Letter from C. Spencer Smith to Gertrude Bannister, 31 July 1916

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Letter from C. Spencer Smith to Gertrude Bannister, 31 July 1916

1 CLERK & RECEIVER'S OFFICE 53, PALACE STREET, VICTORIA, STREET. S.W. July 31st 1916 Dear Miss Bannister, I am in receipt of your letter of 29th inst and have submitted
it to the Chairman. By the Scheme for the regulation of the
Grey Coat Hospital, & by your Contract of Service with the
Governors, the engagement is terminable by notice or on payment of
Salary in lieu of notice, which is not the same thing as 'dismissal'.
Clause 8 of your contract runs 'It shall not be necessary for either
party to state in such notice the reason for terminating this
agreement'; and the Board having given precise instructions the
Chairman regrets that he is unable to go further now. I am,
Faithfully yours, C.Spencer Smith
Clerk.
Miss Bannister, 36, Grosvenor Road, S.W. P.S. Miss Taylor was paid a half term's salary.
Her successor was also paid.

The letter is from C. Spencer Smith to Gertrude Bannister (d.1950), a cousin of Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916). The letter is an official letter referring to arrangements to terminate Bannister's employment with the school.The letter was written while Casement was imprisoned after he had been arrested while landing on the coast of Kerry in a submarine on the eve of the Easter Rising. Bannister was heavily involved in raising public support for Casement during his trial for treason.

C. Spencer Smith
Gertrude Bannister
1916-07-31
Industry and Public Administration Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__1290.html)