Letter from Jasper Travers Wolfe to Sir Robert Chalmers, 15 May 1916

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Letter from Jasper Travers Wolfe to Sir Robert Chalmers, 15 May 1916

1 Offices—Skibbereen,
Co.Cork. 15th day of May 1916. Sir, I beg to apply for the Office of Crown Solicitor
for the City of Cork and West Riding vacated by appointment of
the Chief Crown Solicitor. I was admitted a Solicitor
in 1893, obtaining at my final examination the Incorporated
Law Society's Gold Medal (first place), and subsequently the
Findlater Scholarship. Since then I have practiced in
the West Riding of the the County of Cork, and enquiry will show that
I have a larger experience of criminal and general Court advocacy, than
any other Solicitor in the City of Cork or West Riding, save the
newly appointed Chief Crown Solicitor. As to the manner in which I have performed my work
and my professional character, I respectfully refer to the Judges
before whom I have practised, and the Officials of the West and
East Ridings of the County of Cork. I am,
Sir,
Your Obedient Servant, Jasper Travers Wolfe. The Under Secretary for Ireland.
Dublin Castle.

This letter was written by Jasper Travers Wolfe (1872-1952), a solicitor from Cork. The letter was addressed to Sir Robert Chalmers (1858–1938), under-secretary for Ireland. Chalmers was sent to Ireland as under-secretary, replacing Sir Matthew Nathan who had resigned along with Augustine Birrell, his chief secretary following the Easter Rising in 1916. In the letter Wolfe is applying for is applying for the vacant crown solicitor of Cork position. The position had been left vacant due to the promotion of Dr Henry Arthur Wynne (1867-1943) to chief crown solicitor for Ireland. Wolfe states that he has been a solicitor since 1893 and has practised in the West Riding of County Cork since.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__2054.html)