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

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

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

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

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.