Diary of a tour from London to Ireland August 1806 to March 1807 in 5 notebooks:
London to Holywell in Wales.
Holywell to Dublin and Fermoy.
Mallow to Bantry.
Bantry to Castlemain.
Killarnay to Dublin.
3 sketchbooks containing pencil and pen sketches from the above tour.
Sketchbook containing pencil and pen sketches from tour of Sweden August November 1807.
Sketchbook containing pencil and pen sketches from tour of Denmark and Sweden 1808-9.
Diaries and Sketchbooks detailing travels in Ireland and Scandanavia.
This material is held atSt John's College Library Special Collections, University of Cambridge
- Reference
- GB 275 Lee/U.30
- Dates of Creation
- 1806–1809
- Name of Creator
- Physical Description
- 10 books paper
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Traveller, astronomer, antiquary; son of John Fiott; educated at St John's College; made a tour through Europe and the East collecting objects of antiquity, 1807-10; MA 1809; assumed name of Lee by royal license, 1815; FSA, 1828; built observatory on his estate, 1830; FRS, 1831; practising member of the ecclesiastical courts till 1858; QC, 1864; published scientific and antiquarian works.
Note
Traveller, astronomer, antiquary; son of John Fiott; educated at St John's College; made a tour through Europe and the East collecting objects of antiquity, 1807-10; MA 1809; assumed name of Lee by royal license, 1815; FSA, 1828; built observatory on his estate, 1830; FRS, 1831; practising member of the ecclesiastical courts till 1858; QC, 1864; published scientific and antiquarian works.
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