Letter to Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery from Sir John Ross, 2 June 1916. Letters 1916-1923 John Ross

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This letter was addressed to Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery (1844-1924). Montgomery was a lawyer 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. The letter was written by Sir John Ross (1853-1935). Ross was a judge, Unionist politician and the last lord chancellor of Ireland. In 1916 he was asked to sit on the commission that adjudicated on internment after the Rising, but this invitation was withdrawn. He did, however, serve as chairman of the advisory appeal committee that monitored internment in Ireland (1920–21). In general he seems to have advised against excess in the state's response to the revolution. The letter concerns a letter that Montgomery previously sent to Ross concerning Home Rule and the Irish question.

 Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Montgomery of Blessingborn Papers; D/627/429/21 https://letters1916.ie/item/2262 English John Ross 1916-06-02 Oatlands, Stillorgan, County Dublin, Ireland Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery Male 1935 Politics Politics

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 OATLANDS, STILLORGAN, CO. DUBLIN. 2 June 1916 My dear Mongomery I agree with every word in yr. sons letter. It is a letter of great ability showing a complete grasp of the situation in all its bearings. I shall use yr. arguments which are quite sound. best Wishes John Ross John Ross Letter from Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery to John Ross, 27 May 1916Letter to Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery from Sir John Ross, 2 June 1916.Letter from Hugh De Fellenberg Montgomery to Sir John Ross, 31 May 1916 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 Oatlands, Stillorgan, County Dublin, Ireland Letter to Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery from Sir John Ross, 2 June 1916.