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The Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921: Unionist Aspects of the Peace*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2014

John D. Fair
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Symposium: Ireland and British Politics, 1914-31
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Journal of British Studies , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , November 1972 , pp. 132 - 149
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Copyright © North American Conference of British Studies 1972

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Footnotes

*

I am most grateful to Dr. K. W. Humphreys, Librarian of the University of Birmingham, for his permission to use extracts from the Austen Chamberlain Papers. For the use of the Bonar Law Papers and the Lloyd George Papers I wish to thank Mr. A. J. P. Taylor, Honorary Directory of the Beaverbrook Library.

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2. Beaverbrook Library, “Notes made by F. E.,” Sir Edward Carson to Andrew Bonar Law, September 20, 1913, Bonar Law Papers, 30/2/15.

3. For extracts of speeches by prominent Conservatives see Horgan, John Joseph, The Complete Grammar of Anarchy (London, 1919)Google Scholar.

4. The literature on these negotiations is growing. See Fair, John D., “The King, the Constitution and Ulster: Interparty Negotiations of 1913-1914,” Eire-Ireland, VI (1971)Google Scholar; Savage, David W., “The Attempted Home Rule Settlement of 1916,” Eire-Ireland, II (1967)Google Scholar; and McDowell's, R. B. recent book on the Irish Convention (London, 1970)Google Scholar.

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6. SirPetrie, Charles, The Life and Letters of the Right Hon. Sir Austen Chamberlain (London, 1940), II, 159Google Scholar. On April 1 Sir Robert Home replaced Chamberlain as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Other major appointments included Sir Alfred Mond to the Ministry of Health, Lord Fitzalan as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and Stanley Baldwin to the Board of Trade.

7. Ibid., pp. 150-51.

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21. Beaverbrook Library, Lord Birkenhead to Lloyd George, August 10, 1921, Lloyd George Papers, F/4/7/30.

22. Correspondence relating to the Proposals of His Majesty's Government for an Irish Settlement, July 20, 1921, in Parliamentary Papers, 1921 (Cmd. 1502).

23. University of Birmingham, Chamberlain's record of the negotiations, October 14, 1921, Austen Chamberlain Papers, AC 31/4/5.

24. University of Birmingham, Austen Chamberlain to Ivy Chamberlain, October 27, 1921, Austen Chamberlain Papers, AC 6/1/436.

25. BM, Diary, October 28, 1921, C. P. Scott Papers, Add. MSS, 50906.

26. PRO, Second Irish Note, October 29, 1921, Irish Conference, 1921, CAB 43/4 (S. F. C. 21A.).

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28. PRO, Arthur Griffith to Lloyd George, November 2, 1921, Irish Conference, 1921, CAB 43/4.

29. Pakenham, , Peace By Ordeal, p. 194Google Scholar.

30. 147 H.C. Deb. 1419-20 (31 Oct., 1921).

31. Correspondence Between His Majesty's Government and the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Relating to the Proposals for an Irish Settlement, November 10 & 11, 1921, in Parliamentary Papers, 1921 (Cmd. 1561).

32. Pakenham, , Peace By Ordeal, pp. 204–09Google Scholar.

33. Ibid. See also Meeting with the Irish Representatives on December 5, 1921, Irish Conference, 1921, CAB 43/4.

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36. University of Birmingham, A. Chamberlain to I. Chamberlain, November 9, 1921, Austen Chamberlain Papers, AC 6/1/457.

37. Beaverbrook Library, Bonar Law to J. P. Croal, November 12, 1921, Bonar Law Papers, 107/1/83.

38. Salvidge, Stanley, Salvidge of Liverpool (London, 1935), p. 209Google Scholar.

39. Times, November 18, 1921.

40. Salvidge, , Salvidge of Liverpool, p. 214Google Scholar.

41. University of Birmingham, A. Chamberlain to I. Chamberlain, November 19, 1921, Austen Chamberlain Papers, AC 6/1/466.

42. University of Birmingham, Chamberlain's record of the negotiations, Austen Chamberlain Papers, AC 31/4/9.

43. PRO, Draft of the Articles of Agreement, Irish Conference, 1921, CAB 43/4 (S. F. C. 29A).

44. Pakenham, , Peace By Ordeal, pp. 258–62Google Scholar.

45. Beaverbrook Library, Tom Jones to Lloyd George, December 4, 1921, Lloyd George Papers, F/25/2/51.

46. Pakenham, , Peace By Ordeal, pp. 274–75Google Scholar.

47. PRO, Meeting with the Irish Representatives, December 5, 1921, Irish Conference, 1921, CAB 43/4.