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A year in the life: 1855
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January |
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March |
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Lane Fox ordered to resume duties as musketry instructor |
Chapman, 1981: 59 |
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April |
12, 14 or 15 |
Lane Fox's 28th birthday |
See 1827 for uncertainty about exact date |
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May |
No day |
Lane Fox sails to Malta |
Thompson, 1977: 26, 122 |
According to Thompson, 1977: 26 little is known of P-R's 2 year stay in Malta except he was involved in rifle training |
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May |
8 |
Lane Fox mentioned in letters re 'the war in the East' |
The Times 8 May 1855 |
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July |
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August |
20 |
Death of Granville Beckford Pitt-Rivers, second son of 4th Baron Rivers and then heir |
See here |
One of the chain of links that lead to Pitt-Rivers inheritance |
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October |
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November |
2 |
First son, Alexander, born in Malta |
Thompson, 1977: 122 |
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