Letter from Frederick Hugh Crawford to Lady Ruby Carson, 28 February 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Frederick Hugh Crawford

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Letter from Frederick Hugh Crawford (1861-1952) to Lady Ruby Carson (1881-1966). Crawford is writing about an ornate casket that he will be presented with as a gift by the Carsons. He requests that the casket stay with Sir Edward Carson until he is well enough to write a few words of appreciation to be included with it.Born in in Belfast, County Antrim, Frederick Hugh Crawford was an engineer, soldier and a gun runner. He smuggled German guns into Larne, Bangor and Donaghadee in 1914 for the UVF. During the war he was appointed OC Royal Army Service Corps in Northern Ireland and in 1916 he undertook an instruction tour in France. Lady Ruby Carson was born in Yorkshire and was the daughter of Lt Col Stephen Frewen. In 1914 she became the second wife of the prominent Unionist figure Sir Edward Carson (1854-1935).

 Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Crawford Papers, D/1700/5/17/1/126 https://letters1916.ie/item/5937 English Frederick Hugh Crawford 1916-02-28 Services Club, London, England Ruby Carson Male Country and City Life

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 Services Club London 28.2.16 Dear Lady Carson If Sir Edward is not well enough, or if it would be any exertion on his part, I prefer to leave the casket with him till he is able to put into it, what will be much more prized by me, even than the beautiful casket itself, viz a few lines of appreciation from him, I shall be in the club till 10.30 a.m. If you will 'phone' me please Yours Sincerely Fred H Crawford P.S. I shall be in London till Thursday mng. Services Club, London, England Letter from Frederick Hugh Crawford to Lady Ruby Carson, 28 February 1916 Frederick Hugh Crawford Letter from William S. McKee to Frederick Hugh Crawford, 24 March 1916Letter from Frederick Hugh Crawford to Lady Ruby Carson, 8 March 1916Letter from Frederick Hugh Crawford to Edward Carson, 8 March 1916Letter from John Robert Wilson to Frederick Hugh Crawford, 16 April 1916.Letter from William S. McKee to Frederick Hugh Crawford, 31 March 1916Letter from Frederick Hugh Crawford to Lady Ruby Carson, 28 February 1916