This just goes to show how valuable it can be to include what may appear to be incidental data - in this case, the head of the household. Well done Thelma for doing so! This Pitt-Rivers (George, who had been the 4th Baron Rivers since 1831) had a son and heir Henry Peter Pitt-Rivers, who became in turn the 5th Baron in 1866, but his decease in 1867 allowed an uncle Horace to become the 6th Baron Pitt-Rivers. One of these characters bequeathed a vast Dorset estate (27,000 acres) to General Augustus Henry Lane Fox, a cousin of the 5th Baron. Some sources say it was Fox's cousin the 5th Baron who was so generous, others that it was his great-uncle the 3rd Baron, but in any case the bequest seems to have become effective in 1880, two years before Fox retired from a successful military career (including service in the Crimea), for that is when he added Pitt-Rivers to the end of his long name in honour of his benefactor. The death of the 6th Baron in that year, when the baronetcy expired, may well have had something to do with the ineritance - perhaps it was being held in trust until the baronetcy died out, when it was passed on to Fox? This staggering windfall allowed General Pitt-Rivers, as he is best known today, to indulge his fascination with archaeology and anthropology. He conducted the first professional archaeological excavation of Ambresbury Banks (an iron-age enclosure currently swamped by the trees of Epping Forest between Epping and Loughton) in 1881, for the Essex Field Club, which had invited him to apply his advanced archaeological techniques on their behalf. He single-handedly pushed the science of archaeology forwards by a tremendous amount, from a way of creating a bit of work for one's idle gardeners to a disciplined methodological practice. I know I'm stretching the connection between the Pitt-Rivers family and Epping a bit thin, especially since he doesn't appear in the household containing the native of that town, but it's an interesting story anyway, I hope. Here's some links on him: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/rivers_augustus.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Pitt_Rivers http://www.archaeologyexpert.co.uk/GeneralPittRivers.html http://tinyurl.com/4p5qv6 (leads to http://www.utexas.edu/) There's a museum in Oxford named after him, which houses the vast ethnographic collection he'd amassed in his career: http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/ See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Rivers http://www.essexfieldclub.org.uk/portal/p/History+of+the+Club Lawrence -----Original Message----- From: essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Thelma Wigley Sent: 12 September 2008 21:52 To: Essex-UK@rootsweb.com Subject: [Ess] SMITH,TRACEY,LARGE X 2, DANIELS strays in WILTSHIRE 1851 HO107/1849 Berwick St.John, Wiltshire Page 8/F19 Church Street William SMITH, 49, Local Curate, b. Epping, Essex Louisa, 45, b. Dorchester Susan Evans, svt, widow, 55, House Servant, b. Donhead Sarah Abbott, svt, 15, do b. Berwick, Wilts. Page 27/F28 Rushmore Lodge James TRACEY, 25, House Servant, b. Danbury, Essex head: Pitt-Rivers, Peer. Page 28/F29 Rushmore Lodge Marianna Hailberton, 44, House Servant, b. Oxfordshire Emma LARGE, 19, House Servant, b. Essex head: Pitt-Rivers, Peer Page 28/F29 James LARGE, widower, 53, Farm Bailiff, b. Bracknell, Berks. Harriet, 23, b. Nursleigh? Essex William, 19, Wheelwright, b. London, Mddx. Nancy, 12, b. Nusleigh (sic) HO107/1843 Bishopstrow, Wiltshire Page 14/F305 Sarah DANIELS, mother-in-law, widow, 75, Pauper, b. Colchester head: Edward Hains, Ag.Lab. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.19/1664 - Release Date: 10/09/2008 06:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.19/1664 - Release Date: 10/09/2008 06:00