845:, who loved to drop hints to that effect, was operating an unofficial policy of killing IRA men in reprisal for the deaths of pro-Crown forces. However, Macready also told Wilson that the Army was arranging "accidents" for suspected IRA men, but did not tell the politicians as he did not want them "talked and joked about after dinner by Cabinet Ministers". Commenting on official reprisals, Macready stated that such actions "must have a deterrent effect on those who may be detailed for future outrages." In December 1920 Macready informed the British Cabinet that the Military Governors of the martial law areas had been authorized to conduct reprisals. From December 1920 until June 1921 approximately 150 "official" reprisals were carried out.
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view, shooting of suspects and dumping of bodies in the Liffey represented unavoidable "reprisals" for the death of a policeman. By 28 August, Macready knew that civil war was inevitable; as a consequence he would not tell the victims of the
Lismore bombings not to resist. He was worried that release of political prisoners would anger the police; hanging became a matter of credibility. He rejected calls to spare the life of a young medical student,
519:, and in June 1910 returned to the War Office as Director of Personal Services, responsible for a variety of personnel matters. Also having responsibility for military aid to the civil power, he played a large part in a series of labour disputes and in deploying troops to Ireland in anticipation of disturbances there. Unusually for an army officer of the time, he had marked liberal tendencies, believed in the right to
653:, Macready warned (4 October 1917) that the BEF could be kept up to strength if it suffered no more than a further 50,000 casualties before the end of the year, but the total exceeded this. The BEF suffered an alarming rise in drunkenness, desertions and psychological disorders; reports were gathered of soldiers returning from the front grumbling about "the waste of life" at Ypres.
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allowance". He was unimpressed by the administrative chaos in Dublin and the "crass stupidity which is so often found among police officers who have not been carefully selected". Nevertheless, he was a good and dynamic commander, increasing morale, improving policy and securing additional troops and equipment. He refused to also take command of the
803:, and the threatened coal strike in September 1920, Macready warned that the planned withdrawal of ten battalions would make peacekeeping in Ireland impossible (unless the Army was given a free hand to conduct purely military operations, which the politicians did not want) and large portions of the RIC would probably change sides.
831:, and he continued to be a strident critic of these bodies. The government pressed ahead with recruiting auxiliaries, whose numbers would eventually peak at 1,500 in July 1921. Macready had been initially impressed by Tudor and thought he was getting rid of "incompetent idiots" from senior police positions. According to Tudor's
905:. Three days later Auxiliary Cadet Peter Harte opened fire while on patrol at a young man and an old priest, killing them both. Lloyd George was furious, calling for courts-martial and death by firing squad. But Macready stalled for time, and delayed justice, so that Harte eventually received a proper trial and was found
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They concluded that the Four Courts was a centre of "seditious activity". On 24 June the
Cabinet ordered an assault for 25 June, to be carried out by the Army. Macready, commander-in-chief, was in disagreement; Macready argued that escalation of violence would only unite the two factions of IRA and
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Independence reached a climax in the first half of 1921, with deaths of pro-Crown forces running at approximately double the rate of those in the second half of 1920 but with the IRA running desperately short of funds and ammunition and later described by one of its leaders Michael
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The new "Auxies" were following the bad example set by the local Irish police, the RIC, who had begun a process of reprisal killings for IRA attacks, which gave
Macready considerable cause for concern."the RIC are not out of hand but are systematically left to reprise their officers." In Macready's
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only learned of the request the evening before the
Cabinet meeting and thought Macready "a vain ass" for not seeking his advice first. The cabinet agreed on 11 May 1920 to supply the vehicles and as far as possible the extra technical personnel requested, but on Wilson's advice agreed only to hold
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Macready and
Greenwood insisted on restoring proper authority, which was lax and enfeebled. Macready was experienced at crisis management. He demanded a higher pension than his predecessor and an increase in "table money" (entertainment expenses) from £500 to £1,400 as well as £5,000 "disturbance
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December 1915, Macready was warned by Special Branch of the impending violence and (Irish Nationalist) volunteer recruitment in Ireland, and from March 1916 was receiving warnings from daily police reports. At the War Office, civil servants as late as 10 April 1916, still believed there was no
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strike. Macready believed
Ireland could be suppressed in the summer of 1921 with the elections out of the way, not least as troops would otherwise need to be replaced after the strain of guerrilla war. In May 1921, Lloyd George announced a surge of manpower; but Macready was concerned about low
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October, 1916, the order allowing all ranks to grow or not to grow moustaches according to their fancy was signed... I dropped into a barber's shop and set the example that evening, as I was only too glad to be rid of the unsightly bristles to which I had for many years been condemned by
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By 1921, Macready had lost confidence in Tudor and thought the RIC had become unreliable. Macready was adamant that military jurisdiction in the
Martial Law Area (MLA) trumped the civil courts. In a number of civil rights cases King's Bench writs were issued to reclaim bodies and damages. But
857:, an intelligence expert, as head of police detectives, to train sergeants to build networks; but it was probably too slow a decision, and too little too late to win the war. The Barry case was thoroughly investigated at Macroom Station by Lt Crake of C company, of whom Macready thought well.
