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GELL, ANTHONY, son of Anthony Gell, Receiver-Gen. to Dean and Chapter of Westminster, and Frances, dau. of Joseph Dalby, Welbeck Street, London, apothecary; b. 26 May 1764; adm. 15 Apr 1776; left Aug 1780; Clerk of the Cash Book to Auditor of the Exchequer; d. unm. 20 Nov 1801. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

GELL, DANIEL; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1730/1; left 1733.

GELL, JOHN HENRY, brother of Anthony Gell (qv); b.; adm. 29 Mar 1780; Auditor of the College Accounts, Westminster Abbey 25 Nov 1795; Receiver-Gen. to Dean and Chapter, jointly with father 5 May 1801 - Jan 1817, alone Jan 1817 - Jul 1854, and jointly with Robert Marsh from 12 Jul 1854; Coroner and Clerk of the Market, Westminster 6 Jun 1816-45, Deputy Coroner from 1845; m. 23 May 1801 Charlotte Harmer, St. Luke’s, Chelsea, spinster; d. 8 Oct 1856, aged 85. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey, memorial tablet in Dark Cloister.

GELL, ROBERT, son of Rev. William Gell, Rector of Frindsbury, Kent; b. 19 Feb 1594/5; at school under Camden and Wilson eight years (Notes and Queries, 8th series, xii, 401); KS ; Christ’s Coll. Cambrtdge, sizar, matr. Easter 1615; BA 1617/8; MA 1621; BD 1628; DD 1641; Fellow of Christ’s Coll. before Christmas 1623 - after 1638; held several college offices; ordained; preached frequently before the University; Chaplain to Archbishop of Canterbury; Rector of St. Mary Aldermary, London, from 27 Jan 1640/1; bequeathed £5 to the King’s Scholars “to buy them bookes”; author, An Essay towards the Amendment of the last Translation of the Bible, 1659; his Remaines were “collected and set in order” by R. Bacon 1676; m. 7 Nov 1641 Elizabeth Lowvenir, Pampisford, Cambs.; d. 25 Mar 1665, aged 69. DNB.

GELL, THOMAS WILLIAM, brother of Anthony Gell (qv); b. 1 Dec 1778; at school 1792; d. “of a putrid fever” 25 Dec 1792. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

GELL, WILLIAM EGERTON, brother of Anthony Gell (qv); b. 30 Jul 1781; at school 1791; in school list 1795; Auditor of the College Accounts, Westminster Abbey, from 5 May 1801; m. 22 Aug 1825 Jane Perkins (IGI); d. 17 May 1838. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey, with tablet to his memory.