Record

Document Reference	Bu 15/30
Title	Letter from 2nd Baron Bloomfield [J. Bloomfield], Vienna, Austria, to Sir A. Buchanan; 24 June 1863.
Date	24 June 1863
Extent	4 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Reports that the St Petersburg despatches have been published; has seen Rechberg very briefly; discusses the Polish question; France is attempting to force the issue with Russia; Rechberg is not to accompany the Emperor to Karlsbad; speculates on the outcome of the Emperor's meeting with the King of Prussia; is glad Paget has been rewarded for his work on Greek affairs; Lord Russell appreciates his efforts; Paget will have further problems with Denmark; comments on the weather in Berlin and Vienna; asks him to visit in the autumn with Lady Buchanan before Lady Bloomfield leaves for England. Informs him that there is a rumour of Clarendon's return to the Foreign Office; Rechberg does not believe it, but Lord Palmerston and Russell may feel differently; comments on rumours about the Cramptons in Madrid; asks when he will leave Berlin, stating the advantage of the place to be 'the shortness of the journey home.'
Term	civil disorder, Polish Rebellion 1863
	climate, Prussian
	climate, Austrian
	politics, British

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6093	Villiers; George W.F. (1800-1870); 4th Earl of Clarendon	1800-1870
NA143	Temple; Henry John (1784-1865); 3rd Viscount Palmerston; succ. 1802; statesman; Prime Minster 1855-1858 and 1859-1865	1784-1865
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878
NA6233	Buchanan; Georgiana E. (-1904); Lady Buchanan; née Stuart 2nd wife of Andrew Buchanan	-1904
NA6139	Bloomfield; Georgiana (1822-1905); Baroness; wife of 2nd Baron Bloomfield	1822-1905
NA6206	Crampton; John Fiennes Twisleton (1805-1886); 2nd Baronet; succ. 1858; British Diplomatic Service	1805-1886
NA6540	Rechberg; Johann B. (1806-1899); Count; Austrian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister	1806-1899
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
NA6057	Bloomfield; John A.D. (1802-1879); 2nd Baron Bloomfield; diplomat	1802-1879
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882