Letter from Stanley Owen Buckmaster to John Redmond, 15 February 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Stanley Owen Buckmaster

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Letter from Stanley Owen Buckmaster, Viscount Buckmaster (1861-1934) to John Redmond (1856-1918), politician, nationalist MP and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party. Buckmaster writes to inform Redmond that the vast majority of the 'strong batch of Irish operatives' in the town of Keighley, Yorkshire (Buckmaster's constituency) have enlisted in the army. Buckmaster believes this will be encouraging to Redmond. Buckmaster was a politician and lord chancellor in 1916. John Redmond was an MP and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party. He was instrumental in securing the promise of Home Rule from Asquith's liberal government. Upon the outbreak of war, Redmond addressed a group of Irish Volunteers at Woodenbridge, Co. Wicklow, encouraging them to fight with the British Army to ensure the implementation of Home Rule. Redmond's words split the Irish Volunteers across the country. The Easter Rising shocked Redmond, who condemned it bitterly. Nonetheless he appealed for leniency towards those who had not been involved in planning the Rising.

National Library of Ireland John Redmond Papers, Collection List No. 118; Ms. 15,171/1 https://letters1916.ie/item/3506 English Stanley Owen Buckmaster 1916-02-15 House of Lords, Westminster, London S.W., England John Redmond Male 1934 World War I (1914-1918) World War I (1914-1918)

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 HOUSE OF LORDS, S.W. 15th February, 1916. Dear Mr.Redmond Please excuse a dictated letter: I have little time for writing in my own hand. There have always been, as you know well, a very considerable body of Irish operatives in the town of Keighley. They are strongly Nationalist, and have always formed a body by themselves. Many of them were members of the Labour Party, and I do not know, and I have never sought to ascertain, how they exercised their vote, although I believe that I enjoyed at once their confidence and their support. What I thought right to tell you was this : that as soon as the War was declared all of these men available for military service enlisted in a body, and it may be doubted if there are even a handful left who are fit to fight and have not offered their service. I want you to know this, as the Irish position is, as no one knows better than yourself, often but imperfectly understood. You could probably verify this statement of mine by enquiry in the district. At any rate I know it will give you encouragement in the difficult work at which you have laboured so hard. from your servant Buckmaster House of Lords, Westminster, London S.W., England Letter from Stanley Owen Buckmaster to John Redmond, 15 February 1916 John Redmond Letter from Stanley Owen Buckmaster to John Redmond, 15 February 1916Copy of letter from John Redmond to John Gulland, 14 December 1915Letter from David Lloyd George to John Redmond, 29 September 1916Letter from Mabel FitzGerald to John Redmond, 27 May 1916.Letter from John Redmond to Mabel FitzGerald, 29 May 1916.Letter from Lord Buckmaster to John Redmond, 15 February 1916.Letter from Frederick Rudolph Lambart, Lord Cavan, to John Redmond, 8 February 1916.Letter from John Dillon to John Redmond, 19 June 1916Letter from John Dillon to John Redmond, 29 June 1916Letter from John Dillon to John Redmond, 29 June 1916Letter from John Dillon to John Redmond, 30 June 1916Letter from John Dillon to John Redmond, 30 June 1916Letter from John Dillon to John Redmond, 2 July 1916Letter from Edward, Prince of Wales to John Redmond, 31 January 1916Letter from John French to John Redmond, 15 April 1916Letter from Edmond Joseph Frewen to John Redmond, 25 March 1916Letter from Major-General Lovick Bransby Friend to John Redmond, 11 March 1916Letter from Stanley Owen Buckmaster to John Redmond, 15 February 1916Letter from John Redmond to Major-General L.B. Friend, 9 March 1916Letter from the Most Rev. Bernard Hackett to John Redmond, 4 October 1916Letter from Thomas Gill to John Redmond, 11 April 1916Letter from Thomas Gill to John Redmond, 12 April 1916Letter from Stephen Gwynn to John Redmond, 13 May 1916Letter from Sir Francis Hopwood to John Redmond, 2 May 1916Letter from John Redmond to Sir Francis Hopwood, 4 May 1916Letter from Colonel Sir William Hutchinson Poë to John Redmond, 22 June 1916Letter from Denis Johnston to John Redmond, 12 January 1916 Letter from Denis Johnston to John Redmond, 19 February 1916 Letter from Denis Johnston to John Redmond 2 March 1916 Letter from Denis Johnston to John Redmond, 15 June 1916Letter from Denis Johnston to John Redmond, 4 September 1916 Letter from T.J. Hanna to John Redmond, 20 June 1916Letter from John Redmond to Major General Lovick Bransby Friend, 9 March 1916Letter from Colonel Clive Wigram to John Redmond, 3 April 1916Letter from David Lloyd George to John Redmond, 21 June 1916Letter from David Lloyd George to John Redmond, 6 October 1916Letter from Lady Granard to John Redmond, 20 January 1916Letter from Lord Granard to John Redmond, 3 February 1916Letter (draft) from Lord Buckmaster to John Redmond, 15 February 1916.Letter (transcript) from Lord Cavan to John Redmond, 8 February 1916. Stanley Owen Buckmaster Letter from Stanley Owen Buckmaster to John Redmond, 15 February 1916Letter from Stanley Owen Buckmaster to John Redmond, 15 February 1916