Record

Document Reference	Bu 19/38
Title	Letter from Lord Augustus Loftus, Berlin, Prussia, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 21 May 1866.
Date	21 May 1866
Extent	6 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Introduces the bearer of the letter as the Bishop of Moray and Caithness and the brother of Admiral Eden; reports Prince Charles of Hohenzollern has entered the principalities and accepted sovereignty; states that he believed this was an intrigue of Bismarck's and a double edged sword which may turn against him; believes Prince Charles does not care about the crown but had been influenced by his father; informs him that Benedetti had still not received anything from Paris; discusses a possible solution the Italian question of Austria ceding Venetia to Italy; reports the ongoing preparations for war, the press was being censored and the opinion of the king was uncertain; news from Vienna proved Austria was preparing for war; comments that Bismarck had long intended to fight.
Term	military campaigns, Austro-Prussian War 1866

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6121	Eden; Henry (1797-1888); Admiral	1797-1888
NA6723	Eden; Robert (1804-1886); Bishop of Moray Ross and Caithness	1804-1886
NA140	Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president	1815-1898
NA6231	Wilhelm I (1797-1888); German Emperor; ( King of Prussia from 1861 German Emperor from 1871)	1797-1888
NA6724	Karl Anton (1811-1885); Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen; (ceded sovereign rights to King of Prussia 1849)	1811-1885
NA6722	Carol I (1839-1914 ); King of Roumania; (prince 1866; king 1881)	1839-1914
NA6208	Loftus; Augustus W.F.S. (1817-1904); Lord; diplomat	1817-1904
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882