Letter from the Resident Medical Superintendent of Kilkenny to William Richard Dawson, 21 June 1916 Letters 1916-1923

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A letter from the Resident Medical Superintendent of Kilkenny to William Richard Dawson (1864-1950), the Inspector of Lunatics. William Richard Dawson was appointed HM inspector of lunatics in Ireland in 1911. During the Great War he served in the Royal Ambulance Medical Corps, gaining the rank of lieutenant-colonel, as a specialist in ‘nerve disease’ or shell shock to the troops in Ireland.

 National Archives of Ireland Chief Secretary’s Office Registered papers, CSO-RP-1916-5615-1119-2 https://letters1916.ie/item/655 English 1915-11-29T00:00:00 District Asylum, Kilkenny, Ireland. William Richard Dawson, Inspector of Lunatics Dublin Castle Male Industry and Public Administration

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 277 District Asylum, Kilkenny 29 November, 1915 21 st 20t day of January 1916 Gentlemen, I beg to inform you at their meeting on the 18 th inst. the Committee adopted a set of Rules for the management of the Asylum which when they are properly revised will be sent on to you in a few days for your consideration and for their sanction is deemed suitable. I am Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, Locus Rn GGI The Inspector of Lunatics Dublin Castle Dublin Castle Letter from Eileen Murray to the Government Compensations Claim Office, 16 May 1916Letter from Major W. Kinsman to Robert Chalmers, 27 May 1916Letter from John Harold Smith-Wright to the Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 31 May 1916Letter from J. Smith Wright to Edward O'Farrell, 5 June 1916.Letter from Edward Joseph McWeeney to Robert Chalmers, 10 May 1916Letter from Stanislaus Murphy to Robert Chalmers, 10 May 1916Letter from William H. Welply to Edward O'Farrell, 10 May 1916.Letter from Matthew Nathan to J. G. Swift Mac Neill, 20 April 1916.Letter from William Phillip Miles to Robert Chalmers, 13 May 1916Letter from the Resident Medical Superintendent of Kilkenny to William Richard Dawson, 21 June 1916Letter from Thomas W. Delaney to Sir Matthew Nathan, 11 April 1916Note from the Chief Crown Solicitor to Sir Matthew Nathan, 16 February 1916Letter from A. P. Lynch to Sir Reginald H Brade, 12 May 1916.Letter from Charles P. O'Neill to Matthew Nathan, 30 Mar 1916Letter to the Chief Secretary, 9 May 1916.Letter from J. Simpson, for the Assistant Financial Secretary in the War Office, London to the Chief Crown Solicitor, Dublin Castle, 22 February 1916 District Asylum, Kilkenny, Ireland. Letter from the Resident Medical Superintendent of Kilkenny to William Richard Dawson, 21 June 1916Letter from the Resident Medical Superintendent to the Inspectors of Lunatics, 15 June 1916