Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to William Coote, 25 March 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery

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Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery (1844-1924) to William Coote (1853-1924). The letter refers to the 10th (Irish) Division of the British army and the figures that were given to Montgomery by the Chaplain of the division. Montgomery describes the 10th as 'the Division which nationalists always talk about as if it consisted exclusively of Home Rulers, who were sent to Suvla Bay.' He surmises that a good many Church of England soldiers enlisted with the 10th, making them 'presumably good Unionists.'Originally a Liberal and a strong supporter of Gladstone, Montgomery was also a firm Unionist, but by 1916 he believed that Ulster Unionists had no choice but to accept Lloyd George's proposal for a six-county Northern Ireland. Coote was a politician and in 1916 he was representing South Tyrone in the Imperial Parliament as a Unionist and continued to do so until 1922.

 Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Montgomery of Blessingborn Papers, D/627/429/4 https://letters1916.ie/item/414 English Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery 1916-03-25 William Coote Male World War I (1914-1918)

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 Copy 25th March 1916. Coote, ou may be glad to have these figures which were given me rimate, he having obtained them from his son who is Chaplain 10th Division and who vouches for them as the official supplied to him last November. This is the Division which onalists always talk about as if it consisted exclusively ome Rulers, who were sent to Shuvla Bay and other dangerous le the Ulster Division was kept in safety. urmise that a good many of the Church of England soldiers hmen drafted into the Regiment because Irishmen could t, but a good many of them are Irish Church Protestants, fore presumably very good Unionists. e amalgamation resolution was passed unanimously at Clogher Yours very truly, Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to William Coote, 25 March 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenerg Montgomery to Edward Carson, 31 May 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Edward Carson, 9 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Willis, 10 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Edward Carson, 9 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to 'Canon', 10 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to W. G. Vance, 13 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Vernon, 15 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Willis, 15 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Hamilton, 10 June 1916Letter to Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery from Walter Long, 2 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to George Francis Stewart, 17 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to James Stronge, 3 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to John Edward Fowler Sclater, 3 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to James Stronge, 9 June 1916.Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Mr Glasgow, 18 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to George Francis Stewart, 18 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Hugo, 27 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Maurice Headlam, 19 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery, 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Charles Hubert Montgomery, 30 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to William Hovenden Ffolliott, 2 August 1916Letter from Charles Hubert Montgomery to Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery, 29 May 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to John Ross, 27 May 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to William Coote, 27 May 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to William Coote, 22 May 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Waldron, 26 June 1916Letter to Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery from Sir John Ross, 2 June 1916.Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Sir Richard Dawson Bates, 23 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to William Coote, 9 Spetember 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Walter Long, 31 May 1916Letter from M. E. Sinclair to Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery, 18 September 1916