Monday, June 26, 1916

Rain

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No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.

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H.H. Asquith
Sutton Courtenay
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Venetia Stanley

Location unknown.

Official Register

1916-06-26

Top News

Daily Edition

Roger Casement was put on trial for treason and stripped of his knighthood.. A royal commission report criticized authorities for their handling of the Easter Rising.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
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Parliament

IN SESSION

>>Topics: Rubel Bronze And Metal Company Limited, Tobacco Growing Ireland, New Clause Payment Of Interest On, Old Age Pensions 1, Abeests, Supreme Court Of Judicature

Witness Observations

Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith

"I must express my intense misery over Ll.G.’s appointment as Sec. of State for War. I look upon this as the greatest political blunder of Henry’s lifetime."

Cynthia Asquith
Cynthia Asquith

"Called for Claud and we sat in the park together. I was engaged to go to tea with Lady Ancaster... She was full of gossip..."