Record

Document Reference	Bu 16/51
Title	Letter from 10th Baron Napier [F. Napier], St Petersburg, Russia, to Sir A. Buchanan; 11 May 1864.
Date	11 May 1864
Extent	2 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Congratulates him on the armistice; had heard from Gorchachov that the conference is due to meet again; Bismarck still tells the Russian Minister that he recognises the principle of the integrity of the Danish monarchy; the King of Denmark will be the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein; the Germans have been victorious in a naval battle with the Danes; the latest topic in Russia is the allocution by the Pope against the Emperor; the nation is indignant; hopes Lady Buchanan is well.
Term	military campaigns, Second Schleswig-Holstein War 1863-4

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA141	Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister	1798-1883
NA140	Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president	1815-1898
NA6087	Pius IX (1792-1878); Pope; Giovanni M.M. Ferretti Pope from 1846	1792-1878
NA6192	Alexander II (1818-1881); Emperor of all the Russias; (succeeded 1855)	1818-1881
NA6233	Buchanan; Georgiana E. (-1904); Lady Buchanan; née Stuart 2nd wife of Andrew Buchanan	-1904
NA6150	Christian IX (1818-1906 ); King of Denmark; (succeeded 1863)	1818-1906
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