Author talk:Charles Dent Bell

Sources

Name: Charles Dent Bell
Birth - Death: 1818-1898
Source Citation:

• The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Five volumes. Edited by George Watson. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1969-1977. Use the index in Volume 5 to locate entries. (NewCBEL)
• Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English Literature: A Supplement. British and American authors. Two volumes. By John Foster Kirk. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1891. (Alli SUP)
• Childhood in Poetry. A catalogue, with biographical and critical annotations, of the books of English and American poets comprising the Shaw Childhood in Poetry Collection in the Library of the Florida State University. Second Supplement. By John Mackay Shaw. Detroit: Gale Research, 1976. (ChhPo S2)
• The Poets of Ireland. A biographical and bibliographical dictionary of Irish writers of English verse. By D.J. O'Donoghue. London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press. 'The Poets of Ireland' begins on page 5. The Appendices begin on page 495. (PoIre)

Biographical entry in Crockford's Clerical Directory (1898), p.98

Death

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Deaths Dec 1898
Bell Charles Dent 80 St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a 311

Funeral

• The Standard (London, England), Thursday, November 17, 1898; pg. 2; Issue 23210. — TO-DAY.

The funeral of the Rev. Charles Dent Bell, D.D. Honorary Canon of Carlisle, and for 23 years Rector of Cheltenham, took place yesterday. Teh remains arrived by railway from London soon after noon; but the coffin, covered with floral tributes, did not leave the station for nearly two hours, when it was placed in an open hearse, and drawn through the streets. The first part of the Burial Service was solemnised in St. Matthew's Church, which was crowded. The Corporation and other public bodies were present. The interment was afterwards made at Cheltenham Cemetery, in the family vault, by the side of the deceased's second wife. Manythousands of people lined the route to the cemtery, where the concluding portion of the service was read.

death notice

• The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post (Bristol, England), Saturday, November 19, 1898; Issue 15765. — Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries.

Bell.—November 11, at the National Club, London Charles Dent Bell, D.D., of Longhrigg brow, Ambleside, late rector of Cheltenham, and hon, canon of Carlisle, aged 80.

Census

• 1871 England; Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 1092; Folio: 89; Page: 50; GSU roll: 827504

Name: Charles D Bell (Vicar of Ambleside)
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1818
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth H Bell
Gender: Male
Where born: Derry, Ireland
Civil Parish: Hove
County/Island: Sussex
Country: England
Registration district: Steyning
Sub-registration district: Shoreham
ED, institution, or vessel: 19
Household schedule number: 163
Piece: 1092
Folio: 89
Page Number: 50
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles D Bell 53
Elizabeth H Bell 43
Hannah J Bell 20
Lizzie B Bell 12
Lucy W Bell 10
W Dent Bell 8
Francis C Bell 7
Barel D Bell 6
Henry R Bell 4
A Soploney Bell 3
Elizabeth Apton 30
Jane Dyncon 32
Ann Knott 45
Susan Willson 32
Elizabeth Vidler 26
Emma Chart 20
Susannah Morley 25
Margaret Daball 20
George Craven 46

Family trees

Family trees show

Charles (Lancelot) Dent Bell
Birth 10 February 1819 in Ballymagnigan, Ballyronan, Derry, Ireland
Henry Humphrey Bell (1785 – 1855) and Betsy Eliza Elizabeth Pearson (1787 – 1845)

though none cite a source for the record.

Achievements.

Mr Charles D Bell wrote a book in 1875 entitled "Angelic Beings their nature and Ministry" It was Published by the Religious Tract Society and was printed by Knights Printers London.