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Records of John Franklin Gell

Catalogue reference: D8760/F/GJF

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This record is about the Records of John Franklin Gell dating from 1872-1873.

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Reference
D8760/F/GJF
Title
Records of John Franklin Gell
Date
1872-1873
Description

The records currently listed consist of letters written to him which were in the Franklin papers previously held under reference number D3311.

Related material

More letters from and to other family members are still held under reference number D3287, together with a few photographs and other items.

Held by
Derbyshire Record Office
Creator(s)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth; John Franklin Gell (1851-1884)
Physical description
3 items
Administrative / biographical background

John Franklin Gell (1851-1884) was the eldest son and second child of John Philip Gell and his wife Eleanor Isabella (nee Franklin). He died at Madras [now more widely known as Chennai] in India in 1884, having taken up an administrative post in the provision of education there a number of years before.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/ba289f76-ba6d-47e2-9341-a27f71cbbb7c/

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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 John Franklin Gell