Correspondence and papers relating to the Irish Convention, 1914-1941, n.d.

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MS. Eng. c. 7357

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Pre-Convention correspondence and papers. Includes

(fols. 1-30) Copy of the Government of Ireland Act, 1914
(fols. 31-46, 50-82) Correspondence, including Irish town council resolutions, making suggestions for the constitution, form and membership of the Irish Convention, 1917
(fols. 47-49) Memorandum from British Ambassador to the United States on American opinions on the Irish situation, 1917
(fols. 83-106) Irish peers' votes for the selection of two peers to serve as representatives on the Convention, 1917

Convention correspondence and papers. Includes letters from

(fols. 107, 133-7, 141, 156-7) William Adams, 1917-18
(fols. 118, 162, 173) Hugh Barrie, 1917-18
(fol. 192) Thomas Brassey, 2nd Earl Brassey, 1918
(fols. 160, 172, 186, 199-200, 202) William St John Fremantle Brodrick, later 1st Earl of Midleton, 1918
(fols. 114, 193) James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1917-18
(fol. 166) Pencilled note from George Curzon, later 1st Marquess of Curzon, to David Lloyd George, later 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, 1918
(fols. 127-30, 153, 171, 174-6, 182, 187) Henry Duke, later 1st Baron Merrivale, 1917-18
(fol. 142) Ivor Churchill Guest, later 1st Viscount Wimborne, 1917
(fols. 109-10, 121-4, 148-50, 154-55, 177-81) Francis Hopwood, 1917-18, including (fols. 109-10) to Major F.F. Hopwood, on dangers in Dublin and planned visit to Belfast, 1917
(fol. 169) Denis Kelly, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ross, 1918
(fol. 158) Andrew Bonar Law, 1918
(fols. 188-9) William Mansfield, 1st Viscount Sandhurst, 1918
(fol. 131) Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, 1917
(fols. 113, 151-2, 159) John Redmond, 1917-18
(fol. 112) Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, 1917
(fols. 139, 168, 170) Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven, 1917-18

as well as papers comprising

(fols. 143-6) Copy of a speech by the Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, 19 Dec. 1917
(fol. 147) News clipping from Evening Telegraph, 21 Dec. 1917
(fols. 203-31) The Irish Convention, Confidential Report by the Chairman (Sir Horace Plunkett) to the King, c.1917
(fols. 232-99) Various guidebooks, lists of convention sittings and menu cards, including (fols. 245-62) guidebook for the visit of members of the convention to the St James's Gate Guinness Brewery, Dublin, and (fols. 263-92) guidebook for convention visit to Cork, 1917-18

Further Convention correspondence and papers. Includes letters from

(fols. 302-3) Thomas Brassey, 2nd Earl Brassey, 1919
(fols. 300, 314, 348-52, 356-60) William St John Fremantle Brodrick, Viscount Midleton, 1919-20, 1929, 1932, 1941
(fols. 325-7, 329-30, 335-6, 339-42) Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton, 1921
(fols. 331-2) Joseph Devlin (in a copy of a letter forwarded by Lord Buxton) on British actions in Ireland, 1921
(fols. 315-7, 319, 328, 345-6) Maurice Fitzgerald, including (fols. 308-11) a letter from Hopwood to Fitzgerald (1920), 1920-1, 1923
(fol. 318) Herbert John Gladstone, Viscount Gladstone, 1921
(fol. 343) Hamar Greenwood, later 1st Viscount Greenwood, advice for a British officer wishing to serve the Irish Free State, 1922
(fols. 333-4) Stephen Gwynn (in a copy of a letter forwarded by Lord Buxton), 1921
(fol. 306) Philip Henry Kerr, later 11th Marquess of Lothian, 1920
(fols. 323-4, 337) Sir Horace Plunkett, including (fols. 323-4) describing Irish Republican Army activity, 1921
(fols. 353-5) Letter from Hopwood to Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, with reply, 1940
(fols. 304-5) Brief biography of Edward [sic] de Valera, 1919

as well as undated correspondence, notes and satirical poems including

(fols. 361-3) Poem entitled "The Question", on Ulster representatives at the Irish Convention, by Shan Bullock, 15 Jan. 1918
(fols. 364-8) Poem entitled "The Men From The North", on Ulster representatives at the Irish Convention, anonymous, n.d.
(fols. 373-4) Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton
(fol. 369) Stephen Gwynn
(fol. 376) Andrew Bonar Law
(fol. 375) John Redmond
(fols. 381-7) Miscellaneous notes

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