Letter from the Town Clerk, Blackrock, County Dublin, to Lord Wimborne, 20 April 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Town Clerk

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A letter from the Town Clerk's Office, Blackrock, informing the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord Wimborne (1873 -1939), of the Resolution passed by Blackrock Urban District Council at their bi-monthly meeting. The Resolution is regarding the appointment of Mr. J. H. Campbell as Attorney General for Ireland over Mr. James O'Connor (1872-1931), Solicitor General.Ivor Churchill Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne was appointed the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1915. Guest worked closely alongside Sir Matthew Nathan (1862-1939) in the administration of Ireland. Following the suppression of the Rising, Guest, under pressure, was forced to resign as Lord Lieutenant. A later inquiry into the Rising exonerated Guest and held Augustine Birrell (1850-1933) chiefly responsible for the events that occurred. Guest would continue to serve as Lord Lieutenant until 1918. J.H. Campbell would hold the office of Attorney General for Ireland from 1916 to 1918.

 National Archives of Ireland NAI, CSORP/1916/7307/1/1 https://letters1916.ie/item/477 English Town Clerk 1916-04-20 Town Clerk's Office, Town Hall, Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland Ivor Churchill Guest Vice Regal Lodge, Dublin, Ireland Country and City Life Industry and Public Administration Politics

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 Urban District Blackrock Town Clerk's Office, Town Hall Blackrock Co Dublin. 20th April 1916. Sir, I am directed to forward you herewith copy of Resolution passed at the Bi-Monthly Meeting of the Blackrock Urban District Council, last night. I am Sir, Your obedient Servant, Robert Finlay Town Clerk. The Rt. Hon. Lord Wimborne, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Vice Regal Lodge, D U B L I N MOVED by Councillor J.P., McCabe J.P. ( Chairman ) SECONDED by Councillor Frank Foy. and carried:- ' THAT we regard the appointment of Mr J.H. Campbell as Attorney General for Ireland over the head of Mr James O'Connor, Solicitor General, to whom the office should revert in accordance with the usual practice' as perpetuating the worst days of Tory ascendancy and calculated to bring the administration of the law into disrepute. The appointment of the Law Adviser of the Covenantors whose declared intention it was to defy the law of the Land, to a position in which he would be responsible for instituting criminal prosecutions, is in our opinion highly dangerous at this particular period and may lead to unpleasant consequences. Further we are strongly of opinion that the filling of a Judicial vacancy at this time, after the public convenience had been sacrificed by the refusal to appoint a Police Magistrate for Dublin because the vacancy should have been filled by a Catholic, and the refusal to fill other appointments which by their nature should have fallen to Catholics, is a clear indication that a effort is being made by the bigoted ascendancy party to fully resume their intolerant domination in this country. We consider this attempt must be met by native organisation on the part of Nationalists, however loath they may be to follow such a course at this period, and would respectfully earnestly urge the Irish Party, in whose ability to safeguard the interests of Ireland we have absolute confidence, to consider the present situation in the light of these new developments'. Town Clerk Letter from the Town Clerk, Blackrock, County Dublin, to Lord Wimborne, 20 April 1916 Ivor Churchill Guest Letter from James Patrick Farrell to Lord Wimborne, 27 March 1916Letter from W. H. M. Cobbe to Lord Wimborne, 29 April 1916Letter from 'a loyal subject' to Lord Wimborne, 30 April 1916Letter from William Sheehan to Lord Wimborne, 26 May 1916Letter from David G. Curtin to Lord Wimborne, 25 March 1916Letter from John R. Johnson to Lord Wimborne, 18 November, 1915Letter from 'A Loyal Subject' to Lord Wimborne, undated, circa 22 November, 1915Letter from Patrick H. O'Brien to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 20 June 1916Letter from the Town Clerk, Blackrock, County Dublin, to Lord Wimborne, 20 April 1916Letter from Major J. Crean to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 4 May 1916Letter from M. Bonham Carter to Lord Wimborne, 19 February 1916Letter from Edward Marsh to Lord Wimborne, 13 May 1916Letter from Patrick O'Brien to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 21 June 1916Letter from Reginald Le Normand Brabazon, the Earl of Meath, to Lord Wimborne, 7 February 1916Letter from the Earl of Shaftsbury to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 31 December 1915Letter from John Butler to Lord Wimborne, 15 November 1915Letter from Nicholas Nally to the Lord Lieutenant, 17 May 1916Letter from Lord Wimborne to Sir John Maxwell, 1 May 1916.Letter from Lord Wimborne to Sir John Maxwell, 1 May 1916Letter from Lord Wimborne to Sir John Maxwell, 3 May 1916Letter from William M. Nolan to Lord Wimborne, 13 March 1916Letter from Thomas G. Buchanan to Lord Wimborne, 19 May 1916Letter from Jones McKenna to Lord Wimborne, 21 August 1916Letter from Hanoria Shanahan to the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Wimborne, 29 March 1916Letter from Peter Molloy to Lord Wimborne, 29 January 1916Letter from Lord Wimborne to Sir John Maxwell, 29 April 1916 Town Clerk's Office, Town Hall, Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland Letter from the Town Clerk, Blackrock, County Dublin, to Lord Wimborne, 20 April 1916 Vice Regal Lodge, Dublin, Ireland Letter from the Town Clerk, Blackrock, County Dublin, to Lord Wimborne, 20 April 1916Letter from Maurice Bonham Carter to Mr Hutchison, 17 May 1916.Letter from Fitzgerald to Thomas Percy Kirkpatrick, 17 July 1918