1021:. This has never been confirmed. Wilson was shot dead at the doorstep of his London home by two Irishmen, former British Army soldiers who had served in the Great War. The two were quickly captured and hanged. The murder precipitated a policy of "Official Reprisals", sparked by
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Collins as "dead beat" and within "six weeks of defeat". Macready backed a policy of "deterrent effects" against the IRA; houses were ordered to be destroyed, tenants evicted to remove those who shot at patrols. The British were slowly getting the upper hand.
920:, head of the Civil Service in Dublin, at which they all advised that no truce should be allowed for elections to the planned Dublin Parliament, and that at least four months of martial law would be required to "break the Terror". The date for the
329:. He later claimed that he was far too lazy to pursue an artistic career himself, and although he expressed an interest in a stage career, his father, who loathed his own profession, expressly forbade it (although he continued to be involved in
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on the latter's appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland in January 1919: "I cannot say I envy you for I loathe the country you are going to and its people with a depth deeper than the sea and more violent than that which I feel against the
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of Spanish descent and whom Macready called Wilson's "Cuban Jew compatriot"). The policy of Official Reprisals proved counter-productive and was abandoned on 3 June 1921. Macready had no answer to the attacks on soft Unionist targets.
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morale, and lack of specific training. An extra seventeen battalions were sent in June and July, bringing British strength up to 60,000, but the politicians drew back from the brink and opened secret talks with
944:). Macready felt under a great deal of pressure. The officer class were not prepared and contemptuous of the enemy's intelligence network; they did not take the need to adapt to gathering seriously.
392:. In 1886, he married Sophia Geraldine Atkin (died 1931), an Irishwoman; they had two daughters and a son. Macready remained in Alexandria until early 1889, when he returned to England to rejoin his
711:, whom he got to know far more than his predecessors had done. He abolished the system of punishment by deducting fines from men's pay over a period of months or even years. He also abolished the
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If they were turned into an unarmed police force they would fulfill their functions in time of peace a good deal better than at present", he told
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the extra battalions "in readiness". In July an argument with Catholic Archbishop Gilmartin, led him to exclaim that men could not be tried in
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in May 1862 and was brought up in the bohemian circles frequented by his parents (his mother, Cecile, was the granddaughter of the painter,
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field guns. These were used to pound the Four Courts garrison into surrender but they missed; the officers were so inexperienced that
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a day deduction made from the pay of men on sick leave. He had an intense dislike of trade unions, and never took the short-lived
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reprisals by the Black and Tans were not stopping the "murders". After the killing of sixteen Black and Tans in an
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recognition. Macready got them back to work by granting a pay rise and promising the introduction of machinery for
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all his life and was also a talented singer). He therefore joined the
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Campbell, F, 'Who Ruled Ireland?' Irish Administration, 1879–1914'
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case; but the Truce rendered the matter academic. Following the
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Northern Divisions: The Old IRA and the Belfast Pogroms 1920–22
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The Little Field Marshal: A Life of Sir John French
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Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson: A Political Soldier
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2006:Lowe, W.J., 'The War against the RIC, 1919–21',
373:. He stayed in Egypt, and in 1884 was appointed
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1104:His character appears very briefly in the film
251:Sir Cecil Frederick Nevil Macready, 1st Baronet
2322:Recipients of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
2042:The Republic: The Fight For Irish Independence
1061:In 1924, he published his two-volume memoirs,
2252:British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
1591:Lowe, W.J, "The War against the IRA 1919–21"
1562:Tim Pat Coogan, "The Irish Revolution", p.95.
