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Document ReferenceBu 16/96
TitleLetter from Sir A. Paget, Copenhagen, Denmark, to Sir A. Buchanan; 14 May 1863.
Date14 May 1863
Extent2 ff
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionThanks him for the photo; was going to send a photograph of himself by the 'next Schmerck'; remarks on the weather; wishes the Greek business was settled; complains about communications; Lord Russell seemed to have lost interest in events in Denmark; Prince Christian had been forced to take a stand, but would like to withdraw; mentions terms and conditions set; does not suppose Berlin would be happy with Lord Shaftesbury's speech; considered Lord Russell's statement an admirable answer to Gorchakov and the French; the newspapers had announced that Austria proposed the Diet to take Holstein.
Termmilitary campaigns, Second Schleswig-Holstein War 1863-4
royalty, succession, Greek

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA6634Cooper; Anthony Ashley- (1801-1885); 7th Earl of Shaftesbury; succ. 1851; styled Lord Ashley 1811-511801-1885
NA139Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell1792-1878
NA6150Christian IX (1818-1906 ); King of Denmark; (succeeded 1863)1818-1906
NA6246Paget; Augustus B. (1823-1896); Sir; diplomat1823-1896
NA136Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat1807-1882
Places
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PL1850/Greece
PL90/Austria
PL87/Denmark
PL2054/Holstein/Denmark
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