Sir John Gell, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Gell, 2nd Baronet (1613 – 8 February 1689) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1689.
Early life
He was baptised at Kedleston in October 1613. Gell was the son of Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet of Hopton, Derbyshire, and his wife Elizabeth Willoughby, daughter of Sir Percival Willoughby of Wollaton Hall, Nottinghamshire.[1]
He matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford on 23 November 1632, aged 17.[2]
Career
In 1654, Gell was elected Member of Parliament for Derbyshire in the First Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Derbyshire in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament. In 1659 he was re-elected MP for Derbyshire for the Third Protectorate Parliament.[3]
Gell inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1671. He was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1673.[2] In January 1689 he was elected MP for Derbyshire but died a month later at the age of 76.[4]
Personal life
Gell married Katherine Packer, daughter of John Packer of Denington Castle, Berkshire. Together, they were the parents of:[1]
- Sir Philip Gell, 3rd Baronet (1651–1719), who married Elizabeth Fagg in 1678.[1]
- Catherine Gell, who married William Eyre of Holme Hall and Highlow Hall, Derbyshire.[5]
He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Philip. The baronetcy became extinct upon his sons death in 1719.[1]
Descendants
As his son Philip died without issue, his grandson, John Eyre, assumed the surname Gell to inherit the lands at Hopton after Philip's death in 1719.[1] John Eyre Gell was the father of Admiral John Gell and Philip Eyre Gell, who eventually inherited the Gell family fortune,[6] and was himself the father of Philip Gell, MP for Malmesbury and Penryn, and the renowned antiquarian Sir WIlliam Gell.[7]
Another grandson, William Eyre, MP for Berkshire, assumed the surname Archer to inherit the estates of Sir John Archer. Among his four children were John Archer (who married Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, a daughter of John Fitzwilliam, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam), Michael Archer (MP for Beverley), Catherine Archer (wife of Philip Blundell) and Susanna Archer (wife of Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer).[5]
References
- Burke, Sir John Bernard (1838). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, by J. and J.B. Burke. p. 217. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Gabel-Gilmore', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 542-568. Date accessed: 7 August 2011
- Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
- Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica. Hamilton, Adams, and Company. 1874. p. 482. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- Fitton, R. S. (1989), The Arkwrights: spinners of fortune, Manchester: Manchester University Press, p. 57, ISBN 978-0-7190-2646-1, retrieved 14 August 2010
- "WIRKSWORTH-Parish Records 1608-1899-Hopton Hall Auction". www.wirksworth.org.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
| Parliament of England | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Gervase Bennet Nathaniel Barton |
Member of Parliament for Derbyshire 1654–1659 With: Thomas Sanders 1654–1659 Edward Gell 1654 Sir Samuel Sleigh 1656 German Pole 1656 |
Succeeded by Not represented in Restored Rump |
| Preceded by Sir Gilbert Clarke |
Member of Parliament for Derbyshire 1689 |
Succeeded by Sir Philip Gell, 3rd Baronet |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by Sir Robert Coke |
High Sheriff of Derbyshire 1673 |
Succeeded by Samuel Hallowes of Norton |
| Baronetage of England | ||
| Preceded by John Gell |
Baronet (of Hopton) 1671–1689 |
Succeeded by Philip Gell |