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Records of Frederick Gell
Catalogue reference: D8760/F/GFK
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This record is about the Records of Frederick Gell dating from 1840-1869.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- D8760/F/GFK
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of Frederick Gell
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1840-1869
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Description (What the record is about)
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Four letters written to Frederick Gell and one book written by him are currently listed.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Other family letters and related material, including a few photographs, are held under reference number D3287. There are 3 letters written by him to his sister-in-law, Eleanor Isabella Franklin, 1848-2853 (ref D8760/F/FEG/1/7/1-3)
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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; Frederick Gell (1820-1902)
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 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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Born 24 Sep 1820, the son of Reverend Philip Gell and his wife Elizabeth (nee Dod). He studied at Trinity College Cambridge. He was ordained as a deacon in 1843 and become a fellow of Christ Church, Cambridge, where was a lecturer, dean and assistant tutor, 1849-1861. He served as a chaplain to the Bishop of London, 1859-1861. He was appointed Bishop of Madras in 1861 and remained in that post until his retirement in 1898. He stayed on in India until he died at, Culford, Coonoor, Southern India on 25 March 1902.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f5c36ec4-2cc5-49b5-83b3-0f315559914b/
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
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Records of Frederick Gell