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CSO/RP/1818/31

Petition of Lieutenant Robert Belton, 10th Regiment of Foot, 71 Capel Street, Dublin, to Robert Peel, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting consideration for government employment. States that he served under the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsula campaign, but being wounded in action, 10 Nov 1813, was placed on half pay; he appeals to the Chief Secretary to ‘grant him some civil or military appointment that would enable him to support his family and maintain the appearance which a British officer should make’. Encloses a letter of reference from Lieutenant Colonel John Oke, 61st Regiment of Foot, dated 22 September 1817.

22 Sep 1817-30 Jun 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/32

Petition of Peter Blake, Corbally, near Loughrea, County Galway, to Robert Peel, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting consideration for government employment. Having the welfare of ‘seven orphan children’ in sight, he solicits ‘any situation to qualify me to reside in Dublin or any Respectable town’.

5 Jul 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/33

Letter from Edward Bray, 1 Clanbrassil Street, Dublin, to Robert Peel, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, offering his premises for use as a fever hospital. Property being tendered includes ‘nearly two Acres of Ground the East Side of New street in two Divisions’ and also houses and ground on Clanbrassil street; should the offer be accepted he undertakes to ‘give my time Gratis to the poor in any Situation that the Commissioners may think me Capable of Filling’. Also mentions that part of his ground is under consideration as the site for new church for parish of St Nicholas.

1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/34

Letter from William Browne, Roscrea, County Tipperary, to Robert Peel, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, with enclosure [not extant] to be forwarded to the Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal. He warns of the ‘danger to which I am exposed if my case is not immediately taken into consideration’.

7 Jul 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/35

Letter from Lester Beddy, 35 Pill Lane, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, making protest about lack of response to previous applications for a post, he objects ‘for I have always been brought [up] to think it the greatest insult, not to answer when addressed either by letter or otherwise’. Encloses letter from Beddy to Gregory, dated two days later, asking that the Under Secretary employ his influence ‘to get me appointed a cadet in the honorable East India company’s service’. In support of application, he mentions John Townsend Sinnett and Alderman Mark Bloxham and that his father ‘served his King during the whole of the disturbance of ninety-eight with loyalty and fidelity’.

8 June 1818-15 Jul 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/36

Petition of Daniel Beere, Deputy Pursuivant of the Court of the Exchequer, Pursuivant’s Office, King’s Inn Quay, Dublin, to Sir Edward Baker Littlehales, requesting that memorial seeking preferment is laid before the Lord Lieutenant. Encloses memorial from Beere to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, in which he requests appointment to post of Pursuivant, now vacated owing to death of Robert O’Hara. Draft reply relating to Beere’s application noted on reverse of letter to Littlehales ‘that he may be appointed Pursuivant to the Court of the Exchequer’.

26 May 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/37

Petition of Thomas Barber, Treasury Chambers, Dublin Castle, to Robert Peel, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting an increase in salary of his office post and to clarify the position of his son who had been recommended for a place in the Pells Office. For the information of Peel, he encloses a letter sent to him by his son, Thomas Barber, Montreal, Canada, dated 30 May 1818, which contains reflections on new employment as ‘salesman and auctioneer’, recent acquaintances and other observations on life in America and Canada.

30 May 1818-17 Jul 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/38

Petition of John Byrne, 5 Venables Court, Island Street, Dublin, to Robert Peel, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting alleviation of poverty. Makes appeal as ‘that poor creature with the loss of both feet that suffered amputation in Dr Steevens [Steven's] Hospital’; having a family of five children he pleads for assistance. Refers to an earlier application under which was received ‘your Honour’s Humanity from England by the Hands of Mr [Alexander] Mangin’.

[1818]

1818

CSO/RP/1818/39

Petition of William Brown, Johnstown, Naas, County Kildare, to Edward Peel, Dublin, requesting consideration for government employment. Encloses memorial from Brown to Robert Peel, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, outlining case for ‘some humble situation’; recites loss of means and loyalty of father, a Catholic, who made ‘steadfast and repeated refusals of becoming a united Irishman’ while at Terpoint, County Kilkenny, a response that ‘nearly depriving him and his Innocent Family of even their lives’; reply reproduced at end of memorial from Major General Sir Henry Torrens, Horse Guards, to say that ‘his Royal Highness [Duke of York] has no means of procuring for him any Employment’, dated 3 February 1818. Also includes letter in support of Brown from John Wills, Rathangan, county Kildare, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, who asserts that information provided and ‘statement made by him is substantially correct’; annotation on back marked ‘Private’ mentions the Inland Navigation but admits ‘they have no small situation at their disposal for Mr Brown’.

13 Apr 1818-22 Jul 1818

1818

CSO/RP/1818/40

Letter from Thomas Barber, Treasury Chambers, Dublin Castle, to Robert Peel, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, to express thanks that a memorial has been transmitted to the Lords of the Treasury and to enclose an unspecified document [not surviving] for consideration. By way of appreciation he adds ‘the grateful impression made on my mind by your condescending and considerate attention to the application…can never be effaced’.

21 Jul 1818

1818