Archaeological and Antiquarian Notes of Hampshire
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
On tuesday 15 january 1884, Arthur Conan Doyle attended and spoke at the Portsmouth Literary and Scientific Society (PLSS) meeting held at the Penny-street Lecture Hall (Portsmouth) about the topic: "Archaeological and Antiquarian Notes of Hampshire".
Attendees
- President/Chairman
- Major-General A. W. Drayson, F.R.A.S., R.A.
- Speakers
- Mr. C. Foran (lecturer)
- Mr. J. Hay
- Dr. Conan Doyle
- Attendees
- General C. L. Nugent
- General J. W. Cox
- Surgeon-General J. Lamprey, M.B., A.M.D.
- Col. Urmston
- Major F. S. Terry
- Rev. Dr. Mellor
- Rev. E. Riordan
- Dr. Edwards
- Dr. C. C. Claremont
- Dr. F. Way
- Dr. Conan Doyle
- Mr. W. Weston
- Mr. J. M. Ollis, R.N.
- Mr. J. Hay
- Mr. T. E. Fraser
- Mr. G. Ollis
- Dental-Surgeon W. H. Kirton
- Mr. J. A. Wilson, R.N.
- Mr. J. Read
- Mr. H. Murrell
- Mr. M. Somers Gardner
- Mr. E. Byrne
- Mr. C. Foran
- Mr. T. Newell
- Mr. F. L. Jones
- Mr. A. Howell
- Mr. G. Clark
- Mr. C. G. Knight
- Mr. E. F. Burton
- Mr. F. Blake
- Mr. T. Quick
- Mr. C. W. Bevis
- Mr. G. Acheson
- Mr. G. F. Bell
- Dr. J. Ward Cousins (Hon. Sec.)
- Elected members
- Rev. H. Maxwell Egan Desmond, F.R.G.S.,
Conan Doyle contribution
Arthur Conan Doyle said he thought that many of the Saxon when they wandered from their villages to others called them after their own names, or members of their families.
Full Report
- Portsmouth Literary and Scientific Society (19 january 1884, Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle)
