Record

Document Reference	Bu 11/15
Title	Letter from 3rd Baron Wodehouse [J. Wodehouse, later 1st Earl of Kimberley], Foreign Office, London, to Sir A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain; 17 May 1860.
Date	17 May 1860
Extent	3 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Informs him that he has read the speeches in the 'Divine' which quoted Don Quixote; comments that the fact that the Spanish have to boast about the war shows their inferiority to nations that had fought great wars, like England and France; believes that the Carlist conspiracy must have opened the eyes of the Spaniards to the advantages of a Napoleonic alliance; comments that the Slave Trade makes relations with Spain difficult; thinks that Spain would make a useful ally against the French; is expecting problems with the House of Lords over paper duties; encloses a memo from Captain Washington referring to the whereabouts of Kharah Pasha.
Term	slavery, slave trade
Term	politics, Spanish, Carlists

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6391	Washington; John (1800-1863); Mr; rear admiral	1800-1863
NA6392	Kharah Pasha; - (fl 1860); -	fl 1860
NA6095	Wodehouse; John (1826-1902); 1st Earl of Kimberley; 3rd Baron Wodehouse 1846 created earl 1866	1826-1902
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882