Frederick Gell

Who was Frederick Gell?

The Rt Rev Frederick Gell was an eminent Anglican clergyman in the second half of the 19th century.

Frederick Gell was born in 1820 and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1843 he was appointed a Fellow at Christ's College, Cambridge, and later that year ordained. His first ecclesiastical post was as a Curate at Great St Mary’s, Cambridge after which he became Domestic Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of London and then the 4th Bishop of Madras,- an office he held for over a quarter of a century. He died on March 25, 1902.