A year in the life: 1880

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Month

Day

Event

Source of information

Notes

January

No day

Daughter Ursula marries William Charles Scott

Chapman, 1981: Chapter 7

 

February

13

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

Day or Van book known as Green book

 

February

14

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

 

February

17

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

 

February

19

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

 

March

1

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

 

March

9

Lane Fox attends meeting of Anthropological Institute

Peter Rivière

 

March

31

Horace Beckford later Pitt-Rivers 6th Baron Rivers dies without issue, Pitt-Rivers inherits title

See here

Last in chain of inheritance to Pitt-Rivers. Note that the 6th Baron inherited on 17 March 1867 and though he had 2 wives he did not have any heirs, so Pitt-Rivers must have had 'expectations' from 1867

April

5

Lane Fox attends funeral of Lord Rivers at Steepleton, Dorset

The Times 6 April 1880

 

April

12, 14 or 15

Lane Fox's 53rd birthday

See 1827 for uncertainty about birthdate

 

April

13

Lane Fox chairs meeting of Anthropological Institute, contributes to discussions

JAI 10 (1881): 109-123

 

April

14

Lane Fox begins thinking about future of collection at SKM

Letter from P-R to R. Thompson SKM, P125 S&SWM P-R ms collections

 

April

27

Lane Fox chairs meeting of Anthropological Institute, reads paper on Mount Caburn and exhibits objects

JAI, 10 (1881): 137

 

May

6

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

 

May

7

Item acquired in / from Scotland?

PRM accession book

 

May

13

Notice issued concerning Lord Rivers' will

The Times 13 May 1880

 

May

13

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

 

May

19

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

 

May

25

The Queen on 25 May grants Lane Fox right to add name Pitt-Rivers after Fox and make appropriate changes to coat of arms

London Gazette, 4 June 1880 (24852: 3326)

 

May

25

Norman MacLeod on behalf of South Kensington Museum writes to John Lubbock, J. Fergusson, Prof Huxley, E.J. Poynter, P. Cunliffe Owen, Colonel Donnelly and George Rolleston asking them if they are prepared to serve on committee to consider Pitt-Rivers proposed development of his Ethnological collections at South Kensington Museum

S&SWM Pitt-Rivers papers P127

 

June

4

London Gazette publishes announcement of Pitt-Rivers' royal license to add new surname

Chapman, 1981: Chapter 7

 

June

8

Pitt-Rivers chairs meeting of Anthropological Institute

Peter Rivière

 

June

20

Item obtained from UK ?Scotland

PRM accession book

 

June

22

Pitt-Rivers attends meeting of Anthropological Institute

Peter Rivière

 

June

22

Army gives Pitt-Rivers permission to add Pitt-Rivers to name

London Gazette (24857: 3591)

 

June

24

Delivery of items from Pitt-Rivers to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

 

June

27

Pitt-Rivers writes to A.W. Franks about the future of his collection

PRM ms collections Box 1 1-33 1-4

 

June

30

Pitt-Rivers attends levée at St James's Palace on change of name

PRM ms collections PRM Box 1 1-33 1-4

 

July

1

Pitt-Rivers writes again to Franks with further thoughts about the future of his collection

Day or Van book known as Green book

 

July

3

Delivery of items from Pitt-Rivers to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

 

July

7

Delivery of items from Pitt-Rivers to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

 

July

14

Items acquired from Suffolk

PRM accession book

 

August

19, no days

Item acquired from Auvergne, France

PRM accession book

 

August

9 and on

Pitt-Rivers barrow-digging at Rushmore with Rolleston and H.H. Winwood

Thompson, 1977: 125; Bowden, 1991: 108

Date given by Bowden

September

No days

Pitt-Rivers barrow-digging at Rushmore with Rolleston

Thompson, 1977: 125

 

September

No days

Pitt-Rivers in Paris, items acquired there

PRM accession book

 

September

17

Delivery of items from Pitt-Rivers to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

 

September

18

Delivery of items from Pitt-Rivers to SKM, items marked as being in long box from Clermont Ferrand 7 September 1880

Day or Van book known as Green book

 

September

25

Delivery of items from Pitt-Rivers to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

 

By end September

No days

Items acquired from Auvergne, France

PRM accession book

 

October

 

 

 

 

November

1

Delivery of items from Pitt-Rivers to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

 

November

9

Pitt-Rivers attends meeting of Anthropological Institute and contributes to discussion

JAI 10 (1881): 374-380

 

November

12

Delivery of items from Pitt-Rivers to SKM [Note this item was entered out of date order in the green book for some reason]

Day or Van book known as Green book

 

November

15

Delivery of items from Pitt-Rivers to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

 

November

16

Delivery of items from Pitt-Rivers to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

 

November

16

Pitt-Rivers member of Roman Villa Fund (Brading, Isle of Wight)

The Times 16 November 1880

 

December

11

Delivery of items from Pitt-Rivers to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

 

December

16

Delivery of items from Pitt-Rivers to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

 

December

20

Delivery of items from Pitt-Rivers to SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

 

No month

No days

Begins work on Larmer Gardens on own estate

Thompson, 1977: 125

 

No month

No days

Pitt-Rivers publishes ‘Excavations at Caesar’s Camp, near Folkestone conducted in 1878.’

Archaeologia 47 [1880] 429-65

 

No month

No days

Pitt-Rivers' daughter Ursula marries Willy Scott

Bowden, 1991: 35

 

No month

No days

Pitt-Rivers possibly in Paris, acquiring objects

PRM accession book

 

No month

No days

Items acquired from Anthropological Institute

Report of Council of AI for 1880 [Peter Rivière]

 

No month

No days

Pitt-Rivers speaks at Society of Antiquaries meeting

Academy 450 (Dec 18 1880)

 

No month

No days

Pitt-Rivers erects Temple at Larmer Grounds, which were first established during 1880

Pitt-Rivers' guide to the Grounds

 

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