ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

Explore the database of all the people associated with the Pitt Rivers English collections. This gives information about their lives; their education, careers, place of residence, and their network of friends and colleagues. Select the first letter of their surname from the list below.

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Individual's Details

Rowland Percy Somerset Elderton

Career Army

Biography Served in Egyptian Army, 1903-25, resident of Newbury, Berkshire according to accession records [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 29/01/2007]

Biography References 1901 census / Rachael Sparks, University College, London

County No counties listed

Relationship Field Collector / Other Owner / PRM Source

Archaeological or Ethnographic Ethnography

Dates active 1876- after 1953

Donated around 1953

English collections Piece of the first trans-Atlantic cable, Tin dish stamped in the centre with a portrait head and coronation inscription of Edward VIII.

Oxford Uni Education Unknown

Oxford based No

English collection size 2

Connections Arthur Elderton / Herbert Henery Coghlan / Newbury Museum [for other items]