Context: George Fitz-Hardinge Berkeley Papers.

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Main Creator:	Berkeley, G. F.-H. (George Fitz-Hardinge), 1870-1955
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English
Subjects:	Berkeley, G. F.-H. > (George Fitz-Hardinge), > 1870-1955 Papal States > History > 1815-1870 Italy > History > 1815-1870
Notes:	George Fitz-Hardinge Berkeley was born in Dublin in 1870 and educated in Britain, where he spent much of his life, residing at Hanwell Castle, Oxfordshire. He was a committed Irish nationalist and was a Training Officer with the Irish Volunteers. He was on the committee of Irish Volunteers who met in London in 1914 to organise funds for the Howth gun-running, and in 1920/1921 was involved with the Peace with Ireland Movement. Berkeley also saw service in the British Army during the First World War. He wrote several books, mainly about Italy and Italian history, among them the 1929 publication 'The Irish battalion in the Papal army of 1860'. In writing this book he wished to preserve the first-hand accounts of the men who were there, and to redeem the reputation of the Irish members of the Papal Army, who, he felt, were unfairly treated in some previous histories.
Arrangement:	Fonds
Provenance:	Originally in the possession of George Fitz-Hardinge Berkeley.

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In Collection:	George Fitz-Hardinge Berkeley Papers.
Description:	A note from Berkeley explains the history of the telegram which was in answer to one that he had sent "offering to come back and ready to move heaven and earth if necessary to save his life but she, apparently, was not seriously anxious, - as is evident from this reply".
Main Creator:	Childers, Mary Alden Osgood, 1875-1964
Language:	English
Extent:	1 item (1 page).
Format:	Manuscript
Call Number:	MS 7879/27 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:	Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland.