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Admiral John Gell (1740–1806) was from the Gell and Eyre families of Hopton Hall in Derbyshire. He served with the Royal Navy, fighting in India and taking part in the occupation of Toulon.〔(Captain John Gell (1740-1806 ), National Maritime Museum, accessed 4 October 2008 〕 Gell was a commander in the Royal Navy for over thirty years starting in 1762 following two years as a lieutenant. He was promoted to the rank of Admiral in 1799 after completing duties in Nova Scotia, Portugal, Genoa, the East Indies and Toulon.〔 In 1793, Gell's squadron captured a Spanish ship which contained two million dollars and packages valued at over 200,000 pounds.〔 ==Biography== Gell was born in 1740 to another John Gell of Hopton Hall. His father was born John Eyre but had taken the name Gell when he inherited the Gell fortune. Although his father had assumed the name Gell, this Gell was the great Grandson of the parliamentarian soldier, the first baronet, Sir John Gell〔(Gell of Hopton Hall ), Rotherham web, accessed 4 October 2008〕 The children of his elder brother, Philip Gell of Hopton Hall were mentioned in Gell's will.〔J. K. Laughton, (‘Gell, John (c.1740–1806)’ ), rev. A. W. H. Pearsall, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, January 2008, . Retrieved 6 October 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Gell (Royal Navy officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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