Record

Document Reference	Bu 19/79
Title	Letter from J. Savile [later 1st Baron Savile], 39 Eaton Place, London to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 8 Aug 1866.
Date	8 August 1866
Extent	4 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Informs him that the latest news from Paris was that a privileged position for Saxony had been secured within the North German Confederation; states that the newly established order in central Europe would not last and all parties would take any opportunity to 'throw off the yoke of Prussia'; reports that the Emperor Napoleon was in poor health; reports from Bloomfield and from Florence suggested there would be war in southern Europe; reports that the Duke of Cambridge was indignant that the King of Hanover's letter to the King of Prussia had been returned unopened, and that the Queen had instructed the Government to do what it could for the King of Hanover; reports that Clarendon was to go to Paris and that there was competition between Loftus, Paget and Bulwer for Paris and that Bloomfield had said he did not want the job.
Term	unification, Germany
	military campaigns, Italo-Austrian War 1866
	appointments, diplomatic, Paris

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6626	George (1819-1904); 2nd Duke of Cambridge; ( grandson of George III)	1819-1904
NA1901	Napoléon III (1808-1873); Emperor of the French; president of 2nd French Republic 1850-52 emperor 1852-70	1808-1873
NA6057	Bloomfield; John A.D. (1802-1879); 2nd Baron Bloomfield; diplomat	1802-1879
NA6526	George V (1819-1878); King of Hanover; reigned 1851-1866 also 2nd Duke of Cumberland	1819-1878
NA6231	Wilhelm I (1797-1888); German Emperor; ( King of Prussia from 1861 German Emperor from 1871)	1797-1888
NA985	Victoria (1819-1901); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland; Empress of India	1819-1901
NA6208	Loftus; Augustus W.F.S. (1817-1904); Lord; diplomat	1817-1904
NA6246	Paget; Augustus B. (1823-1896); Sir; diplomat	1823-1896
NA6093	Villiers; George W.F. (1800-1870); 4th Earl of Clarendon	1800-1870
NA6207	Bulwer; W. Henry L. Earle (1801-1872); 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer; diplomat cr. baron 1871	1801-1872
NA6253	Savile; John (1818-1896); 1st Baron Savile; diplomat cr. baron 1888; eldest natural son of 8th Earl of Scarbrough	1818-1896
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882