Charles Daniell

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

Charles Daniell
Born21 August 1827
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
Died26 July 1889 (aged 61)
South Kensington
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankMajor-General
Commands heldNorthern District
Battles/warsCrimean War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

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.[2]

In 1884 he was invited to command an Infantry Brigade at Malta[3] and then in 1886 he was appointed General Officer Commanding Northern District.[4] He remained in this post until 1889.[5]

Family

In 1849, he married Charlotte Vernon and then in 1856 he married Mary Smith.[6]

References
  1. Genealogy
  2. "No. 20959". The London Gazette. 23 March 1849. p. 960.
  3. "No. 25349". The London Gazette. 2 May 1884. p. 1982.
  4. "No. 25712". The London Gazette. 21 June 1887. p. 3361.
  5. Whitaker's Almanack 1890
  6. University of Hull
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