Letter from the Marquess of Sligo to Lady Clonbrock, 23 October, 1916. Letters 1916-1923 The Marquess of Sligo

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This is a letters from George Ulick Browne (1856-1935), 6th Marquess of Sligo to Lady Clonbrock, Augusta Caroline Dillon (née Crofton), (1839-1928), wife of Luke Gerald Dillon, 4th Baron Clonbrock (1834-1917). Lady Clonbrock was one of a number of ladies who were members of the Irish Women's Association. Formed in London in the Spring of 1915, the IWA.'s purpose was to provide food and comforts for prisoners of war belonging to Irish Regiments. The writer refers to two letters from Connaught Rangers Prisoners of War in Bulgaria to Lady Mayo, Geraldine Sarah Ponsonby, Countess of Mayo, (1863-1944). These POWs claimed that they hadn't received any parcels. Sligo advises that this is incorrect and goes on to say that the men from the Connaught Rangers are apparently playing everybody, begging here and there and pretending that they are being neglected. The writer says that this will continue unless the people sending the parcels consult first with Regimental and Central Organisations. He encloses a circular which he issued the previous June and in which he outlines correct procedure. This document has not survived.

National Library of Ireland Clonbrock Estate Papers, Collection List No. 54; Ms. 35,796/11/3 https://letters1916.ie/item/5897 English The Marquess of Sligo 1916-10-23 Westport House, Co. Mayo, Ireland. Augusta Caroline Dillon Clonbrock House, Ahascragh, Co. Galway, Ireland. Male 1935 World War I (1914-1918) World War I (1914-1918)

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 23rd. October, 1916. The Lady Clonbrock, Clonbrock, Ahascragh, Co. Galway. Dear Lady Clonbrock, re Yours of the 17th. instant, - enclosing two letters (which I return herewith) from men who wrote to Lady Mayo, i.e. No. 10207 Lce Corpl P.Lynch and No. 3875 Pte W. Foland, both 5th Connaught Rangers, Prisoners of War at Phillippoplis, Bulgaria, stating that they had not received any parcels, either Clothing or food. I find that both these men have been receiving their parcels regularly, and have as regularly acknowledged them. They have received complete outfits of Clothes, shaving &c &c., and another complete outfit is going out this week. I regret to say that the men of the Connaught Rangers are in the habit of begging right and left, apparently from everybody they know, and misrepresenting that they are being neglected, but as long as people send parcels individually, in reply to any request that may be made, and not through Regimental or Central Organisations, they are indeed encouraged to do so. I enclose a Circular which I issued to all my Subscribers last June, in which I pointed out the procedure recommended with reference to Prisoners of War in Bulgaria. Sincerely Sligo Clonbrock House, Ahascragh, Co. Galway, Ireland. Letter from the Marquess of Sligo to Lady Clonbrock, 23 October, 1916. Westport House, Co. Mayo, Ireland. Letter from the Marquess of Sligo to Lady Clonbrock, 23 October, 1916. Augusta Caroline Dillon Letter from Alfred Gerald Crofton to Lady Clonbrock, 13 December 1915Letter from Alfred Gerald Crofton to Lady Clonbrock, 1 October 1916Letter from Private M. Cahill to Lady Clonbrock, 17 April 1916Letter from J. L. Hay to Lady Clonbrock, 7 January 1916Letter from Private Patrick Furey to Lady Clonbrock, 4 January 1916Letter from Jessie Crofton to Lady Clonbrock, 19 April 1916Letter from John J. Thompson to Augusta Caroline Dillon, Lady Clonbrock, 13 November 1915Letter from Josephine Murray to Lady Clonbrock, 22 May 1916Letter from Elizabeth Francis Neill to Lady Clonbrock, 21 February 1916Letter from Maude Chenevix Trench to Lady Clonbrock, 13 June 1916Postcard from Maude Chenevix Trench to Lady Clonbrock, 16 May 1916Letter from Lady Clonbrock to Eliza Chamier, 24 May 1916Letter from George Hugh Chetwood Townsend to Lady Clonbrock, 1 April 1916Letter from Edith Francis Maxwell to Lady Clonbrock, 22 June 1916Letter from Emma Armstrong to Lady Clonbrock, 2 August 1916Letter from Ursula Mahon to Lady Clonbrock, 18 July 1916Letter from Lady Mayo, Royal Dublin Fusiliers Kildare Committee, to Lady Clonbrock, 31 December 1915.Letter from Mrs. Arthur Goff to Lady Clonbrock, 12 August, 1916.Letter from Mrs. Arthur Goff to Lady Clonbrock, 12 August 1916.Letter from Mrs. Arthur Goff to Lady Clonbrock, 29 February 1916.Letter from Mrs. Arthur Goff to Lady Clonbrock, 25 February, 1916.Letter from Lady Mayo to Lady Clonbrock, 28 December, 1915.Letter from N. Maxwell, 23 July 1916.Letter from Emma Armstrong to Lady Clonbrock, 23 February, 1916.Letter from Kathleen Lewis, 19 October 1916.Letter from George C. Townshend to Lady Clonbrock, 18 October 1916.Letter from Emma Armstrong to Lady Clonbrock, 26 June 1916Letter from the Marquess of Sligo to Lady Clonbrock, 23 October, 1916.Letter from Florence to Lady Clonbrock, 28 November 1916. The Marquess of Sligo Letter from the Marquess of Sligo to Lady Clonbrock, 23 October, 1916.