Letter from C.W.F. to Mr. Farrant, 29 May 1916 Letters 1916-1923 C.W.F.

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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.

 National Archives of Ireland Chief Secretary's Office Registered Papers, CSO RP/1916/5618/9629/2 https://letters1916.ie/item/908 English C.W.F. 1916-05-29 Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland Mr. Farrant Male World War I (1914-1918) Industry and Public Administration

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 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 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. 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 C.W.F. Letter from C.W.F. to Mr. Farrant, 29 May 1916 Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland Letter from Sir Matthew Nathan to Sir Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain, 1 May 1916Letter from Edward O'Farrell to the Major-General in Charge of Administration, 27 May 1916Letter to the Chief Secretary's Office, 2 June 1916Letter from C.W.F. to Mr. Farrant, 29 May 1916Letter from William Field to Augustine Birrell, 29 March 1916Letter from Alfred Bryne to Augustine Birrell, 30 March 1916Letter from Andrew Philip Magill to Jeanie Horner, 6 April 1916Letter from Thomas Maguire to Henry Arthur Wynne, 19 May 1916Letter from Sir Edward O'Farrell to Margaret O'Brien, 8 June 1916Letter from A. Stanford to Augustine Birrell, 1 May 1916Letter from J.J. Taylor to H.J Towle, 20 June 1916Letter from the Crown Solicitor, Cavan, to Sir Matthew Nathan, 1 March 1916