Record

Document Reference	Bu 2/12
Title	Letter from E. Lyons [later Ist Baron Lyons], H.M.S. Madagascar, Nauplia, Greece, to A. Buchanan; 3 Apr 1832.
Date	3 April 1832
Extent	2 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Is due to travel to Egypt and the Holy Land; thinks Sir Stratford [Canning] is a 'gallant fellow'; had told the King, Lord Grey and Lord Palmerston that he would succeed, if anyone could, in mediating with the Turks.
Term	travel, Egypt
	travel, Holy Land
	military campaigns, Greek War of Independence 1821-32
	maritime vessels, naval, H.M.S. Madagascar

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA5991	Canning; Stratford (1786-1880); 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe	1786-1880
NA6026	Grey; Charles (1764-1845); 2nd Earl Grey	1764-1845
NA143	Temple; Henry John (1784-1865); 3rd Viscount Palmerston; succ. 1802; statesman; Prime Minster 1855-1858 and 1859-1865	1784-1865
NA6030	William IV (1765-1837); King of Great Britain and Ireland; succeeded 1830	1765-1837
NA6054	Lyons; Edmund (1790-1858); 1st Baron Lyons; admiral	1790-1858
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882