Record

Document Reference	Bu 15/71
Title	Letter from 2nd Baron Bloomfield [J. Bloomfield], Vienna, Austria, to Sir A. Buchanan, Berlin, Prussia; 25 May 1864.
Date	25 May 1864
Extent	4 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Discusses the French proposal for peace in the Schleswig-Holstein dispute; states that he has informed Lord Russell that Rechberg considered that progress was being made; the points at issue are the position of the Danish monarchy and the Augustenburg claim; hopes that his official dinner [to mark the Queen's birthday] had gone well; Lady Bloomfield has been away for a short break.
Term	military campaigns, Second Schleswig-Holstein War 1863-4
Term	entertainments, dinners

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6540	Rechberg; Johann B. (1806-1899); Count; Austrian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister	1806-1899
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878
NA6139	Bloomfield; Georgiana (1822-1905); Baroness; wife of 2nd Baron Bloomfield	1822-1905
NA6565	Friedrich VIII (1829-1880 ); Duke of Schleswig-Holstein; ( Duke Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg)	1829-1880
NA6057	Bloomfield; John A.D. (1802-1879); 2nd Baron Bloomfield; diplomat	1802-1879
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882