Record

Document Reference	Bu 11/6
Title	Letter from Lord John Russell [later, 1st Earl Russell], Windsor Castle, Berkshire, to Sir A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain; 29 Nov 1860.
Date	29 November 1860
Extent	2 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Explains that it was not without careful consideration that he had decided to recommend to the Queen that he [Buchanan] be sent to The Hague; had considered sending him to St Petersburg, but had been told that a peer would 'be preferred.'
Term	appointments, diplomatic, Hague
Term	appointments, diplomatic, St Petersburg

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA985	Victoria (1819-1901); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland; Empress of India	1819-1901
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882