Major-General Charles Frederick Torrens Daniell (21 August 1827 – 26 July 1889) was a

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officer who held high office in the 1880s.

Military career

Born in

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, the youngest son of Thomas Daniell of Aldridge Lodge,

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and

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and of Mary née Smith of the Smith banking family, Daniell was commissioned into the

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. In 1884 he was invited to command an Infantry Brigade at

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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.University of Hull
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daniell, Charles 1827 births 1889 deaths British Army major generals Companions of the Order of the Bath People from Berkhamsted People from South Kensington Military personnel from Hertfordshire