Cairnes Anthony Daniell

Cairnes Anthony Daniell
Born1834
Macau, China
Died18 August 1915
Shanklin, Isle of Wight
OccupationIndian Civil Service

Cairnes Anthony Daniell (1834 - 18 August 1915) was a British civil servant in India, where he held several administrative posts including joint magistrate and deputy collector at Dehra Dun, judge at Gorakhpur, agent governor-general at Benares, and senior member of the Board of Revenue, North-Western Provinces (NWP).

Early life and education

Cairnes Anthony Daniell was born in Macau, China in 1834, to James Nugent Daniell, of the East India Company.[1][2] He was educated at Harrow School, leaving there in 1850.[3] From 1851 to 1853 he attended Haileybury, and arrived in India the following year.[4]

Career

Daniell joined the Bengal Civil Service in March 1856, though immediately took leave due to sickness.[5] He returned to India in January 1859 to join the NWP, where he was appointed assistant under the Commissioner at Meerut.[5] In March of that year he was posted to Dehra Dun as assistant superintendant, and promoted to joint magistrate and deputy collector there in August 1861.[5] In 1874 he became district and circuit judge at Gorakhpur.[3][5]

From 17 October 1867 to 16 July 1869, Daniell held an administrative post at the district of Bulandshahr.[6][7][8] In 1885 he was appointed senior member of NWP's Board of Revenue.[2] In 1880 he was appointed agent governor-general at Benares.[5]

Daniell retired in 1889 and settled in Shanklin, Isle of Wight, where he supported the Conservative Party.[2][3] From the formation of the local Primrose League, he was its secretary and later its treasurer.[2] He also served as Vicar's warden to St. Saviour's Church.[2]

Personal and family

He married Emma Catherine, daughter of Major Eckford.[9] They had two sons and one daughter.[2] As a result of an eye injury from a railway accident in India, Daniell later became totally blind.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891;. Kew: The National Archives of the UK. 1891. p. 108.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Death notice". Portsmouth Evening News. Hampshire. 20 August 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 13 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ a b c Dauglish, Milverton Godfrey; Stephenson, Pleydell Keppel (1911). The Harrow School register, 1800-1911. 1st ed., 1894, comp. and ed. by R. Courtenay Welch ... 2d ed., 1901. London, Longmans, Green, and co. p. 191.
  4. ^ Danvers, Frederick Charles; Monier-Williams, Sir Monier; Bayley, Sir Steuart Colvin; Wigram, Percy; Sapte, Brand (1894). Memorials of Old Haileybury College. A. Constable. p. 455.
  5. ^ a b c d e History of services of gazetted officers employed under the government of the N.W.P. and Oudh. Corrected up to 1st Jan., 1881. Allahabad: Allahabad North-Western Provinces and Oudh Govt. Press. 1881. p. 16.
  6. ^ Singh, Kuar Lachman (1874). "1.Historical and statistical memoir of Bulandshahr". Historical and Statistical Memoir of Zila Bulandshahar. Allahabad: North-Western Provinces Government Press. pp. 45–52. ISBN 978-3-382-50031-3. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  7. ^ Nevill, H. R. (1922). Bulandshahr A Gazetteer Vol-v (1922). Vol. V. Lucknow: Government Branch Press. p. 30.
  8. ^ "Bulandshahr District". Gazetteer of the North-Western Provinces, Bulandshahr District. Government Press. 1875. p. 57. ISBN 978-3-385-21579-5. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  9. ^ Philip Daniell, Mabilia Daniell (1876). Biographical history of the family of Daniell or De Anyers of Cheshire, 1066-1876, comprehending ... p. 30.

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