Henry Chandos Pole Gell
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High Sheriff of Derbyshire
This is a list of High Sheriffs of Derbyshire from 1568.The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been...
in 1867. He took the additional surname Gell when he inherited the Gell fortune in 1842. His main residence was at Heverswood in Kent as he leased Hopton Hall
Hopton Hall
Hopton Hall is an 18th century country house at Hopton, near Wirksworth, Derbyshire. It is a Grade II listed building.The Manor of Hopton , anciently the seat of the de Hopton family, was acquired by the Gell family in 1553 by Ralph Gell who also purchased lands at Darley Abbey and Rocester.John...
to a relative.
Biography
Henry Chandos Pole was the second son of Edward Sacheverell Chandos Pole born at Radbourne HallRadbourne Hall
Radbourne Hall is an 18th century country house, the home of the Chandos-Pole family, situated at Radbourne, Derbyshire. It is a Grade I listed building....
. In 1842 he took the arms and surname Gell when he succeeded to the estate at Hopton Hall
Hopton Hall
Hopton Hall is an 18th century country house at Hopton, near Wirksworth, Derbyshire. It is a Grade II listed building.The Manor of Hopton , anciently the seat of the de Hopton family, was acquired by the Gell family in 1553 by Ralph Gell who also purchased lands at Darley Abbey and Rocester.John...
. Gell was High Sheriff in 1867.
Gell had five daughters with his first wife who died in 1868. He married Teresa Charlotte Manningham-Buller the following year and had a son in 1872. His son who became Brigadier-General Harry Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell (1872-1934) relinquished the surname Gell in the 1930s.
Gell died on 31 October 1902 and he was buried at Carsington.