1 TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: 'J.BURKE,' ROSCOMMON. JOSEPH BURKE & SON, County Solicitors All letters on business should be
addressed to the FIRM UpperOrmond Quay, Dublin, And ROSCOMMON June 19 th 16. Sir. I beg to apply for the
position of Clerk of the
Crown & Peace for the County of
Westmeath - rendered vacant
by the death of Mr. J.R. Kelly —
My father was Crown. Solr for
this County for nearly 30 years &
was Clerk of the Crown — here —
when he died. I was qualified
in 1891 & am County. Solr
for this County — I also hold
a number of other public
appointments, in addition to which I am the Representative
of Connaught, on the Council
of the Incorporated Law Society. I am known to the
Master of the Rolls (& other
members of the Bench) to hold
a prominent position in my
progression. I enclose copies of
a few Testimonials obtained
when looking for an appointment
on a former occasion. I am Sir,
Your obd.tserv.t S. S t. Lawrance-Burke 2 37, CHESHAM PLACE, LONDON, S.W., June 26th, 1900. Dear Sir, I have much pleasure in testifying to the efficient
manner in which you have acted when employed profession ally in any business of mine, and I have from time to time
heard from my agent his satisfaction at the way my cases have
been conducted by you. Yours Faithfully, HARLECH.
H. M. L for Co. Leitrim.
S. ST. LAWRENCE BURKE, Esq., etc., etc. 3 CARLTON CLUB, December 21st, 1899. Dear Burke, I think you have very efficiently performed the duties
connected with my Estate, which you have represented for
many years, and therefore I testify with pleasure to your zeal
and ability, in many a difficult case, and I shall always be
glad to hear of any good luck in the way of promotion that
may come your way. Yours Sincerely, CROFTON. J. G.D.L. 4 CHARLESTOWN, DRUMSNA, July 4th, 1900 DEAR MR. BURKE, I have much pleasure in testifying to the manner in
which you have conducted the legal business on my County
Roscommon estate, which has proved satisfactory. And I have heard my father, the late Sir Gilbert King,
express satisfaction at the manner in which your father, the
late Mr. Joseph Burke, conducted legal business for him, I remain,
yours faithfully, GILBERT KING, Bart. J. P.D.L S. ST. LAWRENCE BURKE, Esq., The Abbey, Roscommon. 5 Copy of Resolution passed by the Grand Jury at Roscommon
Spring Assizes, 1899. Proposed by T. A. P. Mapother, Esq., D.L.; seconded
by W. T. Potts, Esq., J.P., and— RESOLVED—That We, the Grand Jury of the County of
Roscommon, assembled at Spring Assizes, 1899, desire to place
on record our appreciation of the able, efficient, zealous, and
satisfactory manner in which our Solicitor, MR. S. ST.
LAWRANCE BURKE, has conducted our legal business since
his appointment in the year 1892. O'CONOR DON,
Foreman. 6 GORNAMONA, TULLAMORE, December 8th, 1895 My Dear Sir, I have had many opportunities since you joined the
Roscommon Quarter Session's Bar, of observing the efficiency
and good temper with which you conducted your large busi- ness. I am sure you would creditably fill any place held by
my friend, your lamented father. Yours truly, W. O'CONNOR MORRIS, County Court Judge for Roscommon
and Sligo.
S. ST. LAWRANCE BURKE, Esq., Solicitor, Roscommon. 7 10, FITZWILLIAM PLACE, DUBLIN, April 15, 1896. MY DEAR MR. BURKE, You will allow me to add my contribution to the many
proofs you have the esteem and admiration which your zeal
and ability have won for you in Roscommon. Your father's leading professional position in your County
gave you an introduction, your own talents, learning and
skilled advocacy have made you his not unworthy successor. Yours very truly, MacDERMOT. J.P.D.L.
Attorney General for Ireland. 8 31, FITZWILLIAM SQUARE, DUBLIN, October 10th, 1896. DEAR MR. BURKE, I have much pleasure in adding my testimony of your
zeal and efficiency to that of your other clients from my
experience of the zeal and ability you have always displayed
in acting as my Solicitor in matters connected with my small
property in the County Roscommon. Truly yours, ROBT. WM. SHEKLETON, J.P., Q.C. S. ST. LAWRANCE BURKE, Esq. 9 50, UPPER MOUNT STREET, DUBLIN, December 18th, 1899. MY DEAR BURKE, Since you lamented father's death I have had many
opportunities of observing the way in which you conducted
your business as a Solicitor. You have at all times acted
with diligence and ability, and I have known you to carry
through very complicated and difficult cases to a successful
conclusion. I also wish to bear testimony to your high
integrity. You were placed in a very trying and difficult position
by the sudden death of your late father, at a time when you
had not completed your apprenticeship, and you wont the
admiration of your friends by the courage with which you
assumed your father's position and continued the work of
your office. Your subsequent success is the best proof of
your capacity for business. Very sincerely yours, CHAS. A. O'CONNOR, Q.C. Hon Master of the Rolls.
STEPHEN ST. L. BURKE, Esq. 10 Coy of Resolution passed by the Grand Jury at Roscommon
Summer Assizes, 1894. Proposed by Mr. T. A. P. Mapother, seconded by Mr.
