Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to W. G. Vance, 13 June 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery

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This is a letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery (1844-1924), Unionist and Liberal, to W. G. Vance. 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. The letter discusses a British farmers' and Red Cross fund of which Montgomery states he is glad to learn has reached a good figure. Montgomery goes on to discuss the political situation in Ulster regarding Home Rule, stating that Home Rule is being given as a reward for rebellion. The letter also states that there may be difficulties in raising money for the fund due to raising of money in the area for pensions for injured members of the Ulster Division. The letter ends stating that there was very little support for the fund by Roman Catholics who are even less likely to help now.

 Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Montgomery of Blessingbourne Papers, D/627/429/31 https://letters1916.ie/item/2236 English Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery 1916-06-13 W. G. Vance Male 1924 Politics Politics

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 Copy 13th June, 1916. Dear Sir, I am very glad to hear that the British Farmers, Red Cross Fund has reached such a good figure. I should be glad to do anything I could to raise a further contribution in this district, but at present the country is in such a ferment over the extraordinary proposal of the Government to bring the Home Rule Act into immediate operation apparently as a reward for Rebellion, that it would be impossible at this moment to get a second sale organised. I hope if things settle down that we might manage something later on. A further difficulty arises from the circumstances that at the present moment a large sum is being raised here to provide adequate pensions, etc for the wounded and the relicts of the Ulster Division. In connection with the last sale we got hardly any help from Roman Catholics in this neighbourhood. They would be still less inclined to help now, and I fear the Protestants could not be got to do as much as they did then. Yours faithfully, W. G. Vance, Esq. 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