981:Macready was instrumental in negotiating the
593:First World War, Ireland and Adjutant-General
1882:"Portrait of a Revolutionary" (London 2000).
1282:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
717:National Union of Police and Prison Officers
574:in Ireland in March 1914, Macready was made
483:of Cape Colony (1905–1906). He was promoted
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1947:The Official Encyclopedia of Scotland Yard
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2088:Director of Personal Services, War Office
1620:The British Campaign in Ireland 1919-1921
1544:"Irish Catholic" newspaper, 31 July 1920.
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2257:British Army generals of World War I
1423:The Strange Death of Liberal England
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339:Royal Military College at Sandhurst
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1945:Fido, Martin & Skinner, Keith
1902:Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage
1705:O' Donohue, "No Other Law", p.266.
503:in London, and helped to form the
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515:from May 1909, being promoted to
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1450:Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion
1437:Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion
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840:
836:Joseph Byrne
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442:Elandslaagte
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343:commissioned
341:, and being
335:British Army
296:
279:British Army
274:
250:
246:
209:Battles/wars
159:British Army
115:(1946-01-09)
18:
2237:1946 deaths
2232:1862 births
1390:"No. 27154"
1370:"No. 26474"
1350:"No. 26146"
1330:"No. 26010"
1310:"No. 25029"
995:Joseph Egan
967:James Craig
883:County Cork
861:Martial law
851:Kevin Barry
770:Lord French
764:as the new
760:(alongside
697:trade union
688:, to which
564:magistrates
560:Home Office
556:South Wales
477:Cape Colony
309:actor from
289:in London.
82:Nickname(s)
67: 1915
2226:Categories
2208:1923–1946
2173:1918–1920
2144:1920–1922
2117:1916–1918
2092:1910–1914
1918:Obituary,
1913:References
1871:Liam Deasy
1825:1 I.R. 265
1629:019821863X
1298:required.)
1192:Escutcheon
1057:Later life
1039:18-pounder
936:(Counties
705:constables
676:of Japan.
541:capitalism
501:War Office
495:War Office
390:Alexandria
382:lieutenant
380:and staff
347:lieutenant
315:Cheltenham
293:Early life
275:Make-Ready
127:Allegiance
103:Cheltenham
100:7 May 1862
96:1862-05-07
85:Make-Ready
74:Birth name
2010:57 (2002)
2003:, vol.III
1920:The Times
1420:, (2012)
1222:Footnotes
1209:English:
1053:in 1920.
926:Waterford
922:elections
895:Tipperary
817:Bonar Law
709:sergeants
533:communism
529:socialism
513:Aldershot
434:Ladysmith
371:red coats
349:into the
168:1881–1923
975:New York
938:Kilkenny
934:Leinster
903:Limerick
713:shilling
537:pacifism
467:(1901),
457:Zululand
394:regiment
378:adjutant
375:garrison
270:PC (Ire)
193:Commands
145:Service/
122:, London
2200:Baronet
1904:. 2000.
1100:In film
1047:baronet
993:in the
942:Wexford
887:Munster
756:in the
727:Ireland
693:Asquith
579:Belfast
485:colonel
406:captain
248:General
177:General
26:General
2051:
1986:
1967:
1626:
1292:
1118:Styles
1067:Wilson
875:ad hoc
521:strike
450:brevet
410:Dublin
398:Ceylon
311:Dublin
227:Awards
156:
147:branch
136:
1202:Latin
1198:Motto
1186:Crest
1084:Death
930:Clare
899:Kerry
743:Boche
418:major
402:India
363:Malta
345:as a
307:Irish
268:
266:,
261:
259:,
46:
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2049:ISBN
1984:ISBN
1965:ISBN
1624:ISBN
969:and
940:and
928:and
901:and
891:Cork
827:and
801:Iraq
794:Tuam
707:and
539:and
400:and
256:GCMG
183:Unit
173:Rank
110:Died
90:Born
44:GCMG
1284:doi
745:".
554:in
511:at
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