DLA165-0022  Transcription

BRAMCOTE HALL,

NOTTINGHAM.

14. August [1914]

Dear Sir,

Your wire^[1] has been forwarded to me here where I have been summoned to attend my mother-in-law’s funeral.^[2] I am very sorry Mr. de Laszlo’s naturalisation has not been yet completed & in view of the declaration of war between England against Austria I fear it will now be [hung?] up for some time. All the

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necessary papers were handed in by me to the Home Office over a fortnight ago the day I received 2 declarations & I was at the time told that everything was in order but owing to the fact of all the Government Offices being at the present moment understaffed and overworked I could get no progress made with the matter though I personally have [crossed out] made four visits to the Home Office with regard to it as soon as war was declared with Germany I felt it might only be a few days before we were at war with Austria. [illegible deletion] & since then I have called personally at the Office 4 or 5 times to try to get the matter attended to. As I feared war might be declared against Austria any day. But without any success, the fact is all the Gov. Offices have during the last 3 weeks been working at high pressure

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& particularly the Home Office owing to the fact that by reason of the late proclamation all aliens have had to register themselves.

Yours v truly

Signed

Jeffrey C St. Quintin

Copy of letter to   re Laszlo

Howard Guiness Esq.

College Green

Dublin.

StdeL

25/05/2023