Letter from Robert Elder to the Under Secretary, 30 June, 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Robert Elder

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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.

 National Archives of Ireland Chief Secretary's Office Registered Papers, CSO RP/1916/5615/11170 https://letters1916.ie/item/475 English Robert Elder 1916-06-30 Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland. Under Secretary for Ireland Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland. Male Industry and Public Administration Industry and Public Administration

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 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. Robert Elder Letter from Robert Elder to the Under Secretary, 30 June, 1916 Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland. Letter from Max S. Green to Sir Matthew Nathan, 6 May 1916Letter from Blake & Kenny to Sir Matthew Nathan, 29 April 1916Letter from H.S. Hunter to Sir Matthew Nathan, 26 April 1916Letter from John Robert O'Brien to Sir Robert Chalmers, 15 May 1916Letter from C.H. Hunter to Sir Robert Chalmers, 6 June 1916.Letter from John Condon to The Under Secretary, 17 June, 1916Letter from Valentine Dunn to Robert Chalmers Esq., 19 June, 1916Letter from Thomas M. Gerrard to the Under Secretary of State for Ireland, 19 June, 1916Letter from John J. Ham to the Under-Secretary, 19 June 1916Letter from Dermot MacDermot to Edward O'Farrell, 19 June 1916.Letter from Dermot MacDermot to Edward O'Farrell, 21 June 1916Letter from George F. Montgomery to the Under-Secretary, 20 June 1916Letter from Robert Elder to the Under Secretary, 30 June, 1916Letter from Henry J. Walker to the Lord Lieutenant, 30 June, 1916Letter from Thomas Bodkin and Arnold F. Graves to the Under Secretary, 1 August, 1916Letter from W. P. Henry to L. T. Silvester, 4 August, 1916Letter from the Secretary, Office of the Chief Commissioner of Police, to Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, 26 October 1916Letter from Philip C. P. MacDermot to Sir Henry Arthur Wynne, 11 May 1916Letter from Jasper Travers Wolfe to Sir Robert Chalmers, 15 May 1916Letter from Eugene Callanan to Sir Robert Chalmers, 5 June 1916Circular letter from Edward O'Farrell to Crown and Sessional Crown Solicitors, 20 June 1916Letter to the Chief Secretary of Ireland, 9 June 1916Letter from George M. Marshall to Sir Robert Chalmers, 8 June 1916Letter from J. Houlihan to Sir Robert Chalmers, 8 June 1916Letter from William John Kingston to Sir Robert Chalmers, 8 June 1916.Letter from Ernest G. Moggridge to the Under-Secretary, Dublin Castle, 9 June 1916Letter from John Condon to the Under-Secretary, 23 June 1916Letter to the Chairman of the General Prisons Board, 3 June 1916Letter from Dublin Castle to Rev. James Moody, 2 June 1916Letter from Humphrey Pearson to Robert Chalmers, 21 June 1916 Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland. Letter from Robert Elder to the Under Secretary, 30 June, 1916Letter from Henry J. Walker to the Lord Lieutenant, 30 June, 1916