Sub-sub-series
Letters from Lady Mary Simpkinson (née Griffin) to her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin
Catalogue reference: D8760/F/FEG/1/39
What’s it about?
This record is about the Letters from Lady Mary Simpkinson (née Griffin) to her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin dating from 1832-1849.
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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/1/39
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Title (The name of the record)
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Letters from Lady Mary Simpkinson (née Griffin) to her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin
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Date (When the record was created)
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1832-1849
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Description (What the record is about)
- Description available at other catalogue level
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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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8 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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Mary Griffin, later Simpkinson (1794-1854) was the younger sister of Lady Jane Franklin, second wife of the Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, She was the youngest of three daughters of wealthy London silk weaver John Griffin and his wife Jane (nee Guillemard), who died of complications after giving birth to Mary. She married London barrister, John Augustus Francis (Frank) Simpkinson in 1814. They had two sons, John Nassau and Francis Guillemard, and three daughters, Mary Louisa, Emma Jane and Marianne Jane. In 1845 her husband, who went to become a celebrated judge, was knighted, allowing her to use the title Lady Mary Simpkinson.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/caa0f640-47d0-46bb-944d-ca31f4a32ff8/
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...
Within the sub-series: D8760/F/FEG/1
Correspondence of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin
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Letters from Lady Mary Simpkinson (née Griffin) to her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin