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A year in the life: 1857
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February |
28 |
Lane Fox purchases items from dealer, Bryce Wright |
PRM accession book |
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March |
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April |
12, 14 or 15 |
Lane Fox's 30th birthday |
See 1827 for uncertainty about exact date |
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May |
5 |
Start of the Manchester Art Treasures exhibition |
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May |
15 |
Lane Fox promoted Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel by purchase |
Thompson, 1977: 122; Chapman, 1981: 60; Gray, 1905: x; London Gazette (22002: 1734) |
Chapman and Thompson might have it as 5th, Gazette has it as 15th |
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July |
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August |
4 |
Lane Fox arrives back at Southampton from Malta on Colombo with family. Because of criticism of his training methods in Malta, he only undertakes regimental duties, living at Dover Street, London [parents-in-law house] |
Thompson, 1977: 27, 123; Bowden, 1991: 18; The Times 4 August 1857; Chapman, 1981: Chapter 1 |
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Lane Fox joins United Service Institution 'soon after his return to England' |
Chapman, 1981: 63 |
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August-September |
Before 10 August to after 29 September |
Lane Fox and family stay with in-laws at Alderley, Cheshire |
Chapman, 1981: 62 |
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August |
10 |
Lane Fox visits Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition with his sister-in-law, Maude |
Catherine Flood, 'And Wot does the Catlog tell me?': Some social meanings of 19th century catalogues and gallery guides' Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century, 5 (2007) www.19.bbk.ac.uk |
Thanks to Jeremy Coote for spotting that this article included many references to Lane Fox |
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August |
25 |
Lane Fox visits Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition with his sister-in-law, Maude and his wife |
Flood, 2007 |
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September |
11 |
Lane Fox visits Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition with his sister-in-law, Maude and his wife |
Flood, 2007 |
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September |
16 |
Lane Fox visits Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition with his sister-in-law, Maude |
Flood, 2007 |
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September |
29 |
Lane Fox visits Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition with his sister-in-law, Maude |
Flood, 2007 |
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October |
17 |
End of the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition |
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October |
No days |
Lane Fox promoted lieutenant-colonel by purchase |
Bowden, 1991: 19 |
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November |
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December |
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Lane Fox begins argument with the Musketry school authorities, Bowden suggests his Army duties for the next 3 years are unclear |
Bowden, 1991: 18 |
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