Miscellaneous letters and memoranda on the Irish Question, 1916-1920
File
MS. Asquith 45
Held at the Weston Library
- (fol. 1) Correspondence concerning the vacancy created by the retirement of Lord Chief Baron Palles, James O'Connor's application for his position, and the decision not to fill, June 1916
- (fol. 10) Memorandum by Lord Robert Cecil opposing the granting of Home Rule, June 1916
- (fol. 15) Two papers, one undated, the other endorsed in Asquith's hand 'Ireland, R.C., 29 June 1916', on reservations from the powers of an Irish parliament, n.d. and June 1916
- (fol. 17) Two papers relating to the vacancy in the Lord Lieutenancy of Co. Longford, July 1916
- (fol. 20) Memorandum by Redmond deploring the delay in publishing the text of the Home Rule Bill, July 1916
- (fol. 22) Letters concerning the vacancy in the Lord Lieutenancy of Co.Tyrone, Sept.-Nov. 1916
- (fol. 29) Memorandum by Lord Wimborne suggesting a possible basis for a compromise solution to the Irish problem, Oct. 1916
- (fol. 35) Memorandum by Wimborne on danger of a further Irish rising and measures necessary to avert it, Feb. 1917
- (fol. 42) Copy of Lloyd George's letter to Sir Horace Plunkett and two other (printed) papers relating to the Irish Convention, Feb.-Mar. 1918. (See also MS. Asquith 37, for letters of Lord Granard to Asquith on this subject, and MS. Asquith 136)
- (fol. 56) Papers relating to the Irish question in 1920; including a 'Letter to a Coalition Liberal'; papers by or about Sir Horace Plunkett and Dominion status for Ireland; a printed pamphlet The Irish case considered by H. Harrison; and notes by W.M.R. Pringle on 'The dealings with Home Rule [from Jan. 1914] down to the Report of the Convention and the enactment of Conscription', Feb.-Mar. 1920
Dates
- 1916-1920
Extent
136 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Asquith 45
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk