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Field Marshal Viscount French writing to General Maxwell about his talks with Sir Edward Carson and John Redmond

Abstract: Holograph letter from Field Marshal Viscount French, Commander-in-Chief of Home Forces, G.H.Q. Home Forces, Horse Guards, S.W., to General Maxwell following Maxwell's appointment as Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in Ireland, on his talks with Sir Edward Carson and John Redmond. Also remarks 'I don't think there is much chance (now) of a German landing on the west coast of Ireland but that is what we must be prepared for'. Also relates the King's views on the Rising.

In collection Éamon de Valera Papers : British documents relating to 1916

Origin information
London
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
7 p.
13 x 10 cm
Languages
English  
Genre
Letter
Subject
Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916   linked data (lcsh)
Carson, Edward Henry Carson, Baron, 1854-1935
Redmond, John Edward, 1856-1918
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.ucdlib_53995
Location
UCD Archives
Suggested credit
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