Philip Gell (1775–1842) was a British Whig politician.
[1] Gell was a quiet MP who bought his constituency.
Gell was offered a position as Member of Parliament for Malmesbury which he bought for £4,000.
There is no record of any speeches he made whilst serving for either Malmesbury or for Penryn.
[2] Gell died in 1842 and left his estate to his only living child, Isabella, the wife of William Pole Thornhill.