Letter from Philip C. P. MacDermot to Sir Henry Arthur Wynne, 11 May 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Philip C. P. MacDermot

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This letter was written by Philip MacDermot (1863-1929), the crown solicitor for Co. Roscommon to Sir Henry Arthur Wynne. Wynne (1867-1943) was the chief crown solicitor for Ireland from 1916 to 1922. In the letter MacDermot informs Wynne that he wishes to take a leave of absence for a week in order to escort his son to England for school. He notes that in his absence Dermot MacDermot can act on his behalf as solicitor.

National Archives of Ireland Chief Secretary's Office Registered Papers; CSORP/1916/8063/1 https://letters1916.ie/item/2007 English Philip C. P. MacDermot 1916-05-11 Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland. Sir Henry Arthur Wynne Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland. Male 1929 Industry and Public Administration Industry and Public Administration

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 Office of Crown Solictior for Co Roscommon, Boyle. May 11. 1916 Dear Sir, I beg to apply for leave with week from Saturday next. There are no cases pending or likely to come on during my absence, but if any business requiring attention from a Solicitor shd. turn up, W Dermott Mac Dermott of this town will act for me. I may add that I want to leave to go to England with my boy who is going to school and in these times of trouble I don’t like having him go alone. I am glad to say that so far as I can know or learn everything here is very quiet. Yours Faithfully Philip C Mac Dermott The Chief Crown Solicitor Dublin Castle Attorney General Do you approve? Amendment accepted 12.5.16 Yes. M 13.5.16. Philip C. P. MacDermot Letter from Philip C. P. MacDermot to Sir Henry Arthur Wynne, 11 May 1916 Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland. Letter from Max S. Green to Sir Matthew Nathan, 6 May 1916Letter from Blake & Kenny to Sir Matthew Nathan, 29 April 1916Letter from H.S. Hunter to Sir Matthew Nathan, 26 April 1916Letter from John Robert O'Brien to Sir Robert Chalmers, 15 May 1916Letter from C.H. Hunter to Sir Robert Chalmers, 6 June 1916.Letter from John Condon to The Under Secretary, 17 June, 1916Letter from Valentine Dunn to Robert Chalmers Esq., 19 June, 1916Letter from Thomas M. Gerrard to the Under Secretary of State for Ireland, 19 June, 1916Letter from John J. Ham to the Under-Secretary, 19 June 1916Letter from Dermot MacDermot to Edward O'Farrell, 19 June 1916.Letter from Dermot MacDermot to Edward O'Farrell, 21 June 1916Letter from George F. Montgomery to the Under-Secretary, 20 June 1916Letter from Robert Elder to the Under Secretary, 30 June, 1916Letter from Henry J. Walker to the Lord Lieutenant, 30 June, 1916Letter from Thomas Bodkin and Arnold F. Graves to the Under Secretary, 1 August, 1916Letter from W. P. Henry to L. T. Silvester, 4 August, 1916Letter from the Secretary, Office of the Chief Commissioner of Police, to Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, 26 October 1916Letter from Philip C. P. MacDermot to Sir Henry Arthur Wynne, 11 May 1916Letter from Jasper Travers Wolfe to Sir Robert Chalmers, 15 May 1916Letter from Eugene Callanan to Sir Robert Chalmers, 5 June 1916Circular letter from Edward O'Farrell to Crown and Sessional Crown Solicitors, 20 June 1916Letter to the Chief Secretary of Ireland, 9 June 1916Letter from George M. Marshall to Sir Robert Chalmers, 8 June 1916Letter from J. Houlihan to Sir Robert Chalmers, 8 June 1916Letter from William John Kingston to Sir Robert Chalmers, 8 June 1916.Letter from Ernest G. Moggridge to the Under-Secretary, Dublin Castle, 9 June 1916Letter from John Condon to the Under-Secretary, 23 June 1916Letter to the Chairman of the General Prisons Board, 3 June 1916Letter from Dublin Castle to Rev. James Moody, 2 June 1916Letter from Humphrey Pearson to Robert Chalmers, 21 June 1916 Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland. Letter from Dermot MacDermot to Edward O'Farrell, 19 June 1916.Letter from Dermot MacDermot to Edward O'Farrell, 21 June 1916Letter from Philip C. P. MacDermot to Sir Henry Arthur Wynne, 11 May 1916