A year in the life: 1886

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Month

Day

Event

Source of information

Notes

January

21

G.F. Duncombe writes to Pitt-Rivers asking where he wanted the 'remainder' of the South Kensington Museum collections to be delivered [therefore, by implication, suggesting the rest had been transferred to Oxford]

Chapman, 1981: 682; S&SWM Pitt-Rivers' papers P133; letter from SKM storekeeper.

 

February

4

Ecclesiastical preferments

The Times 4 February 1886

 

February

20

Announced Pitt-Rivers is to privately publish facsimile of Chafin's Anecdotes of Cranborne Chase

NOTES AND NEWS., Academy, 720 (1886:Feb. 20) p.128. Literary Gossip., Athenaeum (London, 1830), 3043 (1886:Feb. 20) p.264.

 

February-June

 

Final collections transfers from Ashmolean Museum to Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford [PRM]

Larson, 2007: 96

 

March

1

Invitation issued by Hebdomadal Council to Pitt-Rivers to receive Honorary D.C.L. degree at Commemoration in June 1886

S&SWM Pitt-Rivers papers L220, 235

 

April

12, 14 or 15

Pitt-Rivers' 59th birthday

See 1827 for uncertainty about birthdate

 

April

28

Opening of British Museum ethnographical gallery.

The Times 28 April 1886

 

May

 

 

 

 

June

1

Pitt-Rivers and family visit PRM

Univ of California Tylor papers

 

June

2

Pitt-Rivers attends State Ball

The Times 3 June 1886

 

June

15

Pitt-Rivers attends meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute at St James's Banqueting Hall, Regent's Street

The Times 16 June 1886

 

June

30

D.C.L. conferred on Pitt-Rivers at Encaenia at Oxford

Thompson, 1977: 126; Bowden, 1991: 51; Gray, 1905: xxxiv; The Times 12 June, 1 July 1886

 

July

Unknown

Pitt-Rivers writes to Hampshire Field Club requesting list of ancient monuments

Antiquarian News, Antiquary 14 (July 1886) p. 35

 

August

5

Pitt-Rivers attends wedding of Earl of Yarborough and Hon. Marcia Lane-Fox at St Peter's, Cranley Gardens. Pitt-Rivers gives away bride

Manchester Guardian 6 August 1886

 

August

No days

Pitt-Rivers at Carlsbad, Austria for treatment at a spa

Thompson, 1977: 126; S&SWM L246

 

September

No days

Pitt-Rivers at Carlsbad, Austria, travelled via Belgium

Thompson, 1977: 126; CUL volume 2 page 243

 

October

4 and on

Pitt-Rivers excavating at Rotherley

Thompson, 1977: 126

 

October

around 25-26

Pitt-Rivers carries out Inspectors visit of Scotland: London to Carlisle, Ruthwell for Runic Cross, Roman Camp at Ecclefechan, Crofts Moat at Castle Douglas, Moat [sic] of Urr, Whithorn for St Peter’s Stone, St Ninians Cave, Newton Stewart, Cairn near Cree Bridge in the parish of Minnigaff. Sculptured stones in Minnigaff Church, Drumfern Cairn, Dranandow [sic] [Drannandow] Stones, Kirkmadrine Stones, Balgreghan Moat, Balmurray for Laggangairn [sic] Standing Stones.

Thompson, 1977: 67-8. See National Archives workbook 39/7 page 7, 8 for Whithorn on 25.10.1886, page 11 in Kirkcubrightshire on 26.10.1886, page 14 Kirkmadrine and page 20 Stoney Kirk both 27.10.1886, page 23 Laggangarn 28.10.1886

 

November

19-22

Pitt-Rivers attending Colonial and Indian Exhibition

National Archives workbook 39/ 16 page 199

 

November

No days

Pitt-Rivers excavating at Rotherley

Thompson, 1977: 126

 

December

No days

Excavating at Rotherley

Thompson, 1977: 126

 

December

No days

Pitt-Rivers carries out Inspector's visit of North Wales

Thompson, 1977: 67-8

 

No month

No days

University of Oxford agrees to consolidate anthropological collections at PRM

Source unknown

 

No month

No days

Bandstand at Larmer Gardens built

Dudley-Buxton, 1929: 13. P-R's guide to Grounds

 

 

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