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Records of Colonel Philip Victor Willingham Gell and his wife Aileen Edith Pauline...

Catalogue reference: D8760/F/GPV

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This record is about the Records of Colonel Philip Victor Willingham Gell and his wife Aileen Edith Pauline... dating from 1896-1976.

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Reference

D8760/F/GPV

Title

Records of Colonel Philip Victor Willingham Gell and his wife Aileen Edith Pauline Gell nee Maunsell

Date

1896-1976

Description
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Held by
Derbyshire Record Office
Creator(s)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth; Philip Victor Willingham Gell (1897-1970)
Physical description

60 items and 3 files

Administrative / biographical background

Philip Victor Willingham Gell (1897-1970) was the son of Henry Willingham Gell and his wife Edith Georgiana Banks (nee Bradshaw). He was the great grandson of the Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) and his wife Eleanor Anne (1795-1825). He was also the nephew of Philip Lyttleton Gell (1852-1926) and his wife Edith Mary (1860-1944), and after Edith's death he succeeded to the estate of Hopton Hall. He married Aileen Edith Pauline Maunsell (1895-1986) in 1920. They had two children, Philip Antony Maunsell Gell (1921-1998) and Elizabeth Edith Maunsell Gell, later Lea (possibly born 1927).

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/91753ffb-c5fd-4bce-b040-22082ed5c8bb/

Catalogue hierarchy

103,486 records

This record is held at Derbyshire Record Office

2,203 records

Within the fonds: D8760

Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

2,185 records

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 Colonel Philip Victor Willingham Gell and his wife Aileen Edith Pauline Gell nee Maunsell