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Bu - Buchanan Collection; 1755-1982
A - Papers of Sir Andrew Buchanan, first baronet; 1747-1976
19 - Letters from miscellaneous correspondents, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 1864-6.
Document Reference
Bu 19/26
Title
Letter from 10th Baron Napier [F. Napier], Berlin, Prussia, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 20 Oct 1865.
Date
20 October 1865
Extent
2 ff
Level
Piece
Content Description
Discusses 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.
Term
politics, Prussian
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PersonName
Dates of existence
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Temple; Henry John (1784-1865); 3rd Viscount Palmerston; succ. 1802; statesman; Prime Minster 1855-1858 and 1859-1865
1784-1865
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Winneburg; Clement W.L. Metternich- (1773-1859); 2nd Prince of Metternich-Winneburg; Austrian diplomatist and statesman
1773-1859
NA6058
Nesselrode; Karl R. (1780-1862); Count; Russian Foreign Minister
1780-1862
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Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell
1792-1878
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Gladstone; William E. (1809-1898); P.M. 1868-74 1880-85 1886 1892-94
1809-1898
NA6093
Villiers; George W.F. (1800-1870); 4th Earl of Clarendon
1800-1870
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Gower; Granville G. Leveson- (1815-1891); 2nd Earl Granville; diplomat M.P. statesman
1815-1891
NA140
Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president
1815-1898
NA6233
Buchanan; Georgiana E. (-1904); Lady Buchanan; née Stuart 2nd wife of Andrew Buchanan
-1904
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Napier; Francis (1819-1898); 10th Baron Napier; succeeded 1834 also Baron Ettrick from 1872 diplomat
1819-1898
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Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat
1807-1882
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