Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (born 1593)

Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet

British landowner

Sir John Gell, 22 June 1593 to 26 October 1671, was a member of the landed gentry from Derbyshire, who acted as local Parliamentarian commander for most of the First English Civil War before resigning in May 1646. He was notorious for parading the body of his Royalist opponent…