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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/GHW/1/6/3 |
| Former Reference | D3311/231 |
| Title | Letter from Kenneth Franklin to Dr Gell on possible family links wth Sir John Franklin |
| Date | 11 Dec 1938 |
| Description | His father used to say that Kenneth's grandfather or earlier great-grandfather was closely related to Sir John Franklin and saw him off on his last voyage and that their family once possessed a large estate in or neath Louth; unable to say whether this was correct, as location of family records not known; Sir Willingham Franklin was a fellow of Oriel College.
Postcript in pencil in another hand on the fortunes of the Franklin family of Spilsby, including on Willingham Franklin |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Sender | Kenneth J. Franklin |
| Sender Location | Oriel College, Oxford |
| Recipient | John Philip Gell |
| Archive Creator | Henry Willingham Gell (1856-1942) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
| Format | Document |
| Term | Naval personnel |
| Navy officers |
| Sailors |
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