James Edge-Partington

James Edge-Partington

James Edge-Partington
Born	1854
Died	1930
Residence	Sarratt Hall, Rickmansworth, Herts [1891] 7 Wellington Road, Eltham [1894] Westbury Lodge, Eltham [1897] Park Hall, Great Bardford [1900] Wymondley, Stevenage, Herts. [1902] The Kiln House, Greywell, near Winchfield, Hants [1907] Wyngates, Burkes Road, Beaconsfield, Bucks [1913]
Occupation	legal
Society Membership membership ordinary fellow left 1916 resigned elected_AI 1891.01.27

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House Notes

1891.01.13 Proposed
1916.06.20 Resignations of Dr Forbes and Mr Partington. Arising therefrom the President reported that he had written as desired at the last Council meeting, to Dr Forbes and Mr Partington sending them a copy of the resolution passed at that meeting, and asking them to reconsider their decision to resign. Both gentleman had replied that they were unable to alter their decision. [they resigned over the question of not removing enemy Fellows]
Obit: Man 31 (1931),

Notes From Elsewhere

James Edge Partington (or Edge-Partington, 1854–1930) was a British anthropologist, acknowledged as an authority on Pacific ethnology. He collected materials of the peoples of the Pacific and Australasian regions, but also took an interest in the peasant culture of Europe, especially in the area of the Chiltern Hills.
Born 6 February 1854, his family moved from Manchester to London, though he maintained close connections with the North of the country. His education was at Rugby School, and after reading law he began a career as a solicitor. He made an extended expedition to the Pacific, starting in 1879.[1]
Partington was a long serving member of the Royal Anthropological Institute, frequently attending its meetings and publishing in its journal, and volunteered his time to the ethnological department of the British Museum.
Before he died on 4 November 1930, his extensive collections and library were donated to the British, Australian, and Auckland museums

Born Rusholme, Lancashire. Trained as lawyer but never practised and listed as ‘living on own means’ in 1901 Census. Supernumerary association with British Museum. Made two extensive trips to the Pacific. Very numerous publications.

Related Material Details

RAI Material

MS 205; MS 339

Other Material

extensive collections and library were donated to the British, Australian, and Auckland museums
PRM field collector