Papers of Sir Charles Russell, Lord Russell of Killowen,
1888-1890.
9 letters and 1 volume "Special Commission Act, 1888. Mr Charles Stewart Parnell, M.P., and others. Complete analysis of evidence".
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| Notes: | Sir Charles Russell was born in Newry, County Down, to a Catholic family. He qualified as a solicitor in 1854, spent a few years defending Catholics in trouble with the authorities, and then moved to London, determined to become a barrister. He entered Parliament in 1880 as Liberal member for Dundalk. He was appointed Attorney-General by Gladstone in 1886 and again in 1892, and played a leading part in promoting Home Rule legislation. In 1894 he became an Appeal Court Judge, and later that year was appointed Lord Chief Justice, the first Catholic to hold the position since the Reformation. As a barrister, his greatest triumph was at the Parnell Commission, 1888-1889, where his cross-examination of Richard Pigott exposed him as having forged the letters (allegedly by Parnell) at the heart of the case. In 1893 Russell represented Britain at an international arbitration of competing claims in the Bering Sea. In 1894 he took the title of Lord Russell of Killowen (his native townland in Co. Down). In 1899 he again represented Britain at an arbitration hearing of the Venezuelan border dispute. Physical description: 9 letters & 1 volume. more |
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Letter from Charles Stewart Parnell to Sir Charles Russell, regarding the aftermath of the 'Times' hearings,
1889 July 15.
| In Collection: | Papers of Sir Charles Russell, Lord Russell of Killowen, 1888-1890 |
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| Description: | Writes confirming his conclusion "that as the Judges held that they were precluded by terms of the references from investigating the origin of the charges & allegations, the means that were used in their fabrication, or the persons engaged in promoting the conspiracy against us, that the enquiry had become one-sided & that I did not desire to be further represented then ... I desire also further to intimate that at a largely attended meeting of the Parliamentary Party held today, it was also decided that the other members concerned should follow my example & withdraw their instructions to their counsel. Permit me to thank you & Mr. Asquith most warmly & gratefully for the devotion you have shown during the long & wearisome period to my interests & the case generally. I shall always remember with affection and admiration your splendid vindication of our motions and actions & of the movement with which we were identified during a most trying period of Irish history." |
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| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 1 item (4 pages). |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 49,610/9
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |