Edward St John DANIEL, VC Michael Daniels, PhD Updated: 13th June 2001

Sales of Edward St John Daniel's Victoria Cross

Description

Blue ribbon. Reverse suspension bar inscribed "Midshipman / Edward St. John Daniel". Reverse centre of Cross dated "5 Nov / 1854 / 18 June / 1855". Slight contact marks to reverse, otherwise very fine.

Ex. Lord Cheylesmore's collection.

Date	Location	Price (GBP)	Buyer
18 July 1930	Glendinings, London (Lot 646)	40
18 June 1947	Glendinings, London	110	Major W.G. Harding
14 Nov 1968	Glendinings, London (Lot 83)	850	Spinks
26 Jan 1972	Sothebys, London (Lot 267)	1500	Failed to reach reserve
Mar 1973	Offered for sale by retail	1700
21 Mar 1988	Sothebys, London (Lot 491)	19,800	Private London buyer
24 July 1990	Christies, London (Lot 257)	19,800	Anonymous*

* It is more than possible that Edward St John Daniel's VC is now one of the secret collection of about 100 Crosses, reputedly worth 10,000,000 GBP, amassed by billionaire Michael Ashcroft, the Conservative Party treasurer, as reported in the Sunday Times on 14th March 1999 (page 3). The article goes on to say of Michael Ashcroft:

"His activities have until now been among the most closely guarded secrets of the London salerooms. He rarely bids in person, preferring to send his agent Michael Naxton, 51, a former Sotheby's executive, who has made a series of record-breaking acquisitions on his behalf. Ashcroft has single-handedly created a profitable market for VCs, barely denting his personal wealth, boosted two years ago by £154m when he sold his security business ADT."

 

Family of Edward Daniel of Bristol (1810-1872)

EDWARD DANIEL was born 27 March 1810 in St Paul's Bristol, and died 14 July 1872 in Frenchay, Bristol. He married (1) BARBARA BEDFORD, 3 May 1836 in Long Ashton, Nr. Bristol, daughter of THOMAS BEDFORD and BARBARA ST. JOHN. BARBARA BEDFORD was born Abt. 1814, and died 13 February 1850 in Windsor Terrace, Clifton, Bristol. He married (2) DARKEY KNIGHT JANE STEWART COX, 14 November 1854 in St John's Church, Paddington, Middlesex, daughter of JOHN ALBION COX and DARKEY SAYERS. DARKEY COX was born 1833 in Dorchester, Dorset, and died 11 September 1893.

Children of EDWARD DANIEL and BARBARA BEDFORD are:

i. EDWARD ST JOHN DANIEL, b. 17 January 1837, 1 Windsor Terrace, Clifton, Bristol; d. 20 May 1868, Hokitika, New Zealand. (unmarried)

ii. HENRY BEAUCHAMP DANIEL, b. 26 November 1838, Clifton, Bristol; d. 26 November 1907; m. LOUISA ISABEL LEWIS, 28 August 1873, Westbury-On-Trym, Gloucestershire.

iii. BARBARA ANNE TREFUSIS DANIEL, b. 26 April 1840, Clifton, Bristol; d. Aft. 1880; m. HENRY THEEDORE PERFECT, 7 August 1862, St. Andrews, Clifton, Bristol.

iv. ADELA MARGARET DANIEL, b. 16 November 1844, Clifton, Bristol; d. 14 October 1911, Colne Priory, Earls Colne, Essex. (unmarried)

v. LUCY GERTRUDE DANIEL, b. 3 February 1850, Windsor Terrace, Clifton, Bristol; d. 27 October 1921, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset. (unmarried)

Children of EDWARD DANIEL and DARKEY COX are:

vi. KATHLEEN MARION KNIGHT TALBOT DANIEL, b. 31 December 1855; d. Abt. 1856.

vii. ALEXANDER STUART DANIEL, b. 18 July 1857, Clifton, Bristol; d. Bet. 8 - 9 October 1921, St Anthony's Hospital, Cheam, Surrey.

viii. EVELYN DARKEY OCTAVIA DANIEL, b. 31 July 1858, Clifton, Bristol; d. Aft. 1891; m. CHARLES WILLIAM CARTER.

ix. FRANCIS CLAUDE TALBOT DANIEL, b. 6 November 1860, Clifton, Bristol; d. 26 March 1950; m. MABEL ANNIE HALL.

x. ALBION EDWARD DANIEL, b. 1 January 1862, Clifton, Bristol; d. Abt. 1862.

xi. MURIEL FANNY CECIL STUART DANIEL, b. 29 October 1864; d. 11 January 1937; m. GEORGE HERBERT.

xii. ARTHUR JOHN BERNARD DANIEL, b. 9 June 1869; d. 29 January 1915; m. MARGARET JACKSON, 2 May 1895.

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