Dublin Castle and the First Home Rule Crisis: Volume 33
The Political Journal of Sir George Fottrell, 1884–1887

Collected primary sources providing a first-hand account of the British attempt to negotiate a settlement of the Irish question.

Stephen Ball (Edited by)

9780521519212, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 18 December 2008

354 pages
22.2 x 14.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.54 kg

This vivid record of the major crisis of late nineteenth-century British politics comes from the unique perspective of someone who was both a crown official and an active Irish nationalist. It provides an insider's first-hand account of British attempts to negotiate a satisfactory settlement of the Irish question, and is complemented by contemporary official papers and the private correspondence of leading politicians and senior officials in Dublin. These valuable sources illuminate a long neglected aspect of the British Government's response to Irish nationalism during 1884–1887, suggesting that Gladstone's adoption of home rule was more significantly influenced by warnings of incipient revolution in Ireland than has been previously thought.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
The political journal of Sir George Fottrell, 1884–1887
Documents and correspondence: 1. E. G. Jenkinson to Lord Spencer, 18 April 1884
2. E. G. Jenkinson to Lord Spencer, 14 September 1884
3. Lord Spencer to E. G. Jenkinson, 18 September 1884
4. E. G. Jenkinson to Lord Spencer, 24 September 1884
5. Lord Spencer to E. G. Jenkinson, 28 September 1884
6. E. G. Jenkinson to Lord Spencer, 2 October 1884
7. George Fottrell, 'Memorandum in relation to Irish business', 10 January 1885
8. E. G. Jenkinson, secret memorandum, 22 January 1885
9. Sir Robert Hamilton to Lord Spencer, 26 April 1885
10. George Fottrell to Joseph Chamberlain, 3 July 1885
11. Sir Robert Hamilton to Lord Carnarvon, 1 August 1885
12. E. G. Jenkinson to Sir Richard Cross, 2 September 1885
13. Sir Robert Hamilton to Lord Carnarvon, 23 September 1885
14. Lord Carnarvon, 'Conversation with Fottrell', 24 September 1885
15. E. G. Jenkinson, secret memorandum, 26 September 1885
16. George Fottrell to Joseph Chamberlain, 29 September 1885
17. Joseph Chamberlain to George Fottrell, 30 September 1885
18. E. G. Jenkinson to Lord Carnarvon, 5 October 1885
19. Lord Carnarvon, 'Davitt's views as to Constitutional Change', c.29 October 1885
20. Sir Robert Hamilton, secret memorandum, 31 October 1885
21. E. G. Jenkinson to Lord Rosebery, 4 November 1885
22. E. G. Jenkinson to Lord Carnarvon, 6 November 1885
23. Lord Carnarvon to E. G. Jenkinson, 8 November 1885
24. Sir Robert Hamilton to Lord Spencer, 3 December 1885
25. Lord Carnarvon, 'Remarkable report by Fottrell to Sir R. Hamilton', 7 December 1885
26. Lord Carnarvon, cabinet memorandum, 7 December 1885
27. E. G. Jenkinson to W. E. Gladstone, 11 December 1885
28. W. E. Gladstone to E. G. Jenkinson, 12 December 1885
29. E. G. Jenkinson to W. E. Gladstone, 14 December 1885
30. Lord Northbrook to Lord Spencer, 18 December 1885
31. E. G. Jenkinson to Lord Spencer, 20 December 1885
32. Sir Robert Hamilton to Lord Spencer, 20 December 1885
33. Lord Spencer to W. E. Gladstone, 22 December 1885
34. W. E. Gladstone to Lord Spencer, 23 December 1885
35. Lord Spencer to W. E. Gladstone, 25 December 1885
36. Lord Spencer to W. E. Gladstone, 'Separation', 25 December 1885
37. Sir Robert Hamilton to Lord Spencer, 27 December 1885
38. Lord Spencer to W. E. Gladstone, 28 December 1885
39. W. E. Gladstone to Lord Spencer, 28 December 1885
40. Sir Robert Hamilton to Lord Spencer, 3 January 1886
41. Andrew Reed, 'Inspector General's Confidential Report', 14 January 1886
42. Andrew Reed, 'Confidential Report for the Chief Secretary', 17 January 1886
43. Sir Robert Hamilton to Lord Spencer, 17 January 1886
44. Sir Robert Hamilton to Lord Carnarvon, 17 January 1886
45. E. G. Jenkinson to Lord Carnarvon, 24 January 1886
46. Sir Robert Hamilton to Lord Spencer, 11 April 1886
47. Sir Robert Hamilton to Lord Spencer, 19 July 1886
Appendix: Biographies: George Drevar Fottrell
Robert George Crookshank Hamilton
Edward George Jenkinson
John Poyntz Spencer, fifth Earl Spencer
Index.

Subject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH], British & Irish history [HBJD1]