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Contents of subcategory '1831', 3976 records found

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Record 3941 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1831/3941

TITLE:

Letter from Brig Maj Robert Power, [inspector of yeomanry], Rostrevor, [County Down], concerning promotion of junior officers.

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Brig Maj Robert Power, [inspector of yeomanry], Rostrevor, [County Down], to the Chief Secretary [Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley], acknowledging receipt of a circular letter from government and indicating that steps will be taken to furnish information on those officers at the rank of subaltern eligible for promotion within the yeomanry corps.

EXTENT:

1 item; 1pp

DATE(S):

20 Jan 1831

DATE EARLY:

1831

DATE LATE:

1831

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1831/Yeomanry/No Original Number

Record 3942 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1831/3942

TITLE:

Letter from Capt Aaron Thompson, 1st company of Raphoe Yeomanry, County Donegal, concerning a dispute over command.

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Lieut Colonel [Henry] Dundas, Inspecting Officer, 33rd Regiment [of Foot], Letterkenny, County Donegal, to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, calling attention to a letter from Capt Aaron Thompson, 1st company of Raphoe Yeomanry, County Donegal, concerning a dispute over the command of the yeomanry force; enclosing letter from Thompson, complaining of the disturbance caused to his corps by Capt Duffy who claims the right of command; adding that Duffy’s pretensions are promoted through the influence of his brother-in-law, who acts as permanent sergeant in the 1st company. Also note [from Dublin Castle] indicating that Duffy has the right to command based upon his ‘seniority’.

EXTENT:

3 items; 7pp

DATE(S):

19 Jan 1831-20 Jan 1831

DATE EARLY:

1831

DATE LATE:

1831

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1831/Yeomanry/No Original Number

Record 3943 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1831/3943

TITLE:

File of documents concerning an issue over payment for a second inspection of the yeomanry in County Carlow.

SCOPE & CONTENT:

File of documents concerning an issue over payment for a second inspection of the yeomanry in County Carlow. Includes letter from Brig Maj Robert Bushe, [inspector of yeomanry], Leighlinbridge, to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, explaining that an issue of misunderstanding arose in relation to an application for pay for a second inspection of the yeomanry corps; concluding this second inspection was a mistake by Lieut Colonel Leaky, of the 21st Fusiliers, and was later countermanded by that officer.

EXTENT:

4 items; 6pp

DATE(S):

20 Jan 1831-29 Jan 1831

DATE EARLY:

1831

DATE LATE:

1831

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1831/Yeomanry/No Original Number

Record 3944 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1831/3944

TITLE:

Letter from [Maj Gen] Sir John Byng, [Commander of the Troops in Ireland], Royal Hospital, Dublin, concerning the yeomanry corps in the Munster district.

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from [Maj Gen] Sir John Byng, [Commander of the Troops in Ireland], Royal Hospital, Dublin, to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, referring to a communication from Maj Gen Sir George Bingham, district commander, on the subject of the yeomanry corps in the Munster district [not present]; requesting that document be returned as it is required for the general return on the state of the yeomanry in Ireland.

EXTENT:

1 item; 2pp

DATE(S):

19 Jan 1831

DATE EARLY:

1831

DATE LATE:

1831

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1831/Yeomanry/No Original Number

Record 3945 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1831/3945

TITLE:

Copy letter from Lieut William Atkinson, Rehins, Ballina, [County Mayo], reporting the plunder of eight stand of arms from the Ballina yeomanry.

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Brig Maj Ninian Crawford, [inspector of yeomanry], Sligo, [County Sligo], to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, enclosing copy letter from Lieut [William] Atkinson, Rehins, [County Mayo], reporting the plunder of eight stand of arms from the Ballina yeomanry corps in early January; indicating that just one stand of those robbed was of value, the others were ‘worth nothing’.

EXTENT:

2 items; 3pp

DATE(S):

19 Jan 1831-22 Jan 1831

DATE EARLY:

1831

DATE LATE:

1831

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1831/Yeomanry/No Original Number

Record 3946 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1831/3946

TITLE:

Letter from Thomas Magrath, magistrate, Castlerea, [County Roscommon], proposing the reformation of a yeomanry corps.

