Captain George Berkeley Descriptive List (Ref. PR12)

PR12/

Letter from Henry Harrison, Secretary, I.D.L, Dublin to Berkeley, Oxfordshire. He is obliged for the trouble in distributing Sir Horace Plunkett’s appeals. Mentions meeting with Prime Minister and a Cork conference of moderates.

2pp

139 18 January 1921

Letter from Henry Harrison, Dublin, enclosing uncorrected draft memorandum. Relates to the Irish Peace Conference and ‘Cork deputation’ of business men of ‘substantially Unionist or non- political complexion’. Harrison notes the cause of genuine peace was betrayed, as the Irish Peace Conference received no hearing on London.

10pp

140 9 August 1921

Letter from Henry Harrison, Secretary, I.D.L., Dublin, to George Berkeley. Encloses a letter by Sir Horace Plunkett to those who supported the League. He argues that the moderates must continue the political work as negotiations are in progress. (See also PR12/171)

141 13 September 1921

Letter from Henry Harrison, Secretary, I.D.L, Dublin, to George Berkeley. He is glad that Berkeley is going , and hopes ‘…all the health & happiness which you both…deserve may result from your new surroundings…The London Branch of the I.D.L. is dead …N.P. killed it almost with his eyes open…’. He doubts if there is any place for N.P. in the new Ireland.

2pp

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George Berkeley

142 [May] 1920

Notes by Berkeley on future ‘Constituent Assembly ’ for Ireland. Mentions 3 separate bodies who are needed, the Orangemen, Sinn Fein, and the British public. Outlines the inducements and guarantees for each group.

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