Deportation Order from the Secretary of State to James Gough, 17 June 1916
AN ORDER IS MADE UNDER REGULATION 14B. Name of Prisoner Gough James
Address 1 N. Richmond STSt
Dublin
W O Number 25C
H O Number 316951 Notice is hereby given to the above-named that an Order has been made
by the Secretary of State under Regulation 14 B of the Defence of the Realm
Regulations directing that he shall be interned at the Place of Internment
at Frongoch. The Order is made on the ground that he is of hostile associations and
is reasonably suspected of having favoured, promoted or assisted an armed
insurrection against His Majesty. If within seven days from the date of his receiving this notice the
above-named prisoner submits to the Secretary of State any representations
against the provisions of the said Order, such representations will be re
ferred to the Advisory committee appointed for the purpose of advising the
Secretary of State with respect to the internment and deportation of aliens
and presided over by a Judge of the High Court, and will be duly considered
by the Committee. If the Secretary of State is satisfied by the report of
the said Committee that the Order may, so far as it affects the above-named
prisoner, be revoked or varied without injury to the public safety or the
defence of the realm, he will revoke or vary the Order accordingly by a
further Order in writing under his hand. Failing such revocation or variation the Order will remain in force. 2 PRESENTED by James Gough
to the
O'CONNELL SCHOOL MUSEUM
21063
A deportation order from David Lloyd George (1863–1945), the British Secretary of State for War concerning prisoner James Gough who participated in the Easter Rising. Gough was first held at Richmond Barracks, was transferred to Stafford, and then was held at Frongoch Internment camp, Wales.David Lloyd George took over the role of Secretary of State for War on 6 June 1916, after the death of Horatio Herbert Kitchener, (1850–1916) who died on board the cruiser HMS Hampshire when it was sunk by a German mine on 5 June 1916, while on course to Russia.
How to cite
Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__0545.html)
- Place
- 1 North Richmond Street, Dublin, Ireland
- Mentioned in
- Deportation Order from the Secretary of State to James Gough, 17 June 1916
- Place
- War Office, London, England
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- Mentioned in
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- Deportation Order from the Secretary of State to James Gough, 17 June 1916
- Letter from David Lloyd George to John Redmond, 29 September 1916
- Letter from Robert Telford to David Lloyd George, 9 May 1916
- Letter from David Lloyd George to John Redmond, 21 June 1916
- Letter from David Lloyd George to John Redmond, 6 October 1916
- Letter from David Lloyd George to Edward Carson, 3 June 1916
- Letter from David Lloyd George to Edward Carson, 14 October 1916