Letter from C.W.F. to Mr. Farrant, 29 May 1916

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Letter from C.W.F. to Mr. Farrant, 29 May 1916

1 29th May, 1916. Dear Mr. Farrant, Thanks for your letter as to the Criminal
Statistics. We shall at once consider the desirability
of following your good example. Count Demet ei us Salazar, son of the Italian
Consul in Ireland, wishes to become naturalised with a view
to getting a commission in the Army, and Lord Wimborne has
asked that we should endeavour to have Certificate
issued as soon as possible. I do not know to whom I should
write in the Home Office, but I shall be greatly obliged if
you will communicate this information in the proper quarter. The application was sent to the Home Office
on the 23rd instant, but up to the present we have not been
asked to report. Yours very truly, E.O.F 2 23rd May, 1916. Dear Lord Basil Blackwood, When Count Salazar's son has
sent in his papers to the Home Office we shall be asked
to report on his application for naturalisation and I shall
see that no delay occurs in sending in the report and shall
write semi-officially to the Home Office saying that
His Excellency would like the issue of the Certificate
expedited as much as possible. Yours sincerely E.O.F. 3 VICE REGAL LODGE, DUBLIN 22nd May, 1916. Dear Mr Martin Jones, His Excellency had a
conversation with Count Salazar the other day in the
course of which he promised to do what he could to
assist his son to obtain papers of naturalisation.
Are there any means of expediting matters. I told
His Excellency I would write and ascertain from you. Yours, Basil Blackwood

This correspondence, comprising three letters, concerns a request from Count Demetrius Salazar, son of the Italian Consul in Ireland for naturalisation in order that he may qualify for an Army Commission. Representations were made by the Count to the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Wimborne (Ivor Guest) (1873-1938), whose Private Secretary (Sir Basil Blackwood) begins the correspondence on 22 May. The writer of the letter to Mr. Ferrant is seeking to have the matter brought to the appropriate official and to expedite the matter as much as possible. 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.

C.W.F.
Mr. Farrant
1916-05-29
World War I (1914-1918) Industry and Public Administration

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