Month

Day

Event

Source of information

Notes

January

No days

Some items from Brittany appear to have been dated in this month, but it might be a mistake and mean January 1879

PRM accession book

January

1

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green

Day or Van book known as Green book

January

11

Item acquired from South Africa, unclear whether date is field coll. date or Lane Fox acquisition

PRM accession book

January

13

Lane Fox present at a meeting of Anthropological Institute and contributes to discussion

JAI 3, (1874): 476-81

January

21

Items from Italy, Turkey acquired

PRM accession book

January

24

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green

Day or Van book known as Green book

January

27

Lane Fox present at meeting of Anthropological Institute AGM and appointed vice president for 1874, on two committees [Priscan Archaeology as Chair and Descriptive Ethnography]

JAI 3, (1874): 499-527

February

4

Lane Fox chairs meeting of Anthropological Institute, appointed to Pyschological Committee

JAI 3, (1874): 1

February

10

Lane Fox present at meeting of Anthropological Institute, contributes to discussion

JAI 4, (1875): 2-13

February

13

Items acquired from ?auction

PRM Accession book

February

14

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green

Day or Van book known as Green book

February

20

Items acquired from ?auction

PRM Accession book

February

24

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green

Day or Van book known as Green book

March

2

Item acquired from France

March

3

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green

Day or Van book known as Green book

March

7

Items acquired from ?auction

PRM Accession book

March

18

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green

Day or Van book known as Green book

April

6

Lane Fox present at Easter Monday manoeuvres of Volunteers at Richmond

The Times 7 April 1874

April

12, 14 or 15

Lane Fox's 47th birthday

See 1827 for uncertainty about birthdate

April

19

Items acquired from auction?

PRM Accession book

May

26

Lane Fox present at meeting of Anthropological Institute, contributes to discussion

JAI 4 (1875): 148-214

May

30

Lane Fox holds field day for Surrey Volunteers

Morning Post May 25 1874 p. 5

June

2

Lane Fox attends Grenadier Guards regimental dinner

Morning Post June 9 1874

June

6

Peruvian objects acquired

PRM Accession book

June

9

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green

Day or Van book known as Green book

June

9

Lane Fox present at meeting of Anthropological Institute, contributes to discussion

JAI 4 (1875): 215-222

June

18

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green

Day or Van book known as Green book

June

18

Lane Fox attends Wellington College speech day

Morning Post June 19 1874 p.6

June

23

Lane Fox present at meeting of Anthropological Institute, contributes to discussion

JAI 4 (1875): 265-76

July

1

Lane Fox attends special meeting of Anthropological Institute at his  new Bethnal Green displays, gives paper on 'Principles of Classification'

Thompson, 1977: 124; JAI 4 (1875): 293-308; Manchester Guardian 3 July 1874; Athenaeum 2433 13 June 1874 p. 799

July

1

Lane Fox's displays at Bethnal Green Museum open

Thompson, 1977: 124

July

18

Lane Fox present at Volunteers parade at Wimbledon

The Times 20 July 1874

July

24

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green

Day or Van book known as Green book

August

before 26

Lane Fox presides over Anthropological Section at British Association for the Advancement of Science [BAAS] in Belfast

The Times 26 August 1874

September

21

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green

Day or Van book known as Green book

September

26

Items acquired from Japan from Inman

PRM accession book

October

November

10

Items acquired from William Henry Hudson

PRM accession book

November

10

Lane Fox present at meeting of Anthropological Institute, contributes to discussions

JAI 4 (1875): 311-323; 323-335; 332 [Notes and Queries]

November

24

Lane Fox present at meeting of Anthropological Institute, display items from Costa Rica

JAI 4 (1875): 362-364

November

26

Items acquired from auction

PRM accession book

November

30

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green

Day or Van book known as Green book

December

22

Paper on 'Early Modes of Navigation' given to Anthropological Institute.

JAI 4 (1875): 399-437; Thompson, 1977: 38

No month

No days

Excavations in Guildford

Publications source unknown

No month

No days

Vice-president BAAS Anthropology section.

Chapman, 1981: 400

No month

No days

Notes and Queries published. Reputedly Lane Fox financed at least part of cost

Petch, 2007: 22

?No month

?No day

Possible excavation at Ynys Lyrad with W.O. Stanley?

Bowden, 1991: 77, quoting Smith 1984, 1987.

possibly during usual stay in North Wales in summer / autumn time either 1873 or 1874