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Document ReferenceBu 15/17
TitleLetter from 2nd Baron Bloomfield [J. Bloomfield], Vienna, Austria to Sir A. Buchanan; 15 Apr 1863.
Date15 April 1863
Extent4 ff
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionEncloses copies of despatches sent to St Petersburg on the subject of Poland [not present]; complains that the [Foreign] Office does not keep them informed; the Polish insurrection is growing; if news from Paris is true, Napoléon wishes to bring Austria and England into line with his policy; Mr Pope-Hennesey is in Vienna preparing a speech for the House of Commons on Poland; has been to Paris and may be sympathetic to the views of Napoléon; Rechberg has sent copies of despatches on Schleswig-Holstein to Paris, London, Berlin and Copenhagen; Bavaria has protested against the proposals regarding the new King of Greece; no German Prince should enter the contest; Lady Bloomfield is going to the countryside as she has been unwell; the cause may have been poor sanitation in Vienna; the Polish situation is unpleasant; hopes the storm will be weathered.
Termcivil disorder, Polish Rebellion 1863
parliamentary business, House of Commons
sanitation
constitutions, Greek

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA1901Napoléon III (1808-1873); Emperor of the French; president of 2nd French Republic 1850-52 emperor 1852-701808-1873
NA6550Hennesey; John Pope- (1834-1891); Sir; M.P.1834-1891
NA6139Bloomfield; Georgiana (1822-1905); Baroness; wife of 2nd Baron Bloomfield1822-1905
NA6057Bloomfield; John A.D. (1802-1879); 2nd Baron Bloomfield; diplomat1802-1879
NA136Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat1807-1882
Places
CodeSet
PL231/Poland
PL1850/Greece
PL1888/Schleswig-Holstein/Germany
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