John Smith Chartres
Irish civil servant and revolutionary
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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]
