Record

Document Reference	Bu 20/26
Title	Letter from A. Layard, London, to Sir A. Buchanan; 27 Dec 1865.
Date	27 December 1865
Extent	2 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	States that he is to go to Rome and will be in Florence during the elections and opening of the new Parliament; discusses progress of Italian unity; he heard of Palmerston's death whilst in Venice; Clarendon is a 'capital chief'; 'reform' will create a lot of work for the House of Commons; supposes he [Buchanan] and Lady Buchanan were grieved by the death of Baslleton; Layard had seen him at Milan and Pisa; relates news from the department. Postscript informing him of the sadness of Tom Grey's death; cholera is given as the cause.
Term	medical conditions, cholera
	bereavement
	unification, Italy
	elections, 1865
	parliamentary business, House of Commons
	politics, British, reform

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
NA6093	Villiers; George W.F. (1800-1870); 4th Earl of Clarendon	1800-1870
NA6449	Layard; Austen H. (1817-1894); Sir; diplomat and politician	1817-1894
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882