Letter from Robert Elder to the Under Secretary, 30 June, 1916

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Letter from Robert Elder to the Under Secretary, 30 June, 1916

1 ROBERT ELDER, Solicitor. Dublin Office, 69 & 70 Dame Street. Telegrams: 'Elder, Athlone.' Telephone No 9. Notary Public. Commr for Oaths. 30 June 1916 Dear Sir, I beg to apply for the vacant Clerk of the Crown and
Peaceship for the County of Westmeath. I was admitted a Solicitor
in 1903 and have since practised at Athlone and I have recently
been appointed by the Lord Chancellor a Notary Public and a
Commissioner for Oaths for the County of Westmeath. I should
feel obliged therefore if you would kindly bring my application
under the notice of the proper authority. I am,
Your obedient servant, Robert Elder The Under Secretary, The Castle, Dublin.

A letter from Robert Elder to the Undersecretary. Elder writes to apply for the position of Clerk of Crown and Peace for Co. Westmeath. In this letter he outlines his professional experience which includes his appointment to Commissioner of the Oaths in Westmeath.Sir Robert Chalmers (1858 - 1938) 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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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__0475.html)