[1] During the bombardment of Alexandria in July 1882, Moberly Bell was aboard HMS Condor with fellow journalist Frederic Villiers.

In 1890, Bell was invited by The Times owner, Arthur Fraser Walter, to assist running the newspaper, which was facing financial difficulties despite its respected status.

[3] In 1908, The Times discontinued its sponsorship of the Encyclopædia Britannica due to a legal dispute between Hooper and his business partner Walter Montgomery Jackson.

Bell wrote three books: Khedives and Pashas (1884), Egyptian Finance (1887), and From Pharaoh to Fellah (1888), illustrated by George Montbard and engraved by Charles Brabant.

Enid published a biography of her father, titled The Life and Letters of C. F. Moberly Bell, in 1927, sixteen years after his death.