Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to William Coote, 27 May 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery

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This is a letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery (1844-1924) to William Coote. 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. William Coote (1853-1924) was a politician and in 1916 he was representing South Tyrone as a Unionist MP and continued to do so until 1922. The letter talks about the choices that Edward Carson will have to make for the good of the Unionist movement. Montgomery also writes to Coote to enclose various letters that are not included with this copy.

 Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Montgomery of Blessingborn Papers; D/627/429/12 https://letters1916.ie/item/2258 English Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery 1916-05-27 William Coote Male 1924 Politics Politics

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 Private Copy 27th May, 1916. Dear Mr. Coote, I enclose a copy of the draft of a letter I intended sending to the "Times", but which I have now entrusted to a safe hand in London to use or not as he thinks wise. Knowing what very good information and advice Mr. Asquith got from many people of influence and ability over here, I am disappointed at the character of his statement .The position is very difficult. Sir Edward Carson woud be serving our interests badly by putting himself too violently in conflict with any strong current of public opinion in England in favour of some sort of a "settlement." I am sure he will not give away our position here in substance, but he may have to take up a position which, to some of our more stiff-necked friends here, will look like some sort of surrender; and it will be necessary, above all things, to prevent our people losing confidence in him, as, if they do, we are lost. We have no other friend of sufficiently commanding ability and position in the political world to steer us safely through the very difficult water ahead. I am rather pleased to find how nearly the wording of the second resolution I send you corresponds with what Sir Edward Carson said in response to Mr. Asquith's statement. Yours very truly, P.S. I enclose a typed copy of the resolutions I drafted at your suggestion, and I add a copy of a further resolution which I think we might very well pass. I think it would be better that these resolutions should not be proposed and seconded by me , but by some of the rank and file of the Delegates. I enclose a copy of a letter I am sending to each of the members of the conference on Tuesday in hopes that it will save time at the meeting. 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