Sub-series
Diaries of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin
Catalogue reference: D8760/F/FEG/2
What’s it about?
This record is about the Diaries of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin dating from 1836-1850.
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/FEG/2
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Title (The name of the record)
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Diaries of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin
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Date (When the record was created)
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1836-1850
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Description (What the record is about)
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The diaries relate to her time in Tasmania while her father was Lieutenent Governor of Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] including the journey out, her later travels with her aunt to the Americas, the continent and within England, and after her marriage to John Philip Gell. She was not a consistent writer in her diaries, and there are frequent gaps between dates, as well as lengthy periods when not entires were made.
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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; Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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11 volumes
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/8ab16440-b2b0-4c9a-95ec-d1b73fd25f61/
Series information
D8760/F/FEG
Records of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, daughter of Sir John and Eleanor Franklin...
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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
Within the series: D8760/F/FEG
Records of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, daughter of Sir John and Eleanor Franklin...
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Diaries of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin