-fonds: D8760/F

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Within the series: D8760/F/FEG

Records of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, daughter of Sir John and Eleanor Franklin...

489 records

Within the sub-series: D8760/F/FEG/1

Correspondence of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin

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Letters between Frances Majendie (née Griffin) and her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Gell