Background
Gell was the son of Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet of Hopton, Derbyshire, and his wife Elizabeth Willoughby, daughter of Sir Percival Willoughby of Wollaton Hall, Nottinghamshire.
Gell was the son of Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet of Hopton, Derbyshire, and his wife Elizabeth Willoughby, daughter of Sir Percival Willoughby of Wollaton Hall, Nottinghamshire.
He was baptised at Kedleston in October 1613. He matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford on 23 November 1632, aged 17. He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Derbyshire in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament.
In 1659 he was re-elected Member of Parliament for Derbyshire for the Third Protectorate Parliament.
Gell inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1671. He was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1673.
In January 1689 he was elected Member of Parliament for Derbyshire but died a month later at the age of 76. Gell married Katherine Packer, daughter of John Packer of Denington Castle, Berkshire.
In 1654, Gell was elected Member of Parliament for Derbyshire in the First Protectorate Parliament.