Record

Document Reference	Bu 11/72/1-2
Title	Letter from T. Hankey, London, to Sir A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain; 15 Dec 1860.
Date	15 December 1860
Extent	3 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Encloses a cutting from the Times which shows he has not been forgotten in England; asks how much extra expense he has incurred as the result of his recent moves; does not believe Crampton will make a better minister at Madrid than him; had spoken to Elliot who told him that the Times was angry, but had no proof that he had done nothing to deserve the effective demotion to The Hague. Newspaper cutting from the Times describing life in the diplomatic service; states that the removal of Buchanan to the Hague by Lord John Russell is unjust.
Term	appointments, diplomatic, Hague

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878
NA6206	Crampton; John Fiennes Twisleton (1805-1886); 2nd Baronet; succ. 1858; British Diplomatic Service	1805-1886
NA6100	Elliot; Henry G. (1817-1907); Sir	1817-1907
NA6204	Hankey; Thomson (1805-1893); Mr; M.P. Governor of the Bank of England 1851-3	1805-1893
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882