Bell is believed to have been born in Bordeaux, France, where his father, Edward Bell, was the British consul.
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When his family ran into financial problems, his father's cousin, Edward Gibbon Wakefield, managed to secure Bell a position as a clerk in the New Zealand Company's head office in London.
Dillon Bell (Francis Dillon Bell, 1822–1898), New Zealand politician, father of the above
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