Henry Chandos Pole Gell

Henry Chandos Pole Gell (10 January 1829 – 31 October 1902) was a High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1886/7.

[2] For many years main residence was at Heverswood (south of Brasted) in Kent as he leased Hopton Hall to a relative.

A contemporary obituary states that Gell was ″well known throughout the country by reason of the deep interest he took in agriculture... he maintained an excellent heard of shorthorns at Hopton, and was one of the first to perceive the importance of the shire horse.″[3] Gell had five daughters with his first wife who died in 1868.

They had a son, Harry Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell (1872–1934), who became a Brigadier-General and relinquished the surname Gell in the 1930s.

Gell died at his residence Hopton Hall on 31 October 1902,[3] and he was buried at Carsington.