Letter from J.S. Northcote to Gertrude Bannister, 31 July 1916 Letters 1916-1923 J.S. Northcote

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The letter is from J.S. Northcote of St. Andrew's Vicarage to Gertrude Bannister (later Parry), a cousin of Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916). The letter was written in relation to the decision of Queen Anne's school to terminate Banniter's employment there as she had received wide publicity for her Casement campaign. She is informed, however, that the governors of the school will not make the reasons for the termination public. The writer asserts that she had given satisfactory employment and that he is happy to testify to this if she seeks similar work.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. Bannister was heavily involved in raising public support for Casement during his trial for treason.

 National Library of Ireland Roger Casement Papers, Collection List No A15, Ms. 13,075 /1 https://letters1916.ie/item/1294 English J.S. Northcote 1916-07-31 St. Andrew's Vicarage, 20 Ashley Place, London, UK Gertrude Bannister Easter Rising Ireland 1916 Industry and Public Administration

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 Telephone 3788 Victoria St Andrew's Vicarage, 30, Ashley Place, S.W. July 31. 16 Dear Miss Bannister W. Spencer Smith has forwarded to me your letter of July 29. It can if you wish it be laid before the Governors at their next meeting. The Governors have however decided not to state the reason for terminating your engagement with them. I can assure I can however you that the work you did at Queen Anne for many years gave them complete satisfaction, and if you seek elsewhere employment of the same kind I shall be glad to bear testimony to this fact. Yours very truly JS Northcote J.S. Northcote Letter from J.S. Northcote to Gertrude Bannister, 31 July 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 St. Andrew's Vicarage, 20 Ashley Place, London, UK Letter from J.S. Northcote to Gertrude Bannister, 31 July 1916