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A year in the life: 1852
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January |
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Report on rifle tests mentions Lane Fox |
The Manchester Guardian and Observer 18 January 1852 |
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February |
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March |
1 |
Lane Fox's battalion moves back to Winchester |
Thompson, 1977: 15 |
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April |
12, 14 or 15 |
Lane Fox's 25th birthday |
See 1827 entry, uncertainty about exact day of Pitt-Rivers' birth |
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May |
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June |
13 |
William Edward Lane Fox, Lane Fox's elder brother dies, Lane Fox's prospects improve |
Thompson, 1977: 13, 122; Chapman 1981: Chapter 1 |
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August |
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September |
1 |
Lane Fox's battalion moves back to Portman Street, London |
Thompson, 1977: 15 |
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September |
no day |
Prince Albert made Colonel of the Grenadier Guards |
Art and Design for All 2012 p. 122 |
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October |
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November |
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December |
6 |
Lane Fox a member of guard of honour in lying of state of Duke of Wellington at Chelsea Hospital |
London Gazette (21388: 3552) |
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Lane Fox visits France, Belgium and Piedmont studying musketry training |
Bowden, 1991: 15; Lane Fox, 1858: 481 |
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No month [towards end of year] |
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Lane Fox is tasked with revising the Army regulations for rifles for general Army use |
Bowden, 1991: 15, Thompson, 1977: 16 |
Rough date provided by Thompson |
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Second year [see 1851] that Lane Fox said he began collecting in |
Pitt-Rivers, 1906: 3 |
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First year definitely mentioned as Lane Fox having acquired object |
PRM accession book, Pitt Rivers, 1891: 118-119 |
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Lane Fox gets firearms made specifically for him |
PRM accession book |
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