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Philip Lyttleton Gell

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Philip Lyttleton Gell

Birth
Marylebone, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Death
29 May 1926 (aged 74)
Kingswear, South Hams District, Devon, England
Burial
Carsington, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England Add to Map
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J.P. Oxon and Middlesex. Born 1852. Baptised at St.Mary's, Bryanston Square, London.
Balliol College,Oxford. Matriculated 27th January 1872 aged 19. Scholar 1873-1877. B.A.1876. M.A.1878.Fellow of King's College, London. Inner Temple 1876.. Clarendon Press, Oxford.1883-1897.

The son of John Philip and Eleanor Isabella Gell.

Of Langley Lodge, Oxon. Hopton Hall, Derbyshire and Chaulkhill, Middlesex. Married Edith Mary Brodrick at Pepperharrow in 1889. Died 1926.Buried at Carsington Church near Hopton Hall.

Philip Lyttelton Gell (1852–1926) was a British editor for Oxford University Press between 1884 and 1896 and President of the British South Africa Company between 1920–1923. [1] Lyttelton Gell was a friend of Alfred Lord Milner, and corresponded frequently with Henry Birchenough and other board members of the British South Africa Company. The Derbyshire Record office contains correspondence relating to Gell's involvement with the BSAC as Director (1899–1917, 1923–1925), Chairman (1917–1920) and President (1920–1923). He was Chairman of Toynbee Hall, Whitechapel, from 1884 to 1896. Through his mother, he is the grandson of British Admiral, John Franklin.[2] He supported the co-operative movement and the Liberal Unionist Party, and was a literary executor of Benjamin Jowett (1817–1893), Master of Balliol College.[3][4]
J.P. Oxon and Middlesex. Born 1852. Baptised at St.Mary's, Bryanston Square, London.
Balliol College,Oxford. Matriculated 27th January 1872 aged 19. Scholar 1873-1877. B.A.1876. M.A.1878.Fellow of King's College, London. Inner Temple 1876.. Clarendon Press, Oxford.1883-1897.

The son of John Philip and Eleanor Isabella Gell.

Of Langley Lodge, Oxon. Hopton Hall, Derbyshire and Chaulkhill, Middlesex. Married Edith Mary Brodrick at Pepperharrow in 1889. Died 1926.Buried at Carsington Church near Hopton Hall.

Philip Lyttelton Gell (1852–1926) was a British editor for Oxford University Press between 1884 and 1896 and President of the British South Africa Company between 1920–1923. [1] Lyttelton Gell was a friend of Alfred Lord Milner, and corresponded frequently with Henry Birchenough and other board members of the British South Africa Company. The Derbyshire Record office contains correspondence relating to Gell's involvement with the BSAC as Director (1899–1917, 1923–1925), Chairman (1917–1920) and President (1920–1923). He was Chairman of Toynbee Hall, Whitechapel, from 1884 to 1896. Through his mother, he is the grandson of British Admiral, John Franklin.[2] He supported the co-operative movement and the Liberal Unionist Party, and was a literary executor of Benjamin Jowett (1817–1893), Master of Balliol College.[3][4]


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223357086/philip_lyttleton-gell: accessed ), memorial page for Philip Lyttleton Gell (20 Apr 1852–29 May 1926), Find a Grave Memorial ID 223357086, citing St. Margaret's Churchyard, Carsington, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England; Maintained by EMB (contributor 50551012).