Luke J. Irwin:— RESOLVED—That We, the Grand Jury of the County of
Roscommon, desire to place on record our appreciation of
the very able and efficient manner in which the proceedings
before the Committee of the House of Commons, in the
matter of the transfer of the control of the roads within the
Borough of Athlone from the Grand Jury to the Town Com—
missioners were conducted on our behalf by our Solicitor,
MR. STEPHEN. ST. LAWRENCE BURKE. Adopted—O'CONOR DON,
Foreman. 11 STROKESTOWN, December 7th, 1895. DEAR SIR, We have much pleasure in testifying to the careful and
able manner in which you have conducted our legal business
in this county. Yours very truly, GUINNESS MAHON & CO.
S. ST. LAWRANCE BURKE, Esq. 12 KILTEEVAN, ROSCOMMON, December 9th, 1895. MY DEAR SIR, Having been a client of yours for some years (during
which I entrusted to you matters involving considerable difficulty),
and having had frequent opportunity, as Chairman of
the Roscommon Board of Guardians, and as Magistrate and
Grand Juror of this County, of observing the skill, energy,
and tact, which you bring to bear upon the discharge of your
professional duties, I feel much pleasure in testifying to your
fitness for any office in which such qualities would find scope
for their exercise. Yours very faithfully, THOS. A. P. MAPOTHER, D.L.
S. ST. LAWRANCE BURKE, Esq., Solicitor, Roscommon. 13 CARRANURE, ATHLONE, December 13th, 1895. MY DEAR SIR, From my own experience, and that of many of my
friends (your clients), I feel much pleasure in testifying to the
exceptional zeal, ability, and efficiency with which any legal
business, committed to your care, has been invariably con— ducted, and I am happy to see in you a worthy successor to
your highly esteemed father, who for many years so ably dis— charged the duties of Sessional Crown Solicitor, and at the
time of his much-lamented death held the office of
Clerk of the Crown for our County. Very faithfully yours, B. W. BAGOT, J. P.
S. ST. LAWRANCE BURKE, Esq., The Abbey, Roscommon. 14 RENT OFFICE, AHASCRAGH, December 18th, 1895. MY DEAR SIR, I have much pleasure in bearing testimony to the care
and attention you have always given to any business we have
intrusted to you. We think you a painstaking and careful
man of business. Yours faithfully, E. G. ARMSTRONG,
For E. G. ARMSTRONG & MAHON
S. ST. LAWRANCE BURKE, Esq. 15 ATHLEAGUE VICARAGE, ROSCOMMON, December 10th, 1895. I have known MR. STEPHEN ST. LAWRENCE BURKE for
many years, and I have had ample opportunity for observing
his assiduity and attention to his profession. He had the
great advantage of being for many years intimately associated
in business with his able and eminent father, the late Mr.
Joseph Burke, who so successfully conducted the many
important and critical cases intrusted to him. I believe that it will be MR. STEPHEN BURKE'S uniform
desire to emulate the abilities of his father in the perform—
ance of any duties which he may be called upon to fulfil. W. BOURKE-WRIGHT,
Vicar of Athleague and Mount Talbot,
Canon of Elphin. 16 COLAMBER, RATHOWN, WESTMEATH, December 29th, 1895. MY DEAR SIR, I can with pleasure testify that you have conducted
the legal business of the five estates I am agent to, in the
County of Roscommon, efficiently and successfully. Very truly yours, PHILIP O'REILLY, D.L.
S. ST. LAWRANCE BURKE, Esq. 17 ESTATE OFFICE, MILLMOUNT ROAD, MULLINGAR, February 18th, 1896. MY DEAR SIR, I have much pleasure in testifying to the care and
ability which you have uniformly shown in the large number
of cases which you have conducted as solicitor for me on the
several estates I am Agent for in County Roscommon. Very truly yours, R. C. BARTON.
S. St. L. BURKE, Esq. 18 ESTATE OFFICE, CARRICK-ON-SHANNON, February 18th, 1896. DEAR MR. BURKE, I have great pleasure in testifying to the attention and
skill with which you have managed the various cases I have
placed in your hands, both before the Land Commission and
Quarter Sessions Courts, that arose on some of the estates I
am Agent over in the County Roscommon. Yours very truly, HENRY S. DARLEY, J.P.
S. ST. LAWRANCE BURKE, Esq.,
The Abbey, Roscommon. 19 BALLINDERRY, BALLINASLOE, February 19th, 1896. MY DEAR SIR, I have much pleasure in bearing testimony to the care
and attention you have invariably bestowed upon the legal
business with which I have entrusted you in connection with
the estates I manage in the County Roscommon. Yours truly, J. W. COMYN, Lieut.-Col.
S. ST. L. BURKE, Esq. 20 73, MERRION SQUARE, DUBLIN, February 17th, 1896. DEAR MR. BURKE, I have very much pleasure in giving expression to the
very great ability displayed in troublesome litigation with
tenants on various estates, mine inclusive. I found your
laudable emulation of your father's great energy and attention
to business as Clerk of the Crown for County Roscommon. Yours truly, HENRY TAAFFE-FERRALL, J.P., D.L., Lieut.-Col.

