Letter from James Francis Bernard (Earl of Bandon) to Lady Clonbrock, 23 July 1916

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Letter from James Francis Bernard (Earl of Bandon) to Lady Clonbrock, 23 July 1916

1 CASTLE BERNARD,
BANDON. July 23 1916 My dear Lady Clonbrock— Will you & Lord Clonbrock
accept our warmest
congratulations & best
wishes for yr Golden Wedding.
I wish we could have
offered our congratulations
in person, it is so long
since we have met
I trust you are both 2
very flourishing &
that you & Lord Clonbrock
will long be spared
to us all - you
both do so much
good, you set us all
an example — I know you will be
glad to hear our
(Rent & Tipperary Depot
for wounded & disabled Irish Soldiers)
Gift Sale made over
£1300 — we were unlucky
in holding it on a very
showery day. I often hear of all
you are doing for
the Connaught Rangers. With my love & renewed good wishes. 3 Believe me
dear Lady Clonbrock
yrs affly J. Bandon

The letter was sent by the Earl of Bandon (1850-1924) to congratulate Augusta Lady Clonbrock and her husband, Luke Gerald Dillon, 4th Baron Clonbrock, on their golden wedding anniversary. Bandon refers to a gift sale that raised over £1300 and mentions the work that Lady Clonbrock has done for Irish soldiers in the Connaught Rangers, British army. Augusta Caroline Dillon (née Crofton) was the wife of Luke Gerald Dillon (1834-1917), the 4th Baron of Clonbrock, Co. Galway and the daughter of Lord Crofton of Mote Park (Edward Henry Churchill Crofton, 3rd Baron), Co. Roscommon. Aged 75 at the outbreak of war, Lady Clonbrock, worked closely with the Irish Women's Association to send basic necessities to Irish POWs. Many of her care packages went to members of the Connaught Rangers imprisoned in Limburg near Cologne.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__5829.html)