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Personal diary of Reginald Augustus Warren, February-December 1848

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1465

Scope and Contents

This manuscript diary begins on 18 February and ends 31 December 1848, though there is no extended entry for Sunday 31 December.

The diary describes a variety of events, often rural, and including a visit to Scotland: 18 February, 'the hounds in Pasture woods did not find a fox till the afternoon'; 1 March, 'had a telegraph sight put to my rifle'; 7/8 March, 'mobs of young miscreants still doing damage to the shop windows - good for glaziers and no one else; 1 April, 'Chartists aided by some French Republicans and other disaffected rascals are concocting row after the manner of the rest of Europe'; and, in Edinburgh, 10 September, 'Went to the English Church at the West end of Princes Street [...] there was plate at the door into which one is expected to put coppers after the Scottish fashion'.

Dates

  • Creation: 1848

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Generally open for consultation to bona fide researchers, but please contact repository for details in advance.

Biographical / Historical

The Englishman Reginald Augustus Warren was born in 1820. In the 1850s, known as 'Squire' Warren, he had purchased a large amount of land and farms in West Sussex, particularly around East Preston. Earlier, between 1844 and 1845 he took a journey to Egypt and travelled by camel from Cairo to Jerusalem.

Reginald Augustus Warren died in 1911.

Extent

1 volume

Physical Location

CLX-A-1235

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Material acquired May 2013. Accession no: E2013.36.

Processing Information

Catalogued by Graeme D. Eddie 4 June 2013

Title
Personal diary, 18 February - 31 December 1848, of Reginald Augustus Warren (1820-1911)
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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