Ian Lilburn

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Ian Robertson Lilburn (born June 2, 1927 - September 30, 2013 in London ) was a Scottish historian . As one of the leading genealogists in the United Kingdom , he was an expert on the Anastasia Trial . In London he founded a club for corps students , the first in Great Britain. He is considered the most important collector of sound carriers with works by Carl Loewe .

Life

Lilburn came from old Scottish nobility . His father was Lieutenant colonel William Lilburn of Coull († 1958), his mother Madeline Constance Maud Reid (* 1892), a grandfather Sir Hugh Reid Bart . He had two older siblings: Alistair James Lilburn of Coull (1919-2005) and Hugh Lilburn († 1945). Lilburn was a member of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and worked for the College of Arms . After the fire at Windsor Castle in November 1992, he was a consultant for the restoration of the destroyed "German shields" ( Order of the Garter ) in St. George's Chapel.

Anastasia trial

In the so-called Anastasia Trial for Anna Anderson's claims to the legacy of the Romanovs , Lilburn was an expert on the Anderson side in the 1950s and 1960s. With Friedrich Ernst von Sachsen-Altenburg he also prepared Anderson for the court hearings , in which she was represented by the Hamburg lawyers Paul Leverkuehn and Kurt Vermehren . During the years of trial he lived in Germany. Despite the negative decision of the court and its confirmation by a negative DNA analysis , he was not convinced that it was two different people. So he initially stated with a view to their origins:

"She was a lady even when she marched down the garden calling Prinz Friedrich a pig."

After the DNA test, he said of her relatives:

"[Anna] had natural dignity ... But she [Anna's niece] could have been a belly-dancer."

- Charlotte Hobson

Lilburn's extensive private collection to the Romanow later with family albums of the Russian imperial family to table book Royal Russia. The private albums of the Russian imperial family processed. The albums are owned by the Anderson biographer James Blair Lowell's foundation .

Scotto-Germania

Field buckle Scotto-Germania

During his long stays in Germany, Lilburn got to know and appreciate the tradition and coexistence of German corps . For decades he had close ties to the white corps , especially Borussia Bonn and Saxo-Borussia . In 1975 he established the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea the Corp Student Association Scotto-Germania to London . A meeting point was created for German corps students who lived and studied in London or who visited the city. His Victorian-era house served as a liaison seat and was inhabited by a few members. An activity comparable to the German corps life did not take place there; but inactive and old men were accepted after a probationary period, a few beer boys, and a pub speech . They received a field buckle in the colors blue-white-black. Blue and white stood for Scotland, black and white for Prussia . Scotto-Germania celebrated all the bars and balls in Bonn near Borussia or Hansea and in the Rolandseck train station or in the Lippesches Palais.

Carl Loewe Collection

Honor in Löbejün
Lilburn Collection

Lilburn has been collecting records with the music of the composer Carl Loewe since the 1960s. He knew the lyrics of the ballads by heart. The Lilburn collection consists of 2,000 shellac records (including Heinrich der Vogler as the oldest recording from 1902), radio recordings, tape recordings, music drums, acoustic records as well as those with subscript and many modern sound carriers. It is the largest in the world for Loewe's work. The interpreters of the recordings include Theo Adam , Paul Bender , Rudolf Bockelmann , Julia Culp , Oskar Czerwenka , Karl Erb , Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , Josef Greindl , Georg Hann , George Henschel , Hans Hotter , Gerhard Hüsch , Josef von Manowarda , Richard Mayr , Kurt Moll , Hans Hermann Nissen , Sigrid Onegin , Hermann Prey , Elisabeth Rethberg , Arno Schellenberg , Heinrich Schlusnus , Leo Slezak , Wilhelm Strienz , Richard Tauber , Lawrence Tibbett , Lula Mysz-Gmeiner , Franz Völker and Eberhard Waechter . In 2008 and 2011, Lilburn donated large parts of this collection to the Carl Loewe Museum in Löbejün . In addition to the collection, the museum also received Lilburn's discography of all of Loewe's recordings.

Honors

Awarded honorary membership of the ICLG in Lilburn's house

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Anthony Summers, Tom Mangold, The file on the Tsar , Issue 3, Verlag Gollancz, 1976, p. 13
  2. ↑ John D. Klier and Helen Mingay, The search for Anastasia , ISBN 978-1-85685-085-8 , Smith Gryphon, 1995, p. 138
  3. ↑ Carlos Mundy and Marie Stravlo, The Lost Romanov icons , ISBN 978-0-85728-201-9 , Thames River Press, London 2012, p 153 was Lilburn a loyal supporter of the claimant
  4. ↑ She's not Anastasia, she's a very naughty girl in The Daily Telegraph, February 18, 2007
  5. ^ Ralf Böhme, treasure hunt in London at Mz-web.de from November 18, 2011
  6. ↑ Claus Fischer, Lieder im Museum at dradio.de from December 22, 2008
  7. ^ Website of the International Carl Loewe Society
personal data
SURNAME Lilburn, Ian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lilburn, Ian Robertson (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish genealogist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1927
DATE OF DEATH September 30th, 2013
Place of death London