Record

Document Reference	Bu 15/29
Title	Letter from 2nd Baron Bloomfield [J. Bloomfield], Vienna, Austria, to Sir A. Buchanan, Berlin, Prussia; 17 Jun 1863.
Date	17 June 1863
Extent	4 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Discusses the Polish question; comments that he cannot not understand Lord Russell delaying his decision; Austria has had to act differently from the other western powers on that particular issue; refers to the Greek question [who was to become king]; states that he will be surprised if the Emperor of Austria travels to Carlsbad to meet the King [of Prussia]; has received strange accounts of the Crampton's at Madrid; Bray's daughter Gabrielle is to marry Mr Thomas; the Duke of Coburg is to leave Vienna; he is determined to reform the Diet. Postscript dated 18 Jun 1863; has received a telegram from Lord Russell informing him that despatches on the Polish question have been sent from Paris and London; in the meantime, the Poles are being slaughtered in large numbers.
Term	civil disorder, Polish Rebellion 1863
	constitutions, German
	politics, German, reform of Diet
	monarchy, Greek

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
NA6421	Franz Joseph I (1830-1916); Emperor of Austria; ( succeeded 1848)	1830-1916
NA6231	Wilhelm I (1797-1888); German Emperor; ( King of Prussia from 1861 German Emperor from 1871)	1797-1888
NA6492	Ernst II (1818-1893); Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	1818-1893
NA6057	Bloomfield; John A.D. (1802-1879); 2nd Baron Bloomfield; diplomat	1802-1879
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882