Letter from Henry W. Nevinson to Gertrude Bannister, 10 July 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Henry W. Nevinson

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A letter from writer, war correspondent and crusading journalist Henry W. Nevinson (1846-1951) to Gertrude Bannister (later Parry), a cousin of Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916). The letter was written while Casement was imprisoned in London after he had been arrested while landing on the coast of Kerry in a submarine on the eve of the Easter Rising. He writes that he has forwarded appeals for support for Casement to a number of individuals, including poet W.B. Yeats (1865-1939). The appeals were written by playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1960) and a Lieutenant Davin. The recipients were encouraged to write to the British Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928) in support of Casement. Nevinson also mentions including his own name on one of the petitions.Bannister was heavily involved in raising public support for Casement during his trial for treason. In the 1900s Nevinson had worked closely with Casement in raising awareness of slavery in western Africa, and he worked extensively for the campaign to save Casement. Casement was hanged on 3 August 1916.

 National Library of Ireland Roger Casement Papers, Collection List No A15, Ms. 13,075 /1 https://letters1916.ie/item/1292 English Henry W. Nevinson 1916-07-10 4 Downside Cresent, Hampshire, England, UK Gertrude Bannister Male Easter Rising Ireland 1916 Politics

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 From Henry W. Nevinson, 4, Downside Crescent, Hampstead, N.W. July 10/16 Dear Mrs Bannister, I have today sent out as follows : John Mansfield - Shaw's appealW.B. Yeats - ' 'Prof. Edw Browne - ' 'Lady Barlow - Lt. Davies's 'Diarmid McCarthy - Shaw's 'Galsworthy - Lt. Davies's 'Edw. Carpente Carpenter - Lt Davies's 'Wilfrid S. Blunt - ' 'Zangwill - Shaw's 'C.P. Scott - Lt Davies's '(Manchester Guardian)11) Canon Scott Holland - ' 'In each case I have urged them to write personally to Asquith. If you want my name, it had better go in the Native Race petition, and in brackits you might add ['Investigator of the Angola & San Thomé slavery'] Please let me hear as soon as possible how you get on & what more there is to try. I don't think overlapping matters now. Everything depends on immediate actions. Yours most truly HWN I called on the Bishop of Oxford yesterday. He was out, but I wrote a letter there - M Cuddesdon. Henry W. Nevinson Letter from Henry W. Nevinson to Gertrude Bannister, 10 July 1916Letter from Henry W. Nevinson to Gertrude Bannister, 12 July 1916Letter from Henry W. Nevinson to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 9 May 1916 Gertrude Bannister Letter from Gertrude Bannister to Colonel Maurice Moore, 22 July 1916Letter from George Bernard Shaw to Gertrude Bannister, 12 July 1916Letter from Dora Shorter to Gertrude Bannister, 1916Letter from C. Spencer Smith to Gertrude Bannister, 29 July 1916Letter from C. Spencer Smith to Gertrude Bannister, 31 July 1916Letter from C. Spencer Smith to Gertrude Bannister, 31 July 1916Telegram from Brixton Prison to Gertrude Bannister, 20 May 1916Letter from Henry W. Nevinson to Gertrude Bannister, 10 July 1916Letter from Henry W. Nevinson to Gertrude Bannister, 12 July 1916Letter from J.S. Northcote to Gertrude Bannister, 31 July 1916Letter from E. Blackwell to Gertrude Bannister, 2 August 1916Telegram from Sidney Parry to Gertrude Bannister, 29 August 1916Letter from A. Holmes to Gertrude Bannister, 23 July 1916Letter from Gertrude Bannister to C. Spencer Smith, 29 July 1916 4 Downside Cresent, Hampshire, England, UK Letter from Henry W. Nevinson to Gertrude Bannister, 10 July 1916Letter from Henry W. Nevinson to Gertrude Bannister, 12 July 1916