Sir Hugh Bell | |
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![]() Bell with his daughter Gertrude in 1876, by Edward Poynter | |
Born | 10 February 1844 |
Died | 29 June 1931 | (aged 87)
Nationality | English |
Occupation(s) | Director of Bell Brothers, Middlesbrough |
Spouses | |
Children | 5, including Gertrude, Maurice, and Mary |
Sir Thomas Hugh Bell, 2nd Baronet, CB, JP, DL, FSA (10 February 1844 – 29 June 1931) was an English industrialist, landowner, Justice of the Peace, and administrator. A Deputy Lieutenant of County Durham, he was High Sheriff of Durham in 1895 and Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire from 1906 to 1931.[1] He joined his family firm, Bell Brothers, and became director of its steelworks at Middlesbrough.