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THE SLIGO HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS.
Telephone N. 12. Harbour Office
Sligo 8th. June 1916. Sir, I am directed by the Sligo Harbour Commissioners
to
forward you for presentation to His Majesty The King
the accompanying copy of a Resolution passed at their
meeting to-day relative to the lamented death of Field
Marshal Lord Kitchener. I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant, Thomas Mercer
Secretary. The Private Secretary,
To His Majesty The King,
London.
Letter from Thomas F. Mercer, secretary for the harbour commission, to Arthur John
Bigge (1859-1931) regarding a resolution passed by the commission lamenting the death
of Lord Kitchener (1850-1916).
Arthur John Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham, was the private secretary to King George
V. Bigge has served in the same position for Queen Victoria during the final years
of her reign. Bigge exercised considerable influence over King George V and advised
the change of family name from Saxe-Colburg-Gotha to Windsor.