Record

Document Reference	Bu 16/35
Title	Letter from 10th Baron Napier [F. Napier], St Petersburg, Russia, to Sir A. Buchanan; 16 Nov 1863.
Date	16 November 1863
Extent	2 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Reports that he has gleaned information regarding the overtures of the French from Gorchakov; the only English Minister ever to have kept him up to date was Lord Clarendon; Lord Russell did not have the same understanding of the need for prompt and accurate intelligence; the Russian Government had used the absence of the Emperor to delay their answer; the Emperor's letter was more artful than his speech had been; notes the mildness of the weather.

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA141	Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister	1798-1883
NA6093	Villiers; George W.F. (1800-1870); 4th Earl of Clarendon	1800-1870
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878
NA6192	Alexander II (1818-1881); Emperor of all the Russias; (succeeded 1855)	1818-1881
NA6390	Napier; Francis (1819-1898); 10th Baron Napier; succeeded 1834 also Baron Ettrick from 1872 diplomat	1819-1898
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882