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D258 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1200-1905
- 50 - SIR WILLIAM GELL (1777-1836)

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D258/50/88
Title	Personal letter from Sir William Gell to Philip Gell, `My Dear Doctor'. From Naples. Congratulations on marriage of Philip's daughter Georgiana. Mild winter in Naples; comments on cost of living, fashions, etc. Has been anxious that he would be sent for to accompany the Princess of Wales to Greece but, if it had happened, he would not last 2 months nor one, `for she would have enough of it the first day'. Princess writes she is going to Palermo. Sir William Callison is on the point of being ruined by farming. 2 Dec
Date	1815
Level	file
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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Gell; Sir; William (1777-1836); Diplomat and antiquarian of Hopton.

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