Record

Document Reference	Bu 14/12
Title	Letter from E. Hammond [later 1st Baron Hammond], Foreign Office, London, to Sir A. Buchanan, Berlin, Prussia; 24 Dec 1862.
Date	24 December 1862
Extent	2 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Informs him that he must take up the issue of his house in The Hague with Layard; in regard to his other question, he should keep quiet until he hears from Lord Cowley who is in communication with Drouyn; informs him that the Queen expects him to 'give way' to her brother in law, the Prince of Coburg and that if the other ambassadors refuse he is to be absent due to 'ill health'; states that Bismarck will risk everything to maintain his position.

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6491	Drouyn de l'Huys; Edouard (1805-); Monsieur; diplomat and statesman French Foreign Minister from 1852	1805-
NA6062	Wellesley; Henry R.C. (1804-1884); 1st Earl Cowley	1804-1884
NA6449	Layard; Austen H. (1817-1894); Sir; diplomat and politician	1817-1894
NA6492	Ernst II (1818-1893); Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	1818-1893
NA140	Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president	1815-1898
NA6023	Hammond; Edmund (1802-1890); 1st Baron Hammond	1802-1890
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882