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A year in the life: 1853
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January |
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First Minié rifles issued to Guards |
F.W. Hamilton The Origin and History of the First or Grenadier Guards (Volume III). London: John Murray. (pp. 153-154) |
Thanks to Dan Hicks for pointing this reference out |
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January |
30 |
Lane Fox's engagement to Alice Stanley announced |
The Manchester Guardian and Observer 30 January 1853 |
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February |
2 or 3 |
Lane Fox marries Alice Stanley at St George's Hanover Square, London. Honeymoon at Penrhyn Castle, Bangor, Wales |
The Times; date of 3rd given in Pitt-Rivers' biography in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
Staying with his maternal aunt and uncle |
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March |
by |
Lane Fox donates '... a model of a French soldier, size of life, with uniform, knapsack, cap, arms, and accountrements complete; together with a glass case containing a specimen of every article forming the kit of a French soldier' |
RUSI annual meeting report in The Morning Post 7 March 1853 page 6 |
I am grateful to Dan Hicks for pointing this out |
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April |
12, 14 or 15 |
Lane Fox's 26th birthday |
See 1827 entry, uncertainty about exact day of Pitt-Rivers' birth |
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April |
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Lane Fox tasked to submit new rifle regulations to Colonel Hay, new commandant of School of Musketry in Hythe, Kent |
Bowden, 1991: 15 |
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April |
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Lane Fox visits Portsmouth to discuss musketry systems with Hay |
F.W. Hamilton The Origin and History of the First or Grenadier Guards (Volume III). London: John Murray. (pp. 153-154) |
Thanks to Dan Hicks for pointing this reference out |
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April |
No days |
Lane Fox visits Portsmouth to discuss musketry systems with Hay |
Chapman, 1981: Chapter 1 |
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May |
11 |
Lane Fox at Foreign Office Grand Ball |
The Times May 12 1853 |
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June |
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Hythe school of musketry established; Lane Fox moves to Hythe |
Chapman, 1981: Chapter 1 |
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November |
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First child stillborn |
Thompson 1977: 12, The Times 14 November 1853; Mitford 'Stanleys' p. 82-3 |
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Lane Fox and family move to Hythe, Kent |
Thompson, 1977: 12 |
See June above |
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Lane Fox appointed Commandant, School of Musketry, Hythe, Kent |
Thompson, 1977: 12 |
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Lane Fox's father in law Lord Stanley becomes President of the Board of Trade |
Chapman, Chapter 1 |
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First Minié rifles issued to Guards |
F.W. Hamilton The Origin and History of the First or Grenadier Guards (Volume III). London: John Murray. (pp. 153-154) |
Thanks to Dan Hicks for pointing this reference out |
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