[3] In January 1901 he lived in Taormina, Sicily[4] a tolerant place that also attracted Oscar Wilde, and Wilhelm von Gloeden.

At some time Stopford offered the War Office his services as the eyes and ears in Petrograd.

[7] From July 1915 till September 1917 he was staying in Grand Hotel Europe Saint Petersburg, Moscow and Tsarskoye Selo with unknown affairs.

[12] At the end of September 1917 he left for England, via Sweden and Aberdeen, with a total of 244 items in two Gladstone bags.

Within months of his return to London he was embroiled in a homosexual scandal (caught in Hyde Park) and a trial at the Old Bailey.

[17][18] In 1924 he was living in the prestigious 31, Rue de Valois in Paris, according to the list of Fellows of the Zoological Society of London.

[19] Between 1924 and 1934 he corresponded with Ralph B. Strassburger and for this wealthy businessman probably acquired antiques, now in the Winterthur Museum, Delaware.