A year in the life: 1857

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Month

Day

Event

Source of information

Notes

January

 

 

 

 

February

28

Lane Fox purchases items from dealer, Bryce Wright

PRM accession book

 

March

 

 

 

 

April

12, 14 or 15

Lane Fox's 30th birthday

See 1827 for uncertainty about exact date

 

May

5

Start of the Manchester Art Treasures exhibition

 

 

May

15

Lane Fox promoted Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel by purchase

Thompson, 1977: 122; Chapman, 1981: 60; Gray, 1905: x; London Gazette (22002: 1734)

Chapman and Thompson might have it as 5th, Gazette has it as 15th

June

 

 

 

 

July

 

 

 

 

August

4

Lane Fox arrives back at Southampton from Malta on Colombo with family. Because of criticism of his training methods in Malta, he only undertakes regimental duties, living at Dover Street, London [parents-in-law house]

Thompson, 1977: 27, 123; Bowden, 1991: 18;  The Times 4 August 1857; Chapman, 1981: Chapter 1

 

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No days

Lane Fox joins United Service Institution 'soon after his return to England'

Chapman, 1981: 63

 

August-September

Before 10 August to after 29 September

Lane Fox and family stay with in-laws at Alderley, Cheshire

Chapman, 1981: 62

 

August

10

Lane Fox visits Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition with his sister-in-law, Maude

Catherine Flood, 'And Wot does the Catlog tell me?': Some social meanings of 19th century catalogues and gallery guides' Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century, 5 (2007) www.19.bbk.ac.uk

Thanks to Jeremy Coote for spotting that this article included many references to Lane Fox

August

25

Lane Fox visits Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition with his sister-in-law, Maude and his wife

Flood, 2007

 

September

11

Lane Fox visits Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition with his sister-in-law, Maude and his wife

Flood, 2007

 

September

16

Lane Fox visits Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition with his sister-in-law, Maude

Flood, 2007

 

September

29

Lane Fox visits Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition with his sister-in-law, Maude

Flood, 2007

 

October

17

End of the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition

 

 

October

No days

Lane Fox promoted lieutenant-colonel by purchase

Bowden, 1991: 19

 

November

 

 

 

 

December

 

 

 

 

No month

No days

Lane Fox begins argument with the Musketry school authorities, Bowden suggests his Army duties for the next 3 years are unclear

Bowden, 1991: 18

 

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