Charles Daniell


Charles Frederick Torrens Daniell was a British Army officer who held high office in the 1880s.

Military career

Born in Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, 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.

Family

In 1849, he married Charlotte Vernon and then in 1856 he married Mary Smith, his first cousin: they had one daughter.