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Entry TypePerson
SurnameSellwood
ForenamesHenry
Epithetlawyer
Dates1782-1867
Gender IdentityMale
HistoryActed as legal representative and trustee for Sir John Franklin, also sole executor of his will; he 'gave away' Eleanor Franklin in her marriage to John Philip Gell on 7 June 1849
RelationshipsMarried Sarah Franklin, sister of Sir John Franklin, at Mavis Enderby, Lincolnshire, in 1812; they had 3 daughters: Emily (1813-1896), who went on to marry the famous poet Alfred Tennyson, later Lord Tennyson, becoming his manager in effect: Anne (1814-1894), who married Charles Richard Weld: and Louisa (1816-1879), who married Reverend Charles Tennyson Turner.
Key EventsBorn in Berkshire, 1782
Authorised Form of NameSellwood; Henry (1782-1867); lawyer

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