Letter from J.H.G. Stantin to Mabel FitzGerald, 20 May 1916

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Letter from J.H.G. Stantin to Mabel FitzGerald, 20 May 1916

1 109/A. Headquarters Irish Command, Parkgate, Dublin. 20th May, 1916. Madam, In reply to your letter of the 17th instant, I
have to inform you that the Court Martial on Mr Desmond
Fitzgerald was considered confirmed to-day by the General Officer
Commanding in Chief. He was sentenced by the Court to
twenty years Penal Servitude ten years of which were
remitted by the General Officer Commanding in Chief. He
will be removed to Mountjoy Prison where he will be permitted
the visit usually allowed to convicts during the
first week of their sentences. Application should therefore
be made to the Governor, Mountjoy Prison. Any
property belonging to Mr.Fitzgerald which may be found in
Richmond Barracks will be forwarded to you. Yours faithfully, J.H.G.Stantin
for Brig.Genl.
D.A.G. Mrs Fitzgerald, 2 Loretta Villas, BRAY.

A letter is from Colonel J.H.G. Stantin of the Irish Command, British army, to Mabel FitzGerald (née Washington McConnell) (1884-1958), wife of politician and intellectual Desmond FitzGerald (1888-1947). The letter informs Mrs. FitzGerald of the sentence passed on her husband at court-martial, and advises her of his transfer to Mountjoy Prison.Mabel was a former governess in London. She later vigorously canvassed her former acquaintances in London's liberal circles for support for Francis Sheehy Skeffington (1878 -1916) during his hunger strike in 1915. Both Mabel and Desmond would serve in the GPO garrison during Easter Week.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__1419.html)