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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/GEL/1/1
Former Reference	D3311/114/1
Title	Letter from Mildred [Franklin Wiseman] to her aunt Edith Lyttelton Gell
Date	28 Dec 1937
Description	Sorry not to have seen her when she called and the letter left with Mrs Miller was not opened until too late; enjoyment at "the Scottish Expedition", being the guest of the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company for the ceremony in Troon shipyard to name and launch the H.M.S. Franklin, which was a thrilling sight to see as it glided down into the water; luncheon afterwards at the Marine Hotel, Troon, sitting with the Deputy Chairman Colonel Hutchinson, Lady Ailsa and Commander Southern (representing the Admiralty), and receiving brooch (platinum bar with central cluster of diamonds); H.M.S. Franklin a smaller ship than she expected, but necessarily so to be a surveying vessel, bound for Newfoundland.
Extent	3 sheets
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	Mildred Franklin Wiseman
Recipient	Edith Lyttelton Gell
Archive Creator	Edith Mary Midleton, later Edith Lyttelton Gell (1860-1944)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth