Letter from Hugh de Fellenerg Montgomery to Edward Carson, 31 May 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery

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This letter was written by Hugh de Fellenerg Montgomery (1844-1924). Montgomery was a landowner and politician. Originally a liberal and a strong supporter of Gladstone, Montgomery was also a firm unionist, but by 1916 he believed that Ulster unionists had no choice but to accept Lloyd George's proposal for a six-county Northern Ireland. This letter was written to Edward Carson (1854-1935). Carson was a lawyer and a politician. In 1916 he was at the peak of his parliamentary influence. It was in 1916 that he accepted the first lordship of the admiralty from Lloyd George (1863-1945). He held this, one of the most demanding of wartime offices, between December 1916 and July 1917. In addition to this, Carson was also a leading unionist figure in Irish politics. He sanctioned the formation of the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force in January 1913; and he helped to found the Ulster provisional government of September 1913. In this letter Montgomery states that he is enclosing a letter which he wrote 'for the sake of blowing off steam' . Montgomery writes that the enclosure should prove useful to show what Irish unionists at home are thinking and that he is considering sending it into the "Times" but he would not like to do anything to increase Carson's difficulties.

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Montgomery of Blessingborn Papers; D/627/429/20 https://letters1916.ie/item/2224 English Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery 1916-05-31 Edward Carson Male 1924 Politics Politics

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 Copy 31st May, 1916. My dear Carson, I dictated the enclosed chiefly for the sake of blowing off steam, but two mutual friends of ours in Dublin who saw it expressed a strong wish that I should get it into the "Times." I had my doubts, and referred the matter to a permanent official in London who holds my views very strongly, but who has exceptional opportunities of knowing how the land lies. He thinks it would be bad tactics to publish this letter, but useful to rub the contents into our friends, or those who ought to be our friends. There is nothing the least new to you in it, but I send you a couple of copies on the off-chance of your finding it useful to show what Irish Unionists at home are thinking. The situation is very ticklish, and none of us would like to do or say anything that could possibly increase your difficulties. 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