Francis Henry Blackburne Daniell

Francis Henry Blackburne Daniell (1845–1921) was an Anglo-Irish barrister and historian, known for his work on the Calendar of State Papers.

Life

He was the son of George Daniell, a Royal Navy captain, and grandson of Francis Blackburne, born at Roebuck, County Cavan in Ireland. He was educated at St Columba's College, Dublin, and matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1863, graduating B.A. in 1867 and M.A. in 1870.^[1]

Blackburne Daniell entered the Inner Temple in 1866, and was a Fellow of Trinity College from 1869. He was called to the bar in 1871.^[1]

He died on 10 February 1921 in London.^[1]

Works

Blackburne Daniell worked as an editor on the Historical Manuscripts Commission and for the Calendar of State Papers, concentrating on the reign of Charles II of England.^[1] With Charles Thornton Forster he wrote Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (London, 1881).^[2][3]

Notes

1. "Blackburne-Daniell or Daniell, Francis Henry Blackburne (BLKN862FH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
2.  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Busbecq, Ogier Ghislain de". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
3. Busbecq, Ogier Ghislain de (9 August 2012). The Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq: Seigneur of Bousbecque, Knight, Imperial Ambassador. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-05456-0.