Series
Records of Reverend Philip Gell
Catalogue reference: D8760/F/GPH
What’s it about?
This record is about the Records of Reverend Philip Gell dating from 1844-1870.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at Derbyshire Record Office.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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D8760/F/GPH
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Title (The name of the record)
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Records of Reverend Philip Gell
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Date (When the record was created)
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1844-1870
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Description (What the record is about)
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The items currently listed in D8760 comprise letters and a memorial card among the Franklin papers previously held under reference numbers D3287 and D3311.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Other records of his can still be found under reference number D3287, including family letters. There is one letter written by him to his prospective daughter-in-law, Eleanor Isabella Franklin, 1846, at D8760/F/FEG/1/5/1.
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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; Rev Philip Gell (1787-1870)
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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7 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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Philip Gell (1787-1870) was an Anglican clergyman, serving variously as Curate of Matlock (from 1806), Perpetual Curate of Rocester (1812-1820), Assistant Rector of All Saints, Derby (in 1851) and Rural Dean of Derby: in his later years he became known as a "clergyman of the Church of England without the care of souls". He married Elizabeth Dod and they had 8 children: John Philip (1816-1898), Elizabeth (1817-1900), Charles Augustine (1818-1839), Henry (1819-1843), Frederick (1820-1902), Arthur Daniel (1822-1848), Harriet Isabella (1824-1896, later Childe) and Caroline Mary (1829-1920). His eldest son John Philip Gell, who regarded his father as somewhat strict and repressive in outlook, went on to marry Eleanor Isabella Franklin, daughter of the Arctic explorer, in 1849.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/708c5bd1-66d6-43d3-834e-6971ce20e1fe/
Catalogue hierarchy
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 Reverend Philip Gell