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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
GPL - Records of Philip Lyttelton Gell, son of John Philip and Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, grandson of Sir John Franklin - 1873-1922
1 - Correspondence of Philip Lyttelton Gell - 1873
6 - Correspondence of Philip Lyttelton Gell received from assorted people relating to the history and records of the Franklin family - 1896-1922
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D8760/F/GPL/1/6/9
Former Reference
D3311/26/2
D3311/131
Title
Letter from J.E.C. Bodley to Philip Lyttelton Gell, on Eleanor Anne Porden being a Corresponding Member of the Institute of France
Date
30 Nov 1922
Description
In response to a letter by her in the Morning Post a few weeks on Sir John Franklin's wife; Bodley is himself a Corresponding Member of the Institute of France for 20 yaers, and there is currently agitation in the Institute about inviting a woman to speak to the annual meeting; he has never seen or heard mention of a woman being elected a member; he would be grateful if he could give full particulars; his being reminded of Gell's distinguished grandfather by the death of someone he used to see on Brighton Front who was one of the naval surgeons on one of the Franklin search expeditions, Inspector General Toms (lived to be 97); he requests her opinion on the climate in Devon, given that several of friends from that area prefer to live in the south of France.
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1 sheet
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Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Sender
J.E.C. Bodley
Sender Location
Hatchlands, Cuckfield, Sussex
Recipient
Philip Lyttelton Gell
Recipient Location
No address
Archive Creator
Philip Lyttelton Gell (1852-1926)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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Bodley; John Edward Courtenay (1853-1925); Writer
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