Letter from George F. Montgomery to the Under-Secretary, 20 June 1916

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Letter from George F. Montgomery to the Under-Secretary, 20 June 1916

1 GEO F MONTGOMERY SOLICITOR Commissioner For Affidavits Office Every Monday at Granard Longford, 20th June 1916 The Under Secretary The Castle Dublin Sir I beg to apply for the vacant
office of Clerk of Crown & Peace for
the County of Westmeath I am
a practising Solr for the last 25
years having been admitted in
1891 and am now aged 49
years and if appointed I shall
by strict adherence to my duty to
merit the approval of those who
are my superiors I am Sir
Yours faithfully George F Montgomery

A letter from George Fleming Montgomery (b. 1867), a Longford solicitor, to Sir Robert Chalmers (1858-1938), Under Secretary for Ireland, applying for the vacant post of Clerk of Crown and Peace for County Westmeath. He outlines his twenty-five year career in the legal profession.Sir Robert Chalmers (1858 - 1938) 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__0469.html)