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CSO/RP/1824/2021

Petition of John O’Brien, pensioner of 10th Regiment of Foot, 149 James Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Phoenix Park, Dublin, requesting appointment to a situation in the police establishment under command of Major James Tandy, chief magistrates of police for County Dublin. Alludes to having spent a period of 21 years in military service and having served the crown in Madras, Bengal [India] and Egypt.

17 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/2022

Letter from Mr Stanton, [Dublin] to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting formal directions by letter in connection with organising an overseas relocation [possibly to escape persecution as an informer]. Mentions meeting with Major John Wills, chief constable of baronies in counties Kildare and King’s County [County Offaly] and reports ‘I have got my trunk from Liverpool, and am ready to go, into any part, you please, to order’. Observes without the letter of authority from government ‘I realy [sic] cannot help in applying for redress to exile myself during life’.

[1824]

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2023

Petition of Robert Bland, late captain, 72nd Regiment of Foot, Tullamore, King's County [County Offaly], to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to any situation of employment under government. Recalls personal misfortune following the sale of his army commission, [earlier purchased by his uncle General Thomas Bland] and comments upon his subsequent experience as tenant, through which he ‘lost all his money’. Explains he later moved to Dublin, but found no employment, and was without the means to purchase food; claims to have failed in a ‘Public Appeal’ for relief and is now reduced to begging.

19 Dec 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2024

Petition of Patrick Donnellan, Tuam, County Galway, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to any situation of employment under government or a post in the police establishment. Emphasises his present state of poverty and claims his application has the support of both archbishops of Tuam. Refers also to unsuccessful earlier memorial for relief, and requests if no situation is available the Lord Lieutenant will ‘order a charitable collection in some of the Churches in Dublin’ for his alleviation.

24 Dec 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2025

Letter from Maxwell Beatty, 5 Whitefriar Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, requesting he exert influence with the magistrates of the head office of police in order to secure an appointment in the constabulary. Stresses the family are in ‘deepest distress’ and in need of immediate assistance. Expresses appreciation for financial contribution recently received from government but observes that a public appeal has brought only one further subscription.

17 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/2026

Letter from Dr Gilbert Elliott, 15 Blessington Street, Dublin, medical doctor and licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, restating application for appointment as doctor on the convict hulk ‘Essex’ based at the Royal Harbour of George IV, Kingstown [Dún Laoghaire], County Dublin. Provides a list of references [not present], mainly from the medical fraternity, who are willing to testify to his fitness, character and qualifications, including one from the Earl of Meath [John Chambre Brabazon, 10th Earl of Meath] and Dr Alexander Jackson, the state physician. Also memorial from Elliott to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, making application for post of medial attendant on prison ship ‘Essex’ at Kingstown. Indicates his primary medical education was obtained at the University of Edinburgh and in practice he has specialised in midwifery and in the ‘treatment of the Diseases of Woman & Children’. Emphasises extent of experience, having in the past had responsibilities for the supervision of the Bray Fever Hospital, County Wicklow, and the Drogheda County Infirmary, County Louth.

17 Nov 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/2027

Petition of William MacKesey [Mackesy], Listowel, County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment as a constable in the police establishment or in the water guards, or another post under government. Remarks upon a show of individual courage in the face of an attack ‘by a strong Party of the rebels’ when in defence of the barracks of Devagh [Duagh], County Kerry, alongside the 39th Regiment of Foot.

11 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/2028

Petition of Daniel Shea, Castlemartyr, County Cork, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment as a regular constable in the police establishment of Ireland. Remarks he being ‘bred a mechanic’, his earlier application [of 10 November 1824] was not for the position of chief constable of police, but for a lower office in the constabulary force. Alludes to negative local ramifications over family loyalty and recalls the ‘exertions of his deceased father, in 1798 [Rebellion], who was instrumental in saving thousands’.

15 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/2029

Petition of Michael Connor, private, Listowel corps of yeomanry, Listowel, County Kerry, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a situation in the police establishment. Refers to his loyalty in the recent disturbances in County Kerry and indicates a desire to be recommended for service in the constabulary force under command of Major Samson Carter, chief magistrate of police, County Cork.

1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/2030

Petition of Dennis Sullivan, [late of County Kerry military staff], 3 Castle Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a situation in the police establishment. Refers to recommendation from Colonel Crosby and his declaration of discharge [not present] and emphasises his fitness, ability and vocation for service under the crown.

6 Jan 1825

1825