Erskine Childers, Robert Barton and their families A collection of about 25 books from the Barton/Childers library at Glendalough House, Co. Wicklow, including books signed by or inscribed to Erskine Childers (1870-1922), his wife Mary Alden (Molly) Childers, her mother Margaret C. Osgood, his son Robert (Bob) Childers, Robert's wife Christabel Manning Childers, their son Hugh David Childers, also Robert Barton, Robert's uncle Robert J. Barton and others of their families. Robert Barton and Erskine Childers were cousins (their mothers were sisters). The Childers family was English, but Erskine spent much of his youth at Glendalough House, where he and Barton were raised almost as brothers. He served in the Boer War, worked in the House of Commons, wrote a best-selling adventure story (The Riddle of the Sands), married Mary Alden Osgood of Boston, and became involved in Irish radical politics. He ran guns into Howth for the Irish Volunteers in the Asgard, the yacht given to him as a wedding present by his wife's American father. After the Rising, he ran Sinn Fein's publicity office with notable success. The Bartons were a solid Anglo-Irish landed family with strong British Army traditions. Robert's uncle was a captain in the Coldstream Guards and died in the Zulu war; two of Robert's brothers died in France in 1916 and 1918. Robert himself was posted to Dublin to help put down the 1916 Rising, but resigned his commission, joined the Volunteers, was elected to the First Dail, became its Minister for Agriculture, and was one of the plenipotentiaries sent to London to negotiate a Treaty with Lloyd George. Childers was there also as Secretary to the Irish team. The cousins were briefly divided over the Treaty. Childers opposed the settlement, but Barton agreed under pressure to sign. He voted for the Treaty in the Dail, but later changed his mind. Childers continued to manage publicity for the Anti-Treaty forces, and retreated with them to Munster. In December 1922 he was arrested while on his way across country to spend Christmas at Glendalough House. He was found in possession of a small revolver (given to him by Michael Collins , court-martialled and shot. 'That damned Englishman', Griffith called him. He asked his son (who later became President of Ireland) to harbour no bitterness. The collection includes three books from a pocket edition of Thomas Hardy one signed by Erskine Childers, one by his wife, and the third both by Childers (crossed out) and by Robert Barton; some attractive leatherbound volumes with bookplate of Robert Barton; a guide-book with his signature; two books (one by Queen Victoria) with signature of his uncle Robert J. Barton; three volumes of Homer signed by Margaret Osgood, mother of Mary Childers; several books signed by or inscribed to Christabel Manning Childers, wife of Erskine Childers' second son Robert; a book inscribed to Robert Childers by Robert Barton, one inscribed to his son Hugh by Mary Childers, etc. The authors include Lever, Keats, Pepys, Wilkie Collins and Meredith as well as Hardy and Homer. A fascinating collection, recalling a family without whom the history of Ireland in the early 20th century would certainly have been different. Provenance: Collection of Robert and Christabel Childers, mostly from Glendalough House. Erskine Childers, Robert Barton and their families A collection of about 25 books from the Barton/Childers library at Glendalough House, Co. Wicklow, including books signed by or inscribed to Erskine Childers (1870-1922), his wife Mary Alden (Molly) Childers, her mother Margaret C. Osgood, his son Robert (Bob) Childers, Robert's wife Christabel Manning Childers, their son Hugh David Childers, also Robert Barton, Robert's uncle Robert J. Barton and others of their families. Robert Barton and Erskine Childers were cousins (their mothers were sisters). The Childers family was English, but Erskine spent much of his youth at Glendalough House, where he and Barton were ra
Erskine Childers, Robert Barton and their families A collection of about 25 books from the Barton/Childers library at Glendalough House, Co. Wicklow, including books signed by or inscribed to Erskine Childers (1870-1922), his wife Mary Alden (Molly) Childers, her mother Margaret C. Osgood, his son Robert (Bob) Childers, Robert's wife Christabel Manning Childers, their son Hugh David Childers, also Robert Barton, Robert's uncle Robert J. Barton and others of their families. Robert Barton and Erskine Childers were cousins (their mothers were sisters). The Childers family was English, but Erskine spent much of his youth at Glendalough House, where he and Barton were raised almost as brothers. He served in the Boer War, worked in the House of Commons, wrote a best-selling adventure story (The Riddle of the Sands), married Mary Alden Osgood of Boston, and became involved in Irish radical politics. He ran guns into Howth for the Irish Volunteers in the Asgard, the yacht given to him as a wedding present by his wife's American father. After the Rising, he ran Sinn Fein's publicity office with notable success. The Bartons were a solid Anglo-Irish landed family with strong British Army traditions. Robert's uncle was a captain in the Coldstream Guards and died in the Zulu war; two of Robert's brothers died in France in 1916 and 1918. Robert himself was posted to Dublin to help put down the 1916 Rising, but resigned his commission, joined the Volunteers, was elected to the First Dail, became its Minister for Agriculture, and was one of the plenipotentiaries sent to London to negotiate a Treaty with Lloyd George. Childers was there also as Secretary to the Irish team. The cousins were briefly divided over the Treaty. Childers opposed the settlement, but Barton agreed under pressure to sign. He voted for the Treaty in the Dail, but later changed his mind. Childers continued to manage publicity for the Anti-Treaty forces, and retreated with them to Munster. In December 1922 he was arrested while on his way across country to spend Christmas at Glendalough House. He was found in possession of a small revolver (given to him by Michael Collins , court-martialled and shot. 'That damned Englishman', Griffith called him. He asked his son (who later became President of Ireland) to harbour no bitterness. The collection includes three books from a pocket edition of Thomas Hardy one signed by Erskine Childers, one by his wife, and the third both by Childers (crossed out) and by Robert Barton; some attractive leatherbound volumes with bookplate of Robert Barton; a guide-book with his signature; two books (one by Queen Victoria) with signature of his uncle Robert J. Barton; three volumes of Homer signed by Margaret Osgood, mother of Mary Childers; several books signed by or inscribed to Christabel Manning Childers, wife of Erskine Childers' second son Robert; a book inscribed to Robert Childers by Robert Barton, one inscribed to his son Hugh by Mary Childers, etc. The authors include Lever, Keats, Pepys, Wilkie Collins and Meredith as well as Hardy and Homer. A fascinating collection, recalling a family without whom the history of Ireland in the early 20th century would certainly have been different. Provenance: Collection of Robert and Christabel Childers, mostly from Glendalough House. Erskine Childers, Robert Barton and their families A collection of about 25 books from the Barton/Childers library at Glendalough House, Co. Wicklow, including books signed by or inscribed to Erskine Childers (1870-1922), his wife Mary Alden (Molly) Childers, her mother Margaret C. Osgood, his son Robert (Bob) Childers, Robert's wife Christabel Manning Childers, their son Hugh David Childers, also Robert Barton, Robert's uncle Robert J. Barton and others of their families. Robert Barton and Erskine Childers were cousins (their mothers were sisters). The Childers family was English, but Erskine spent much of his youth at Glendalough House, where he and Barton were ra
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