S. ST. LAWRANCE BURKE, Esq. 21 47, DAWSON STREET, DUBLIN, and ESTATES OFFICE, ROSCOMMON, January 6th, 1896. I have much pleasure in indorsing the testimonial given
by me to MR. STEPHEN ST. LAWRENCE BURKE in 1892, viz.:
'I have much pleasure in testifying to the very satisfactory
manner in which Mr. Stephen St. Lawrance
Burke has conducted the business intrusted to him
by me on the several estates over which I act as
Agent or Receiver. I am sure he can creditably fill
any post intrusted to him.' W. E. HOLMES, J. P. 22 CASTLEMORE, BALLAGHADEREEN, CO. MAYO, January 1st, 1896. MY DEAR BURKE, I have very great pleasure in stating that you, at all
times, discharged any business I intrusted to you with care
and ability. Many years ago your late lamented father acte
d as my solicitor when I was receiver and agent over several
large properties, and always with that ability and success
for which he was so remarkable, and I am glad to say his old
clients have found in you an able and zealous successor. Yours truly, V. J. BLAKE, J.P.

STEPHEN ST. LAWRANCE BURKE, Esq., Solicitor. 23 KILRONAN ESTATES OFFICE, December 31st, 1895. DEAR MR. BURKE, There has been a great deal of complicated trouble-
some litigation with tenants on this and other estates in my
charge, both in the Superior and Land Commission Courts,
and all through—mainly owing to your professional intelligence,
tact, and patient industry—the interest of my
employers have been safeguarded. I may add, that also much litigation has been saved owing
to your intervention as a faithful adviser to both sides. Believe me,
Very truly yours, J. GARNETT TATLOW, J.P.

S. ST. LAWARANCE BURKE, Esq., Solicitor, Roscommon. 24 ESTATE OFFICE, ROSCOMMON, December 30th, 1895. MY DEAR SIR, All the work you have done for me since your father's
death has been most efficiently done. You have also in some
cases kept me form going on with legal proceedings, to your
own loss, but to my gain. Yours truly, W. D. TALBOT-CROSBIE.
S. ST. LAWARANCE BURKE, Esq. 25 BALLINAFAD, BALLYGLASS, CO. MAYO, February 22nd, 1896. I have much pleasure in testifying to the very satisfactory
manner in which MR. STEPHEN ST. LAWRANCE BURKE has
for several years conducted all the legal business I intrusted
to him. LLEWELLYN BLAKE, D. L.,
Lieut.-Colonel. 26 CARNACREGG, MOYLOUGH, CO. GALWAY, February 24th, 1896. DEAR SIR, I have much pleasure in testifying to the very efficient
manner in which you have conducted my legal business in
Co. Roscommon. Yours truly, EDWARD BROWNE.
S. ST. L. BURKE, Esq. 27 SOUTH PARK, CASTLEREA, February 29th, 1896. MY DEAR BURKE, I have great pleasure in testifying to the very efficient
and highly satisfactory manner in which you have conducted
the business on this estate, and other matters for me since
the death of your lamented father. Yours sincerely, M. J. BALFE, J.P., D.L.
S. ST. LAWRANCE BURKE, Esq. 28 BALLAGH, ROSCOMMON and ST. ARNAUD'S MERRION, CO. DUBLIN, January 3rd, 1900. MY DEAR SIR, I have much pleasure in testifying to the able and
satisfactory manner in which you have for many years (since
the death of your father) transacted the legal business of my
Roscommon property. Your able management has on several occasions saved me
from considerable trouble. Yours very truly, JAMES D. O'CONNOR, J.P.
S.ST. LAWRANCE BURKE, Esq 29 THE BUSH, ANTRIM, July 20th, 1900. DEAR MR. BURKE, It gives me great pleasure to testify to the care with
which you have attended to the legal business I have in—
trusted to you from time to time, and I shall be very pleased
indeed if I can assist you in any way towards obtaining the
appointment you now seek. Yours very truly, H. D. M. BARTON.
S. ST. LAWARANCE BURKE, Esq., The Abbey, Roscommon 30 68, HARCOURT STREET, DUBLIN, and FORT LYSTER, ATHLEAGUE, CO. ROSCOMMON, August 17th, 1896. DEAR SIR, I can with pleasure testify to the zeal and legal skill
which you have shown in conduction the business you have
undertaken from in the County of Roscommon, both on my
own estate, and on those over which I am agent. Yours very truly, WILLIAM JAMESON, J.P.
S. ST. LAWRANCE BURKE, Esq., Solicitor, Roscommon. 31 CARROWROE, ROSCOMMON, July 26th, 1896. MY DEAR SIR, It gives me great pleasure to state that in all business
committed to you by me, you have always displayed great
ability, shrewdness, and attention. I have every confidence
in your capability to fill any office creditable and efficiently,
where legal knowledge, tact, and energy are requisites. Very truly yours, M. A. BURKE, J.P.,
Lt.-Colonel.
S. ST. LAWRANCE BURKE, Esq., Roscommon.