Letter from Edward O'Farrell to Sir Charles Edward Troup, 4 March 1916

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Letter from Edward O'Farrell to Sir Charles Edward Troup, 4 March 1916

1 4th March,1916. No.3906 Sir, In continuation of my letter of the 8th
ultimo, No. 2265, I am directed by the Lords
Justices to transmit, to be laid before the
Secretary of State, the attached further letter
from the Bishop of Meath in support of the
application of Gustav Adolf Etter for release
from internment. I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant, E O Farrell The Under Secretary,Secretary of State, Home Office, London. S.W.

This letter was written by Sir Edward O'Farrell (c.1857-1926), the Assistant Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Sir Ivor Guest Churchill, Lord Wimborne. The letter was addressed to Sir Charles Edward Troup (1857-1941). Troup was a civil servant, becoming permanent under-secretary of state at the Home Office from 1908 until 1922. He took special interest in police and criminal work while employed in the Home office.The letter states the O'Farrell is sending Troup a letter from the Bishop of Meath supporting the application of Gustav Adolf Etter, a prisoner of war, for release from internment.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__1406.html)