Month

Day

Event

Source of information

Notes

January

14

Lane Fox gives paper on flint implements to the Anthropological Society, retires from Council and comments on another paper

JAS, 6 (1868): lxv-lxxvi

January

16

Lane Fox attends meeting of Society of Antiquaries, exhibits brooch from Lough Neagh

Chapman, 1981: 282

Canon Greenwell also at this meeting

January

20, 21, 29, 30

Excavating at Cissbury, Sussex

Thompson, 1977: 123, Chapman, 1981: 281; Dates from PRM accession book

Accompanied by Tupper

February

4

Lane Fox excavating at Cissbury, Sussex

PRM accession book

February

9

Lane Fox reads paper 'Remarks on Westropp's paper on cromlechs' at Ethnological Society

JESL ns vol 1 59-67

February

No day

Lane Fox reports on his surveying of Sussex hillforts to Society of Antiquaries

PSAL 2dS 4 (1868); Chapman, 1981: Chapter V

March

April

12, 14 or 15

Lane Fox's 41st birthday

See 1827 about uncertainty about birthdate

April

28

Item acquired from Cecil Brent

PRM accession book

April

No days

Lane Fox fieldwalking in Oxfordshire, Ditchley. He stays with his wife's uncle at Ditchley Park

Thompson, 1977: 123, Chapman, 1981: 284; Bowden, 1991: 71

May

[early] no days

Lane Fox returns to London from Oxfordshire

Chapman, 1981: 284

May

3

Item acquired from Thames

PRM accession book

May

19

Lane Fox attends meeting of Ethological Society, appointed hon. sec.

Chapman, 1981: 286

May

26

Lane Fox attends demonstration of boomerang throwing by visiting Australian Aborigines on a cricket tour,  at Kennington Common / Oval, London.

Chapman, 1981: 186-7; here

Definite date given by weblink, which describes demonstration as being at Kennington Oval. The demonstration was connected with a cricket match against

June

5

Lane Fox's second lecture on 'Primitive Warfare' given to United Services Institute

Thompson, 1977: 124, Chapman, 1981: 287

June

10

Items obtained from Hollingbury Brighton surface finds

PRM accession book

June

15

Lane Fox first recorded in Council of Ethnological Society minutes

Chapman, 1981: 616

June

23

Lane Fox attends Council of Ethnological Society

Chapman, 1981 Chapter 5 footnote 150

June

No days

Items acquired from Suffolk

PRM accession book

July

7, No days

Items obtained from Suffolk

PRM accession book

January-July [no month]

No days

Joins British Association for the Advancement of Science [BAAS]

Chapman, 1981: 78, 644

July

No days

Lane Fox elected to join organizing committee for BAAS meeting and Congres International d'Anthropologie and Archeologie Prehistoriques

Chapman, 1981: 293

August

No days

Lane Fox appointed secretary to above BAAS committee and General Secretary and Chairman of the Publications Committee,

Chapman, 1981: 293-6

Chapman characterizes this as Lane Fox's  opportunity to get to know the great and good in anthropology and archaeology throughout Europe.

August

20-28

BAAS meeting at Norwich and Congres International d'Anthropologie and Archeologie Prehistoriques London

Thompson, 1977: 124; Chapman, 1981: 293-6; Bowden, 1991: 73

Thompson might wrongly call this all International Congress of Prehistoric Archaeology

August

No days

BAAS sets up new committee to prevent future destruction of megalithic monuments later known as Ancient Monuments Committee and report back, members Lane Fox, Lubbock, Evans and Flower

Chapman, 1981: 296

August

No days

Lane Fox visits Ty Mawr, Holyhead, North Wales and digs with wife's uncle William Owen Stanley

[Bowden, 1991: 73

See also October below and 1861

August

27, No days

Items acquired from Suffolk

PRM accession book

August

No days

Norfolk/ Suffolk Grimes Graves [poss 20-28 see above]

OW website

September

12

Lane Fox fieldwalking Ditchley, Oxon

PRM accession book

September

No days

Lane Fox fieldwork at Thanet [Margate to Broadstairs]

Thompson, 1977: 124; Chapman, 1981: 297

Late September according to Chapman

October

Lane Fox possibly holiday in North Wales, staying at Penrhyn Castle with relatives, possibly first noticed 2 cairns on summit of Moel Faber

Chapman, 1981: 330

Chapman suggests Lane Fox stayed several years in Autumn. See also August above and 1861

November

10

Lane Fox attends Council of Ethnological Society.

Chapman, 1981: 297

November

No day

Lane Fox appointed secretary of Ethnological Society.

Thompson, 1977: 124, Chapman, 1981: 296

November

26

Lane Fox attends meeting of Society of Antiquaries and exhibited two rush sticks

Chapman, 1981: 297

December

8

Lane Fox gives paper on flint implements from Oxfordshire and Thanet to Ethnological Society.

Chapman, 1981: 300

December

16

Items from Acton gravels

PRM accession book

December

No days

Lane Fox displays archaeological finds at Society of Antiquaries, also exhibites 'shortly after' at the Archaeological Institute

Chapman, 1981: 297

Timing of Archaeological Institute exhibits unknown

December

No days

Lane Fox on council of Ethnological Society and one of its hon. secs.

Transactions ESL, 7 (1869): 1; Chapman, 1981: 299

December?

No days

Lane Fox works on resolutions of Settle Cave Exploration Committee of Ethnological Society.

Chapman, 1981: 300

No month

No days

Lane Fox donates excavated finds from Cissbury, Sussex to Christy collection [British Museum]

Chapman, 1981 Chapter 5

See British Museum online object database for details