Letter from Thomas M. Gerrard to the Under Secretary of State for Ireland, 19 June, 1916

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Letter from Thomas M. Gerrard to the Under Secretary of State for Ireland, 19 June, 1916

1 Thomas Gerrard & Co.
Solicitors
Thomas M. Gerrard
Charles Daly
Comm Oaths
Dublin & Drogheda
Telephone No. 11 Drogheda
Telegraphic Address 'Advisers, Dublin'
TELEPHONE NO. 252.
25 Westmoreland Street Dublin 19th June 1916 The Under Secretary of State for Ireland Dublin Castle Sir I have the honour to request that my name may be considered for the
appointment for the office of Clerk of the Crown and Peace County Westmeath. I was admitted Solicitor on the 14th December 1915 and have since that
date practised continuously at this address and in Drogheda as an active
member of the firm of Thomas Gerrard & Co. I have experience of both High
Court and County Court business and am Solicitor for the Royal College of
Surgeons in Ireland. My firm is well known in Dublin and throughout
Ireland. I am ofcourse over military age. All my brothers and my only nephew
( except those who have been killed in the war ) are at present on active service. I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant Thomas M Gerrard

A letter from Thomas M. Gerrard to Sir Robert Chalmers (1858-1938). Gerrard writes to submit his application for the vacant position of Clerk of the Crown and Peace for Co. Westmeath. He outlines his professional experience in legal practice. He also mentions his family's involvement in active military service.Sir Robert Chalmers was sent to Ireland as replacement under-secretary for Sir Matthew Nathan (1862-1939), who had resigned along with Augustine Birrell, his chief secretary, following the outbreak of the Easter Rising in 1916.

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