Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to William Coote, 22 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 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. The letter was addressed to William Coote (1853-1924). Coote was a politician and in 1916 he was representing South Tyrone as a Unionist MP and continued to do so until 1922. In the letter Montgomery is discussing the Irish Question and the fears that Unionists have about Home Rule and the recent Rebellion in Dublin.

 Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Montgomery of Blessingborn Papers - D-627-429-9 https://letters1916.ie/item/2259 English Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery 1916-05-22 William Coote Male 1924 Politics Politics

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 Copy 22nd May, 1916 Dear Mr. Coote, I suppose the Emergency Act with your Clause in it is not printed yet. In this case could you let me have a copy of the Bill as it left the Commons, or if you have not a spare copy of the Bill, a copy of your Clause. In order to save time on the 30th it may be well for me to draft a short Memorandum as to the position we are dealing with. The efforts of our enemies to create an atmosphere favourable to the imposition of some Home Rule compromise upon our leaders are very far-reaching and rather alarming. The statements that Unionists in this country are inclined to enter into any such compromise are totally false. I was at a very representative meeting of Southern Unionists last Wednesday, and they were absolutely unanimous in protesting against any form of Home Rule. The publication of their protest was postponed in order to ascertain whether our leaders considered it wise at the present moment. Every Irish Unionist I have come across considers that the objections to the establishment of an Irish Parliament in any form are enormously strengthened by the recent Rebellion and the mode in which it has been treated by John Dillon and other Nationalists of the Parliamentary Party. I cannot imagine Sir Edward Carson entering into any agreement with John Redmond, if, for no other reason, because I believe John Redmond has now a very small following in this country. The Belfast Daily telegraph of this morning prints in its first column some most mischievous rigmaroles. I tried to get some arrangements made in Dublin to counteract the campaign for undermining the Unionism of English Unionist papers, but cannot say whether my suggestions can be worked. 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