A year in the life: 1856

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Month

Day

Event

Source of information

Notes

January

 

 

 

 

February

 

 

 

 

March

 

 

 

 

April

12, 14 or 15

Lane Fox's 29th birthday

See 1827 for uncertainty about exact date

 

May

 

 

 

 

June

 

 

 

 

July

 

 

 

 

August

 

 

 

 

September

9

Probably purchases Javanese limebox [1884.103.17] ?from dealer or auction, location of place acquired unknown. However, it is very close to the date of the birth of his second child, so it might have been in Malta.

PRM accession book

First recorded dated acquisition for his collection

September

14

Second son, St. George, born in Malta

Thompson, 1977: 26, 122

 

October

 

 

 

 

November

 

 

 

 

December

 

 

 

 

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