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Thomas Magrath, magistrate, Castlerea, [County Roscommon], to an unnamed recipient [but likely the Chief Secretary’s Office], proposing the reformation of a yeomanry corps in the district; noting the existence of a past force under Lord Mount Sandford [Henry Sandford, 2nd Baron Mount Sandford] whose command passed to his own brother, a clergyman in the Church of Ireland; emphasising the availability in the neighbourhood of about 80 ‘fine young fellows’ of the Protestant denomination who are fit to act in any force the government might care to summon; admitting, however, there is a deficiency of firearms but stressing the need for a strong deterrent to disaffection.

EXTENT:

1 item; 4pp

DATE(S):

22 Jan 1831

DATE EARLY:

1831

DATE LATE:

1831

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1831/Yeomanry/No Original Number

Record 3947 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1831/3947

TITLE:

Letter from Brig Maj Henry Croker, inspector of yeomanry, Mallow, [County Cork], on filling vacancies in the yeomanry.

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Brig Maj Henry Croker, inspector of yeomanry, Mallow, [County Cork], to the Chief Secretary [Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley], acknowledging a circular letter from government and indicating his intention of taking steps to identify ‘non effective’ lieutenants in the yeomanry corps and having those vacancies filled up.

EXTENT:

1 item; 2pp

DATE(S):

22 Jan 1831

DATE EARLY:

1831

DATE LATE:

1831

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1831/Yeomanry/No Original Number

Record 3948 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1831/3948

TITLE:

Letter from Brig Maj Thomas Scott, [inspector of yeomanry], Strabane, [County Tyrone], concerning yeomanry members taking the Oath of Allegiance.

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Brig Maj Thomas Scott, [inspector of yeomanry], Strabane, [County Tyrone], to the Chief Secretary [Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley], acknowledging the circular letter of government on the subject of yeomanry members taking the Oath of Allegiance; adding he will ensure that all commanding officers in his district attend to the provisions of that regulation.

EXTENT:

1 item; 1pp

DATE(S):

24 Jan 1831

DATE EARLY:

1831

DATE LATE:

1831

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1831/Yeomanry/No Original Number

Record 3949 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1831/3949

TITLE:

Petition of Oliver Shorthill, bricklayer, Goresbridge, County Kilkenny, seeking the protection or compensation of government due to the antipathy of the disaffected in his locality.

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Petition of Oliver Shorthill, bricklayer, Goresbridge, County Kilkenny, to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, seeking the protection or compensation of government due to the antipathy of the disaffected in his locality; recalling his attempt to subdue a local disturbance in 1822 and regretting that he got his ‘scull fractured and his shoulder dislocated’ on that occasion as he read the Riot Act; adding he has accumulated 30 years’ service in the military and yeomanry, the latter under the command of Capt George Roth.

EXTENT:

1 item; 2pp

DATE(S):

15 Jan 1831

DATE EARLY:

1831

DATE LATE:

1831

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1831/Yeomanry/No Original Number

Record 3950 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1831/3950

TITLE:

Letter from Brig Maj Robert Power, [inspector of yeomanry], Rostrevor, [County Down], enclosing a ‘Return of Permanent Sergeants of Yeomanry Corps’ in County Antrim.

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Brig Maj Robert Power, [inspector of yeomanry], Rostrevor, [County Down], to the Under Secretary [Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset], enclosing a ‘Return of Permanent Sergeants of Yeomanry Corps’ in County Antrim; return are recorded in a table under the following heads: name of corps, personal name, age and ‘Remarks’; the latter column includes observations by Power on the men in the corps such as ‘qualified’, ‘unfit’ or ‘worn out’. [Contains list of names not given in this description].

EXTENT:

2 items; 4pp

DATE(S):

8 Mar 1831

DATE EARLY:

1831

DATE LATE:

1831

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1831/Yeomanry/No Original Number