Charles Daniell Explained

Charles Daniell
Birth Date:21 August 1827
Death Date:26 July 1889 (aged 61)
Birth Place:Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
Death Place:South Kensington
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Branch: British Army
Rank:Major-General
Commands:Northern District
Battles:Crimean War
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath

Major-General Charles Frederick Torrens Daniell (21 August 1827 – 26 July 1889) was a British Army officer who held high office in the 1880s.

Military career

Born in Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire,[1] the youngest son of Thomas Daniell of Aldridge Lodge, Staffordshire and Little Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire and of Mary née Smith of the Smith banking family, Daniell was commissioned into the 38th Regiment of Foot.

In 1884 he was invited to command an Infantry Brigade at Malta and then in 1886 he was appointed General Officer Commanding Northern District. He remained in this post until 1889.[2]

Family

In 1849, he married Charlotte Vernon and then in 1856 he married Mary Smith.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://genealogy.links.org/links-cgi/readged?/home/ben/camilla-genealogy/current+c-daniell80957+2-2-0-1-0 Genealogy
  2. Whitaker's Almanack 1890
  3. http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal28822 University of Hull