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Letters from Lady Mary Simpkinson (née Griffin) to her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin

Catalogue reference: D8760/F/FEG/1/39

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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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Reference

D8760/F/FEG/1/39

Title

Letters from Lady Mary Simpkinson (née Griffin) to her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin

Date

1832-1849

Description
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Held by
Derbyshire Record Office
Creator(s)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth; Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Physical description

8 items

Administrative / biographical background

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.

Record URL
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Series information

D8760/F/FEG

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Letters from Lady Mary Simpkinson (née Griffin) to her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin