Record

Document Reference	Bu 16/132
Title	Letter from Sir A. Paget, Copenhagen, Denmark, to Sir A. Buchanan; 26 May 1864.
Date	26 May 1864
Extent	3 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Comments that the proposals for peace have been disappointing in Denmark; has sent him an account of his conversation with Monrad; informs him that the King is very upset, but it would appear the proposals regarding Schleswig-Holstein will be accepted; had attempted to arouse support for Denmark while he was in England; Lord Palmerston and Russell seem prepared to help but the 'peace party had carried the day'; had been informed that the Queen [Victoria] favoured Germany [Prussia], but had found that was not the case; expected the return of Lady Paget and his children; wished that Lord Russell had allowed him to stay in England; was getting his cottage at Vedbek on the Sound ready for summer.
Term	military campaigns, Second Schleswig-Holstein War 1863-4

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6570	Monrad; Ditlev G. (1811-1887); -; Danish statesman	1811-1887
NA6150	Christian IX (1818-1906 ); King of Denmark; (succeeded 1863)	1818-1906
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
NA6635	Paget; Walburga E.H. (-1929); Lady Paget; née Countess de Hohenthal	-1929
NA985	Victoria (1819-1901); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland; Empress of India	1819-1901
NA6246	Paget; Augustus B. (1823-1896); Sir; diplomat	1823-1896
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882