Peter Daniell
Sir Peter Daniell MP, also Peter De'Anyers, (1584–1652) of Over Tabley Hall was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1626 and member of the De' Anyers family of Cheshire one of the oldest in the county.[1]
Early life and marriage[edit]
Born into the ancient De'Anyers family of Cheshire later Daniell family, he was the eldest son of Captain Peter Daniell of Over Tabley and Anna daughter of Henry Mainwaring of Carincham, Cheshire.[2]
He inherited his father's estates aged 6 following his death in 1590.
He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 16 October 1601, aged 17 and was a student of Gray's Inn in 1604. In 1626, he was elected Member of Parliament for Cheshire.[3]
He married in 1620 to Christian Grosvenor, daughter of Sir Richard Grosvenor of Eaton Hall, who's great-great-grandson was created 1st Earl Grosvenor, ancestor to the Dukes of Westminster.
Other descendants of Sir Richard include Prince George of Teck, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge, Charles Innes-Ker, 11th Duke of Roxburghe, Thomas Anson, 6th Earl of Lichfield, and William Lygon, 8th Earl Beauchamp[4]
Daniell resided at Over Tabley Hall, an estate which had been in the family since the mid 14th century.
Daniell's elder son Peter was killed at the Siege of Gloucester in 1643 and left issue, another son Thomas at the Battle of Brentford a year prior, another son John served as an auditor of the forces in the 1655 West Indies expedition, and was later a Parliamentarian spy for John Thurloe. Another son, William was an important Colonel in the Parliamentarian forces throughout the Civil War, holding various posts including acting Governor of Chester Castle in 1648. Colonel De' Anyers regiment also joined Cromwell's army in the invasion of Scotland and fought at Dunbar. He played an important role in General Lambert's victory at Inverkeithing. For much of the 1650s the regiment was stationed at Perth, and in June 1657 the 1st Duke of Albermarle appointed him as commander in Northern Scotland.[5][6][7][8][9]
Daniell died at Great Budworth, in Cheshire, on 18 April 1652.
The east end of the south aisle of All Saints' Church, Daresbury houses the Daniell Chapel, formerly the Chadwick Chapel, which was renamed in commemoration of the one of Cheshire's oldest families with ties to Daresbury.[10] The east window of the Daniell Chapel features characters from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, erected in 1935 in celebration of the centennial of Lewis Carroll's birth.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ Leycester, Peter (December 2011). Historical antiquities, in two books the first treating in general of Great-Brettain and Ireland : the second containing particular remarks concerning Cheshire / faithfully collected out of authentick histories, old deeds, records, and evidences, by Sir Peter Leycester, Baronet; whereunto is annexed a transcript of Doomsday-book, so far as it concerneth Cheshire, taken out of the original record.
- ^ Cheshire Archives, D/4664/1
- ^ 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500–1714: Dabbe-Dirkin', Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714 (1891), pp. 366–405. Date accessed: 21 May 2012
- ^ G. Ormerod, Hist. Cheshire, i. 475.
- ^ "Surnames beginning 'D' | British History Online". british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ Dore, Brereton letter books, 1. 325, 330, 2. 52, 384, 402, 435, 488, 489, 496, 511, 520, 525;
- ^ Carr and Atherton, Brereton Staffs., 126, 241–2, 271, 325, 328, 330, 349, 354
- ^ Firth and Davies, Regimental History, 2, 489–96
- ^ Ormerod, Cheshire, 1.ii, 475-6.
- ^ a b All Saints' Church, Daresbury, Church booklet