Record

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

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA143	Temple; Henry John (1784-1865); 3rd Viscount Palmerston; succ. 1802; statesman; Prime Minster 1855-1858 and 1859-1865	1784-1865
NA6064	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
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878
NA982	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
NA6137	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
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