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Major '''Michael Augustus Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers''' (27 May 1917 – December 1999) was the cousin of [[Lord Montagu of Beaulieu]] and great grandson of Lt-Gen A.H. Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers whose ethnographic collection formed the basis of the Pitt-Rivers collection at the museum in Oxford. He was convicted of consensual [[buggery]] in the 1953 trial with Beaulieu and [[Peter Wildeblood]] and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. | Major '''Michael Augustus Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers''' (27 May 1917 – December 1999) was the cousin of [[Lord Montagu of Beaulieu]] and great grandson of Lt-Gen A.H. Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers whose ethnographic collection formed the basis of the Pitt-Rivers collection at the museum in Oxford. He was convicted of consensual [[buggery]] in the 1953 trial with Beaulieu and [[Peter Wildeblood]] and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. | ||
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| + | The prosecution provoked a wave of sympathy from the Press and the public, many of whom felt it amounted to little more than an unedifying witch-hunt. It was the first time since [[Oscar Wilde]] in 1895 that this law had led to a conviction. The case led eventually to the [[Wolfenden Report]], which in 1957 recommended the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the United Kingdom. | ||
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| + | == Modern references == | ||
| + | Lord Beaulieu’s story is told in the Channel 4 documentary ''“A Very British Sex Scandal”'' | ||
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| + | == External links == | ||
| + | http://www.beaulieu.co.uk/ | ||
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| + | [[category: people]] [[category: politicians]] [[category: Lords]] [[category: crime]] | ||
Revision as of 23:59, 19 September 2011
Major Michael Augustus Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers (27 May 1917 – December 1999) was the cousin of Lord Montagu of Beaulieu and great grandson of Lt-Gen A.H. Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers whose ethnographic collection formed the basis of the Pitt-Rivers collection at the museum in Oxford. He was convicted of consensual buggery in the 1953 trial with Beaulieu and Peter Wildeblood and was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
The prosecution provoked a wave of sympathy from the Press and the public, many of whom felt it amounted to little more than an unedifying witch-hunt. It was the first time since Oscar Wilde in 1895 that this law had led to a conviction. The case led eventually to the Wolfenden Report, which in 1957 recommended the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the United Kingdom.
Modern references
Lord Beaulieu’s story is told in the Channel 4 documentary “A Very British Sex Scandal”
