Letter to Thomas MacNamara, 29 May 1916 Letters 1916-1923

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This is a letter to Thomas MacNamara (1861-1931), secretary to the admiralty and Liberal politician. The letter is written in the context of the month that followed the 1916 Easter Rising and regards an enclosed proclamation of martial law for the information of the lord commissioners of the admiralty. The enclosed proclamation states that a state of martial law will be enforced in Ireland until further order. The proclamation is signed by Chief Lord Justice Richard Robert Cherry (1859-1923).

 National Archives of Ireland Chief Secretary's Office Registered Papers, CSO RP/1916/5612/9002/1 https://letters1916.ie/item/170 English 1916-05-29 Thomas MacNamara Whitehall, London, England Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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 29th May, 1916. 9002 Sir, I am directed by the Lords Justices to enclose, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a copy of a Proclamation made by Their Excellencies on the 26th instant, directing that a state of Martial Law shall continue to exist throughout Ireland until further order. I am , Sir, Your obedient Servant, The Secretary, Admiralty, Whitehall, London, S.W. BY THE LORDS JUSTICES GENERAL AND GENERAL GOVERNORS OF IRELAND. A PROCLAMATION WHERAS disaffection and unrest still prevail in certain parts of Ireland causing anxiety and alarm amongst the peaceful and law abiding subjects of His Majesty. NOW WE, the Lords Justices General and General Governors of Ireland DO HEREBY proclaim that a state of MARTIAL LAW shall continue to exist throughout Ireland until further order. GIVEN at His Majesty's Castle of Dublin this 26th day of MAY, 1916. Richard R Cherry LCJ O'Loughlin Whitehall, London, England Letter to Thomas MacNamara, 29 May 1916Letter from Edward O'Farrell to Charles Edward Troup, 27 May 1916Letter from Edward O'Farrell to the Thomas McKinnon Wood, 27 May 1916Letter from Sir Thomas Little Heath to Robert Chalmers, 19 May 1916Letter from M.L. Waller to Sergeant Thomas McGrath, 12 April 1916Letter from Michael Citroen to Herbert Samuel, 12 May 1916.Letter from Ernest G. Moggridge to Matthew Nathan, 10 April 1916Letter from Sir Thomas Little Heath to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 29 July 1916Letter from Under Secretary of State for the Home Office to the Under Secretary for Ireland, 10 January 1916Letter from M. L. Waller to Sir Robert Chalmers, 25 July 1916Letter from M. L. Waller to Joseph Brennan, 1 August 1916Letter from M. L. Waller to Sir Robert Chalmers, 17 July 1916