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            <title type="main">Letter from Sir Wilfrid Spender to his wife Lady Lillian Spender, 22 December 1915</title>
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            <author>Wilfrid Bliss Spender</author>
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               <p>A letter from Sir Wilfrid Bliss Spender (1876 - 1960) to his wife, Lady Lillian Spender, née Dean, (1880-1968). In this letter, Spender expresses dread at the possibility that the 16th (Irish) Division may soon be joining his own 36th (Ulster Division). He asks Lillian to let Sir Edward Carson (1854-1935) know that while the officers of the 36th Division and those of various Irish brigades have 'got on excellently', the same is not true of the ordinary soldiers, and according to the men there would have been 'real trouble, if they had not been separating so soon'. Spender then argues that many people, including Ulstermen, do not reckon full with the 'Ulster temperament'. Spender then detours at length along the path of Christmas-related sentiment. He then gives the news that a colleague, Captain W. Lindsall, has gotten engaged, and asks Lillian to send the couple a present worth roughly three pounds In a postscript, Spender mentions that the General is fully aware that he was up with the 107th Brigade, but 'has not said a word on the subject'.Sir Wilfrid Spender was a member of the British Army until 1913 when controversy surrounding his signature of the Ulster Solemn League and Covenant resulted in his resignation. Spender was called up for military service in 1914 and from 1915 served in the 36th (Ulster) Division. Throughout the war, Spender wrote a collection of letters to his wife Lady Lillian Spender. The letters date mainly from 1915 to 1918, when Sir Wilfrid was serving in France. The letters concern politics, the Irish question, personal life, and Wilfrid's experience of the Great War.</p>
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                22 Dec 15   My Pr   You really seem to be getting quite excited over things,<lb/> but you mustn't count too much on things.   Richardson will I hope travel on with this letter so<lb/> he may turn up any day. Mayne has left.   Again I hear that the 16 Div is coming here after all<lb/> or bits of it. I do hope it's not true.  You may not have got my family letter with news of<lb/> my visit to the 107 Bge, but you can let Sir EC know<lb/> that whereas <seg type="del">the</seg> our officers have got on excellently with the Dublin<lb/> &amp; other Irish Regt, the men have not done so equally, &amp; in<lb/> fact Douglas who of course was able to get much more into<lb/> touch with the men told us that there would have been <lb/> real trouble, if they had not been separating so soon. People<lb/> who do not know the Ulster temperament - including many<lb/> Ulstermen â do not realize how they play with smouldering<lb/> flames when they say that things are all right.  Is this my Xmas letter? I think so &amp; my little<lb/> Pr will find a corner very warm for her when she<lb/> takes the wings of thought to it, &amp; tho' I should say it was anything  
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