John Smith Chartres

John Smith Chartres (5 October 1862 – 14 May 1927) was a lawyer, Irish civil servant and revolutionary.[1] Chartres was born in England to Irish parents and spent time as a child in Ireland. After years in the news business in London and British civil service he retired in 1921. He served as the second secretary to the Anglo-Irish Treaty delegation and was greatly trusted by the Irish leader Michael Collins.[2]

References

  1. ^ Dempsey, Pauric J.; Hawkins, Richard. "Chartres, John Smith by Pauric J. Dempsey and Richard Hawkins" (PDF). nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  2. ^ Comerford, Marie (2021). On Dangerous Ground A Memoir of the Irish Revolution. Dublin: Lilliput Press. p. 161. ISBN 9781843518198.

Bibliography

Murphy, Brian (1995). John Chartres: Mystery Man of the Treaty. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-716-52543-1

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