Month

Day

Event

Source of information

Notes

January

28

Lane Fox attends AGM of Anthropological Institute, re-elected vice president

Peter Rivière from contemporary newspapers

January

No days

?Lane Fox in France

[Thompson]

But see above

February

3

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to South Kensington Museum [SKM]

Day or Van book known as Green book

February

5

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

February

8

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

February

21

Lane Fox stays at Alexandra Hotel, Hyde Park, London, for unknown reason

Morning Post 21 February 1879 p. 7

February

27

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

February

No days

?Lane Fox in France

[Thompson]

March

1

Lane Fox attends party at Countess Stanhope's

Morning Post 3 March 1879 p. 5

March

4

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

March

5

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

March

15

Lane Fox attends Countess Stanhope's reception at Grosvenor Place

Manchester Guardian 16 March 1879, Morning Post 17 March 1879 p. 5

March - April

Around 17 March to April 22

Lane Fox conducts surveying trip to Brittany in area around Dinan viewing ancient monuments, collected artefacts

Thompson, 1977: 125. PRM accession book. National Archives workbook 39/1 page 55 and 39/2 pages 8, 32, 39 confirm dates

April

12, 14 or 15

Lane Fox's 52nd birthday

See 1827 for uncertainty about birthdate

April

No days

Lane Fox on Surveying trip to Brittany ancient monuments, collected artefacts

Thompson, 1977: 125. PRM accession book

May

3, 5, 9

Lane Fox acquires objects in France

PRM accession book

May

14

Lane Fox at Caesar's Camp, Dieppe; fieldwalking?

PRM accession book

May

19

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

May

23

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM [items acquired 9.5.79 above]

Day or Van book known as Green book

June

4

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM [items acquired on 5 June 1878 [sic]]

Day or Van book known as Green book

June

11

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

June

13

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

June

14

Lane Fox apparently at Batley's Hotel, Gloucester Road, London

Morning Post 14 June 1879 p. 3

June

25

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

June

28

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

July

2

Objects obtained from auction [Medhurst, Sotheby and other items]

PRM accession book

July

2

Items obtained from Lancing, Sussex

PRM accession book

July

2

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

July

3

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

July

7

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

July

10

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

July

11

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

July

14

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

July

16

Lane Fox attends Lady Holland's garden party

Morning Post 17 July 1879 p. 5

July

19

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

July

21

Items acquired ?from auction

PRM accession book

July

21

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

July

23

Items from London acquired

PRM accession book

July

26

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

July

30

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

August

1

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

August

2

Items obtained from Rollin and Funardent

PRM accession book

August

2

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

August

15

References to collection at South Kensington Museum

The Times 15 August 1879

August

30

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

August - September

No days

Lane Fox visits Germany [Hamburg; Gottingen] and Denmark and Sweden with Rolleston

Bowden, 1991: 87 / Thompson, 1977: 57, 125. Rolleston DNB entry, Chris Morton and S&SWM records

end August?

No days

Lane Fox on informal excavation at Danewirke with Rolleston

Thompson, 1977: 57

August

31

Items obtained from Denmark

PRM accession book

August

31

Rolleston and Lane Fox at Korsor,   Denmark

See here

August

No days

Items obtained from Sweden

PRM accession book

September

11

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

September

15

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

September

23

Lane Fox excavating with others at Pen Pits

Peter Rivière [see article here]

September

29

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

September

No days

Lane Fox present at excavations at Malvern Hills, by F.G. Hilton Price

Peter Rivière, JAI 10 (1881): 319-331

October

23, poss other days too

Lane Fox excavating Flamborough Head, Yorkshire

Thompson, 1977: 57, 125; Bowden, 1991: 89 [date given here]

October

4

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

November

19

Items obtained from Norway

PRM accession book

November

20

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

November

22

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

December

No month

No days

No month

No days

?Revised catalogue of SKM displays printed