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D258 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1200-1905
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CONTENT WARNING	OFFENSIVE AND OPPRESSIVE LANGUAGE This catalogue and the archives it describes contain highly offensive and oppressive language. Some of the language has been included in the catalogue description to publicly reflect the attitudes of the time the records were written.
Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D258/5/2/4
Former Reference	D258/24/4d
Title	Printed copy of the address "to the Christian Electors of South Derbyshire" of Edward Miller Mundy and Charles Robert Colville, both of the Conservative Party
Date	1841
Description	Refers to Socialist Robert Owen and the trade in enslaved African peoples
Extent	1 item
Level	file
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Philip Gell (1775-1842)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Administrative History	Edward Miller Mundy (1800-1849) and Charles Robert Colville (1815-1866), both of the Conservative Party were both elected to Parliament as the two MPs for South Derbyshire at the 1841 election in which Sir Robert Peel's Conservatives won control of the House of Commons defeating the Whigs led by Viscount Melbourne. Miller Mundy was re-elected in 1847 and served as MP until his death in 1849. Colville was re-elected twice, serving until 1859. He was re-elected again in 1865 for the Liberal Party, serving until 1868.
Format	Document
Term	Slavery
	Slaves
	Black peoples
	Forced labour
	Oppression
	Ethnic groups
	Letters (documents)
Archivist Note	This catalogue entry has been amended in line with cataloguing procedures to address offensive and oppressive language, 9 November 2022 KM