Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to 'Canon', 10 June 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery

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This is a letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery (1844-1924) to 'Canon'. 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. In the letter, Montgomery discusses the threat of Home Rule, stating that the six county scheme i.e. partition, should be accepted due to the situation what he was told by James Craig (1871-1940) and Edward Carson(1854-1935), Unionist leaders. Montgomery goes on to discuss how he feels it is a betrayal of the Protestants of Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan who signed the Solemn League and Covenant, however he feels they would be safer on the borders of a six county Ulster than an unstable nine county Ulster.

 Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Montgomery of Blessingbourne Papers, D/627/429/30 https://letters1916.ie/item/2233 English Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery 1916-06-11 Canon Male 1924 Politics Politics

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 Copy 11th June, 1916. My dear Canon, I send you back your Republican newspaper, as you may wish to keep it among your curiosities or give it to someone else. The present position about the exclusion of Ulster is not pleasant; but in view of the state of things as revealed to us privately by Sir Edward Carson and Colonel Craig, I believe we ought if possible to profess our readiness to agree to the six county scheme, and I believe that, though this would look like a forsaking of our brother Govenanters in Monaghan, Cavan and Donegall that they would really be safer on the borders of a secure six county Ulster than inside the very insecure citadel of a nine county Ulster: I say insecure because the Nationalists would form too strong a body inside the nine counties, being able as it is to return a majority of parliamentary representatives. It appears to be a mad act of the Government at this moment to propose to bring the Home Rule Act into operation for any part of Ireland, and I hope that if we agree to acquiesce in the six Counties scheme we shall make it very clear that we do not approve, and take no responsibility for any such setting up of Home Rule immediately after the Rebellion. Yours very truly, Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to William Coote, 25 March 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenerg Montgomery to Edward Carson, 31 May 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Edward Carson, 9 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Willis, 10 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Edward Carson, 9 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to 'Canon', 10 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to W. G. Vance, 13 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Vernon, 15 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Willis, 15 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Hamilton, 10 June 1916Letter to Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery from Walter Long, 2 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to George Francis Stewart, 17 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to James Stronge, 3 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to John Edward Fowler Sclater, 3 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to James Stronge, 9 June 1916.Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Mr Glasgow, 18 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to George Francis Stewart, 18 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Hugo, 27 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Maurice Headlam, 19 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery, 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Charles Hubert Montgomery, 30 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to William Hovenden Ffolliott, 2 August 1916Letter from Charles Hubert Montgomery to Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery, 29 May 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to John Ross, 27 May 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to William Coote, 27 May 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to William Coote, 22 May 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Waldron, 26 June 1916Letter to Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery from Sir John Ross, 2 June 1916.Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Sir Richard Dawson Bates, 23 June 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to William Coote, 9 Spetember 1916Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to Walter Long, 31 May 1916Letter from M. E. Sinclair to Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery, 18 September 1916