Letter from Elizabeth Francis Neill to Lady Clonbrock, 21 February 1916

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Letter from Elizabeth Francis Neill to Lady Clonbrock, 21 February 1916

1 Feb 21 st 1916 Dear Lady Clonbrock I thank you very
much for your kind
expressions of regret
for my dear husband
& sympathy with
us in our great loss. It seems to grow
greater with time. 2 I shall pass on
what you say about
the election of Secretary
for Tea Room â€” the
Ladies of the Committee
will doubtless be
very glad to have
the post filled
by Mrs Batterill â€”
who will I think
always take a
deep interest in
the Temperance
cause here. I remain
your Ladyship's
Most sincerely Elizabeth F Neill 3 1916
Feb: M rs Neill Headfood Tea
rooms

This is a letter from Elizabeth Francis Neill (b. 1861) to Augusta Caroline Dillon, Lady Clonbrock (1840-1928). Clonbrock was a prominent member of the Irish Women's Association, founded to provide aid and assistance to Irish soldiers and prisoners of war and the wife of Luke Gerald Dillon, 4th Baron Clonbrock. In the letter, Neill thanks Clonbrock for her sympathy over the death of her husband, Richard Herbert Neill (1859-1916). The letter goes on to say that Neill will pass on what Clonbrock has said about the election of a new secretary, stating that the ladies of the tea room will be glad that the position is filled by Charles Joseph Botterill (1862-1959).

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__0311.html)