It was indeed a lovely day in Blackheath with Norma and Neil.
Today I lunched with the great-granddaughter of John Henry Lonsdale who filled me in on some of the family history. Nothing earthshaking but she is hoping to get in touch with relatives who may know more. I have put her on the alert for spotting a correspondence or any tangible evidence that Lonsdale knew Montague Druitt (as I feel certain he must have) or Melville Macnaghten (who was his classmate at Eton). We shall see.
I hope to be attending the Whitechapel Society meeting Saturday August 3. If I make it I will bring some crude printouts of the photos of Druitt I found at Winchester College. Most have never been seen outside of the archives.
Today I lunched with the great-granddaughter of John Henry Lonsdale who filled me in on some of the family history. Nothing earthshaking but she is hoping to get in touch with relatives who may know more. I have put her on the alert for spotting a correspondence or any tangible evidence that Lonsdale knew Montague Druitt (as I feel certain he must have) or Melville Macnaghten (who was his classmate at Eton). We shall see.
I hope to be attending the Whitechapel Society meeting Saturday August 3. If I make it I will bring some crude printouts of the photos of Druitt I found at Winchester College. Most have never been seen outside of the archives.
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