Letter from John J. Ham to the Under-Secretary, 19 June 1916
position of Clerk of the
Crown and Peace for
Westmeath rendered vacant
by the death of the late
Mr P R Kelly. Since my ad- 2 mission as a Solicitor
in 1889 I have been
practising in the West-
meath county Court
and I reside in the
county. Your Obedt Servt John J Ham Under Secretary, The Castle, Dublin 3 21 June'16 New Castle, Ballymahon, Ireland. I have known Mr. J.J. Ham
for some 20 years, and
have pleasure in stating that
I consider he is well fitted for
the position of Clerk of the
Crown, Co. Westmeath for
which I understand he is
applying. Col. King-Harman J.RLD.L.Co. Longford 4 Col King Harman 5 SONNA, SLANEMORE, CO. WESTMEATH. June 22nd I know Mr. J.J. Ham
for a long period. I
consider him a very good
person for the position
of Clerk of the Peace, as
he has be in practice as a
solicitor for a very long
time Henry M. Tuite, J.P. 6 H.M. Tuite 7 June 24th, 16 I have known Mr J.J. Ham
for some time, & I am of opinion
that he is a most suitable
person to act as Clerk of the
Crown for the County of Westmeath.
He has been many years in
the County, & highly respected;
apart from which his legal 8 knowledge should be most
valuable Rowland Hudson 9 R Hudson 10 23/6/16. BARONSTON, BALLYNACARGY, CO. WESTMEATH. I understand Mr. J. J. Ham
Solicitor of Halston Moyvore
is a candidate for the
appointment of Clerk of the Crown
and Peace for Co. Westmeath
now vacant. From what I know
of him professionally and
otherwise, I think him a very
suitable man for the post
and am certain if appointed
he will give satisfaction in the
performance of the duties in
connection with itâ J.R. Malone Col. J.P. D.L. 11 Col Malone 12 50 Palmerston Road Dublin 20 June '16 My dear Ham I regret exceedingly
that having written on behalf of
another friend I am precluded from
doing what you ask I regret it all the more
feeling and knowing as I do
how well fitted you are to succeed
to the position vacated by the death
of my friend Mr P R Kelly Sincerely yours
my Dear Ham John Curran
J. J Ham Sol. 13 Judge Curran
A letter from John Joseph Ham (b.1867) to the Under-Secretary for Ireland, Sir Robert Chalmers (1858-1938). Ham submits an application for the vacant position of Clerk of Crown and Peace for County Westmeath. Included with his letter are five letters of testimony supporting his candidature.Sir Robert Chalmers was sent to Ireland as replacement under secretary for Sir Matthew Nathan, who had resigned along with Augustine Birrell, his chief secretary, following the outbreak of the Easter Rising in 1916.
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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__0466.html)
- Place
- Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland.
- Mentioned in
- Letter from Max S. Green to Sir Matthew Nathan, 6 May 1916
- Letter from Blake & Kenny to Sir Matthew Nathan, 29 April 1916
- Letter from H.S. Hunter to Sir Matthew Nathan, 26 April 1916
- Letter from John Robert O'Brien to Sir Robert Chalmers, 15 May 1916
- Letter from C.H. Hunter to Sir Robert Chalmers, 6 June 1916.
- Letter from John Condon to The Under Secretary, 17 June, 1916
- Letter from Valentine Dunn to Robert Chalmers Esq., 19 June, 1916
- Letter from Thomas M. Gerrard to the Under Secretary of State for Ireland, 19 June, 1916
- Letter from John J. Ham to the Under-Secretary, 19 June 1916
- Letter from Dermot MacDermot to Edward O'Farrell, 19 June 1916.
- Letter from Dermot MacDermot to Edward O'Farrell, 21 June 1916
- Letter from George F. Montgomery to the Under-Secretary, 20 June 1916
- Letter from Robert Elder to the Under Secretary, 30 June, 1916
- Letter from Henry J. Walker to the Lord Lieutenant, 30 June, 1916
- Letter from Thomas Bodkin and Arnold F. Graves to the Under Secretary, 1 August, 1916
- Letter from W. P. Henry to L. T. Silvester, 4 August, 1916
- Letter from the Secretary, Office of the Chief Commissioner of Police, to Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, 26 October 1916
- Letter from Philip C. P. MacDermot to Sir Henry Arthur Wynne, 11 May 1916
- Letter from Jasper Travers Wolfe to Sir Robert Chalmers, 15 May 1916
- Letter from Eugene Callanan to Sir Robert Chalmers, 5 June 1916
- Circular letter from Edward O'Farrell to Crown and Sessional Crown Solicitors, 20 June 1916
- Letter to the Chief Secretary of Ireland, 9 June 1916
- Letter from George M. Marshall to Sir Robert Chalmers, 8 June 1916
- Letter from J. Houlihan to Sir Robert Chalmers, 8 June 1916
- Letter from William John Kingston to Sir Robert Chalmers, 8 June 1916.
- Letter from Ernest G. Moggridge to the Under-Secretary, Dublin Castle, 9 June 1916
- Letter from John Condon to the Under-Secretary, 23 June 1916
- Letter to the Chairman of the General Prisons Board, 3 June 1916
- Letter from Dublin Castle to Rev. James Moody, 2 June 1916
- Letter from Humphrey Pearson to Robert Chalmers, 21 June 1916
- Place
- Halston, Moyvore, County Westmeath, Ireland.
- Mentioned in
- Letter from John J. Ham to the Under-Secretary, 19 June 1916