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TitleLetter from 10th Baron Napier [F. Napier], Berlin, Prussia, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 20 Oct 1865.
Date20 October 1865
Extent2 ff
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionDiscusses the death of Palmerston; comments that when he left England a fortnight ago he was not even ill; remarks on the demise of his contemporaries, Metternich and Nesselrode; Lord Russell and Gladstone have put into operation their contingency plan; comments on new roles for Lord Clarendon and Granville; remarks on Russell's anxiety about Bismarck's home policy; sends best wishes to Lady Buchanan.
Termpolitics, Prussian

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CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA143Temple; Henry John (1784-1865); 3rd Viscount Palmerston; succ. 1802; statesman; Prime Minster 1855-1858 and 1859-18651784-1865
NA6064Winneburg; Clement W.L. Metternich- (1773-1859); 2nd Prince of Metternich-Winneburg; Austrian diplomatist and statesman1773-1859
NA6058Nesselrode; Karl R. (1780-1862); Count; Russian Foreign Minister1780-1862
NA139Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell1792-1878
NA982Gladstone; William E. (1809-1898); P.M. 1868-74 1880-85 1886 1892-941809-1898
NA6093Villiers; George W.F. (1800-1870); 4th Earl of Clarendon1800-1870
NA6137Gower; Granville G. Leveson- (1815-1891); 2nd Earl Granville; diplomat M.P. statesman1815-1891
NA140Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president1815-1898
NA6233Buchanan; Georgiana E. (-1904); Lady Buchanan; née Stuart 2nd wife of Andrew Buchanan-1904
NA6390Napier; Francis (1819-1898); 10th Baron Napier; succeeded 1834 also Baron Ettrick from 1872 diplomat1819-1898
NA136Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat1807-1882
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