Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . md::m. The eldest son of Matthew Bell and Sarah Frances, daughter ofCharles Brandling, of Gosforth, he was but two years past hismajority when, on the morrow of St. Martin, the king pricked hisname on the sheriff roll, and he was raised to the high shrievalty ofNorthumberland. In view of this event, on the i6th October, 1816, MA TTHE W BELL. 2 41 he was married, the woman of his choice being EHzabeth Anne,only child of Henry Utricle Reay, of Hunwick. His fathers deathhad left him heir to a goodly estate—houses, lands, and collieries;his marriage brought him
Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . md::m. The eldest son of Matthew Bell and Sarah Frances, daughter ofCharles Brandling, of Gosforth, he was but two years past hismajority when, on the morrow of St. Martin, the king pricked hisname on the sheriff roll, and he was raised to the high shrievalty ofNorthumberland. In view of this event, on the i6th October, 1816, MA TTHE W BELL. 2 41 he was married, the woman of his choice being EHzabeth Anne,only child of Henry Utricle Reay, of Hunwick. His fathers deathhad left him heir to a goodly estate—houses, lands, and collieries;his marriage brought him other mineral property; he had become,within a few years, an opulent land and coalowner, a popularcounty squire, and a good all-round public man. Nothing butopportunity was wanting to enable him to display his talents in awider arena than that of Quarter-sessions, and the opportunity came,sooner perhaps than was expected. At the time when public life opened out wide avenues of usefulnessto Matthew Bell, the English people were passing t
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