Letter from B.B. Cubitt to the Under-Secretary of State, Home Office, 30 March 1916 Letters 1916-1923 B.B. Cubitt

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A letter from B. B. Cubitt to the Under-Secretary of State, Home Office, stating that he has forwarded a Petition of Right lodged on behalf of John and Agnes Scott, John McCulloch and Mary Shearer. Cubitt also states that he has been commanded by the Army Council to indicate that they have nothing further to offer on the matter. Cubitt was originally appointed to the War Office in 1886 and was under-secretary of state from 1914 until his retirement in 1926.

 National Archives of Ireland NAI, CSORP/1916/7280/4 https://letters1916.ie/item/457 English B.B. Cubitt 1916-03-30 War Office, London, England Home Office, London, England Male World War I (1914-1918) Industry and Public Administration

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 WAR OFFICE, LONDON S.W. 30th March, 1916. Irish 11/275. (L.B.) Sir, With reference to your letter of the 10th instant No.309349, forwarding a copy of a Petition of Right which has been lodged on behalf of John and Agnes Scott, John McCulloch and Mary Shearer, I am commanded by the Army Council to acquaint you, for the information of Mr. Secretary Samuel, that They have no remarks to offer on the matter at this present stage. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, (Sgd) B.B. Cubitt The Under Secretary of State, Home Office. War Office, London, England Letter from Bertram Cubitt to Robert Chalmers, 3 June 1916Letter from B. B. Cubitt, War Office, to Sir Matthew Nathan, 2 December 1915Letter from J. Simpson to the Chief Crown Solicitor, 20 April 1916Letter from B.B. Cubitt to the Under-Secretary of State, Home Office, 30 March 1916Deportation Order from the Secretary of State to James Gough, 17 June 1916Telegram from the War Office to Samuel Cleland Davidson, 7 July 1916Letter from David Lloyd George to John Redmond, 29 September 1916Letter from the Surgeon General, War Office, to The President, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 7 November 1915Letter from sir William Robert Robertson to Edward Carson, 7 June 1916 Home Office, London, England Letter from Edward O'Farrell to Sir Ernley Blackwell, 10 June 1916Letter from B.B. Cubitt to the Under-Secretary of State, Home Office, 30 March 1916Letter from the Home Office to Joseph Devlin, 26 July 1916Letter from Herbert Samuel to John P. Boland, 1 August 1916Letter from Sir Edward Troup, 26 September 1916Letter from ‘One of the Hard Pressed’ to Mr. Samuel, 28 July 1916Letter from Sir Edward O'Farrell to William Brace, 14 July 1916 B.B. Cubitt Letter from B.B. Cubitt to the Under-Secretary of State, Home Office, 30 March 1916