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Document ReferenceBu 19/45
TitleLetter from Lord Augustus Loftus, Berlin, Prussia, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 7 Sep 1866.
Date7 September 1866
Extent4 ff
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionStates that he is uncertain if the letter will reach him before he leaves St Petersburg; informs him that he is unaware of Manteuffel's mission to see Gorchakov; discusses the peace settlement and the position of the King [George] and Crown Prince [Ernest Augustus] of Hanover and the offer of Brunswick to the Crown Prince which was declined; informs him that reports from Paris say that Benedetti is to go to Constantinople and that the fate of Drouyn is uncertain; congratulates him on the marriage of William Stuart and compliments his bride; reports that the situation in Vienna was very unstable.
Termappointments, diplomatic, French

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA6526George V (1819-1878); King of Hanover; reigned 1851-1866 also 2nd Duke of Cumberland1819-1878
NA6727Ernst August (1845-1923); 3rd Duke of Cumberland; (head of the house of Hanover)1845-1923
NA141Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister1798-1883
NA6572Manteuffel; Edwin H.K.F. von (1809-1885); General; Prussian soldier1809-1885
NA6234Stuart; William (1824-1896); Sir; diplomat1824-1896
NA6728Stuart; Georgiana (-1901); Lady Stuart; née Tremenheere wife of Sir William Stuart-1901
NA6491Drouyn de l'Huys; Edouard (1805-); Monsieur; diplomat and statesman French Foreign Minister from 18521805-
NA6208Loftus; Augustus W.F.S. (1817-1904); Lord; diplomat1817-1904
NA136Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat1807-1882
Places
CodeSet
PL1894/Hanover/Germany
PL2782/Brunswick
PL90/Austria
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