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D8760 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1714-1994
- F - Family records of the extended Franklin family and the Gell family of Hopton Hall - 1714-1994
  - FEG - Records of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, daughter of Sir John and Eleanor Franklin and wife of Reverend John Philip Gell - 1828-[early 20th cent]
    - 1 - Correspondence of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin - 1828-1859
      - 32 - Letters from the Wright cousins to Eleanor Isabella Gell - 1852

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/32/1
Former Reference	D3287/31/13
Title	Letter from Arthur Wright to his cousin Eleanor Isabella Gell, accepting request to call on Edward Kay Kendall at St John's College, Cambridge
Date	22 Oct 1852
Description	Having come up to Cambidge last night and only just received her letter; he shall be happy to call on Edward Kendall and show him every attention, but Wright's college career is close to its end, so his acquaintance will not be long; he recollects seeing Mrs Kay when in London but not Kendall; he thinks Uncle and Aunt Booth have benefitted from summer sojourn in Lincolnshire, but Clifton will be better for winter quarters. He was reading Mr Gell's address at Colchester when her letter was given to him; he hopes he is well. Supposes she will visit Lincolnshire before she goes to New Zealand. The Arctic news seems satisfactory, but seems only to protract anxious expectations. Regards to Eleanor and Mr Gell.
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Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	Arthur Wright
Sender Location	St John's College (Cambridge)
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location	No address
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Administrative History	Arthur Wright (1831-1920) was the son of Reverend Thomas Bailey Wright and his wife Henrietta (Franklin); he was the nephew of the Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin and cousin of Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Gell. he was educated at Grantham School and St John's College, Cambridge. He was ordained as a deacon in 1854 and as a priest in 1855. He served as Curate of South Ormsby wirh Driby, 1853-1857, and Vicar of Welton-le-Marsh, 1857-1871. He was Rector of Gunby, 1866-1871 and Rector of Toynton, 1871-1873, before becoming Rector of Coningsby, 1873-1913. He was Prebendary Canon of Lincoln from 1875 to 1920
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