Career
Gell was a quiet Member of Parliament who bought his constituency for £4,000. He was the High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1822. Gell was the son of another Philip Gell of Hopton Hall.
He was educated at Manchester Grammar School.
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.
In 1822 he was the High Sheriff of Derbyshire. Gell died in 1842 and left his estate to his only living child who was the wife of William Pole Thornhill.
