Letter from 'a loyal subject' to Lord Wimborne, 30 April 1916 Letters 1916-1923

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A letter from an anonymous, loyal subject, to Sir Ivor Churchill Guest, the Lord Wimborne (1873-1939). The writer states that there are hundreds of RIC (Royal Irish Constabulary) pensioners who would be willing to relieve men serving on light posts so that the younger men may do duties elsewhere during the war. He mentions that such pensioners are usually engaged in civil employment as their pensions are inadequate to keep them.Ivor Churchill Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne was appointed the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1915. Guest worked closely alongside Sir Matthew Nathan (1862-1939) in the administration of Ireland. Following the suppression of the Rising, Guest, under pressure, was forced to resign as Lord Lieutenant. A later inquiry into the Rising exonerated Guest and held Augustine Birrell (1850-1933) chiefly responsible for the events that occurred. Guest would continue to serve as Lord Lieutenant until 1918.

 National Archives of Ireland Chief Secretary's Office Registered Papers, CSO RP/1916/7684/1 https://letters1916.ie/item/154 English 1916-04-30 Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland Ivor Churchill Guest World War I (1914-1918) Industry and Public Administration

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 Belfast 30th April 1916 To The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, May it please your excellency to allow me who for obvious reasons must remain anonymous, to respectfully bring under your notice the fact that there are hundreds of R.I.C. pensionersfit and willing to rehire men serving on light posts - stores, offices & sundry street duties - so as to allow the younger men to do duties elsewhere during the war. Such pensioners are as a rule engaged in civil employment, as their pensions are utterly inadequate to keep them, more especially in these bad times. Should you consider this matter favourably the employers of these men should be asked to keep the places of these pensioners open for them, otherwise they would be slow to volunteer. Each man to get the pay of his former Rank without reduction of pension. I am your excellency's humble servt. A loyalist, Anxious to help. Ivor Churchill Guest Letter from James Patrick Farrell to Lord Wimborne, 27 March 1916Letter from W. H. M. Cobbe to Lord Wimborne, 29 April 1916Letter from 'a loyal subject' to Lord Wimborne, 30 April 1916Letter from William Sheehan to Lord Wimborne, 26 May 1916Letter from David G. Curtin to Lord Wimborne, 25 March 1916Letter from John R. Johnson to Lord Wimborne, 18 November, 1915Letter from 'A Loyal Subject' to Lord Wimborne, undated, circa 22 November, 1915Letter from Patrick H. O'Brien to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 20 June 1916Letter from the Town Clerk, Blackrock, County Dublin, to Lord Wimborne, 20 April 1916Letter from Major J. Crean to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 4 May 1916Letter from M. Bonham Carter to Lord Wimborne, 19 February 1916Letter from Edward Marsh to Lord Wimborne, 13 May 1916Letter from Patrick O'Brien to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 21 June 1916Letter from Reginald Le Normand Brabazon, the Earl of Meath, to Lord Wimborne, 7 February 1916Letter from the Earl of Shaftsbury to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 31 December 1915Letter from John Butler to Lord Wimborne, 15 November 1915Letter from Nicholas Nally to the Lord Lieutenant, 17 May 1916Letter from Lord Wimborne to Sir John Maxwell, 1 May 1916.Letter from Lord Wimborne to Sir John Maxwell, 1 May 1916Letter from Lord Wimborne to Sir John Maxwell, 3 May 1916Letter from William M. Nolan to Lord Wimborne, 13 March 1916Letter from Thomas G. Buchanan to Lord Wimborne, 19 May 1916Letter from Jones McKenna to Lord Wimborne, 21 August 1916Letter from Hanoria Shanahan to the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Wimborne, 29 March 1916Letter from Peter Molloy to Lord Wimborne, 29 January 1916Letter from Lord Wimborne to Sir John Maxwell, 29 April 1916 Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland Letter from 'a loyal subject' to Lord Wimborne, 30 April 1916Letter from the Advertising Manager of the Belfast Telegraph to Sir Matthew Nathan, 19 April 1916Letter from James Connolly to Miss Carney, 27 January 1916