Month

Day

Event

Source of information

Notes

January

8

Lane Fox attends meeting of Anthropological Institute, reads paper about EH Man's collection

JAI 7 (1878): 434-451; 451-469

January

16 & 17, logged 19

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green

Day or Van book known as Green book

January

21, 22

Lane Fox obtains items from J.G. Wood collection, E.H. Man collection and other collections, possibly from auction?

PRM accession book

January

22

Lane Fox attends meeting of Anthropological Institute, contributes to discussion

JAI 7 (1878): 502-510

January

29

Lane Fox attends AGM of Anthropological Institute, Lane Fox continues as vice president

Peter Rivière

February

12

Objects obtained from Bryce Wright/ ?another source as well

PRM accession book

February

18

Objects obtained from ?auction

PRM accession book

February

21, 22

Objects obtained from ?auction, including Cyprus material

PRM accession book

February

25

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green Museum

Day or Van book known as Green book

March

12

Lane Fox attends meeting of Anthropological Institute, contributes to discussions

JAI 8 (1879): 38-50, 50-65

April

8

Sotheby auction, items

PRM accession book

April

circa 12

Objects obtained from ?auctions

PRM accession book

April

12, 14 or 15

Lane Fox's 51st birthday

See 1827 for uncertainty about birthdate

April

15

Object acquired from auction?

PRM accession book

April

16

Object acquired from auction?

PRM accession book

April

24

Objects obtained from auction?

PRM accession book

April

29

Objects obtained from Daritt/ Davitt sale room

PRM accession book

April

30

Lane Fox chairs meeting of Anthropological Institute

Peter Rivière

May - November

No days

Paris Exposition Universelle which Lane Fox attended with one of his daughters. Same source suggests that he intended a 6 month stay abroad with his family going to St Malo and Rome or Naples

Ashmolean Museum Rolleston correspondence

May

No dates

Items obtained from Charentes, France

PRM accession book

May

1

Objects obtained from ?auction

PRM accession book

May

1

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green [items logged 28 May]

Day or Van book known as Green book

May

2

References to Lane Fox's collection at Bethnal Green

The Times 2 May 1878

May

8

Objects obtained from ?auction

PRM accession book

May

14

Lane Fox attends meeting of Anthropological Institute, reads paper on Sigwell with Rolleston

JAI, 8 (1879): 185-191

May

17

Lane Fox attends levée at St James's Palace on promotion to Major-General

The Times 18 May 1878

May

28

Lane Fox chairs meeting of Anthropological Institute

Peter Rivière

May

28

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green

Day or Van book known as Green book

June - July

3 June - 5 July [June 5, 6; July 10]

Lane Fox excavating Folkestone [Caesar's Camp] and Mount Caburn, Ranscombe Sussex

Thompson, 1977: 55, 125,

Overarching dates from Thompson, individual ones from accession books, note that one is outside Thompson's period

June

22

Objects obtained from ?auction

PRM accession book

July

2

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green [items obtained on 22.6.78 above]

Day or Van book known as Green book

July

12

Lane Fox attends State Ball at Buckingham Palace

The Times 13 July 1878

July

17

Opening of museum at Tenby, Lane Fox is Trustee. National Museum of Wales Antiquities

Archaeologia Cambrensis 10:38 (April 1879)

August

No days

Lane Fox excavating Mount Caburn

Thompson, 1977: 125

August

7

Item acquired from Egypt

PRM accession book

August

10

Items obtained from Axe Valley, Devon

PRM accession book

August

12

Items obtained from Sotheby auction

PRM accession book

August

23

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green

Day or Van book known as Green book

August

24

Lane Fox attends BAAS meeting in Dublin, speaks on work at Caesar's Camp, Folkestone and Mount Caburn Lewis

Academy 329 (Aug 24 1878) p. 200

September

No days

Lane Fox obtains E.H. Man collections

PRM accession book

September

2

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green

Day or Van book known as Green book

September

13

Item obtained from Swiss Lakes

PRM accession book

September

25

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green

Day or Van book known as Green book

October

No days

Lane Fox purchases items in Paris

PRM accession book

October

1

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green

Day or Van book known as Green book

October

2

Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green

Day or Van book known as Green book

October

[late] No days

Suggestion that items already being delivered to South Kensington Museum [SKM] rather than Bethnal Green from Lane Fox

Chapman, 1984: 11

October - November

from c. 19 October to 15 November 1878

Lane Fox's first surveying trip to Brittany ancient monuments, items obtained from Brittany

Thompson, 1977: 125, PRM accession book; Chapman 1981: Chapter 7

See National Archives workbooks 39/1, dates confirmed from there

November

15

As part of above surveying trip, Lane Fox in Dinard [at Abbey etc]

National Archives workbooks 39/1 page 44

December

No days

?Lane Fox stays in France over winter

[Thompson]

December

26

Bethnal Green displays moved to SKM site and are open to the public at SKM

Printed catalogue, Chapman, 1981: 417; S&SWM PR papers P121

December

30

Delivery of items from P-R to Bethnal Green / SKM

Day or Van book known as Green book

No month

No days

Items acquired from Plumpton Plain, Sussex

PRM accession book

No month

No days

Lane Fox serves on BAAS committee with Rolleston and others to examine 2 caves with human remains near Tenby

Ashmolean Museum Rolleston-Pitt-Rivers correspondence