Record

Document Reference	Bu 25/21
Title	Letter from E. Hammond [later 1st Baron Hammond], Foreign Office, London, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 24 May 1870.
Date	24 May 1870
Extent	2 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Asks him to inform Lady Buchanan that Lady Hammond had seen Mrs Rashleigh; informs him that he has been unwell; comments on the 'Greek papers' and states that brigandage in the area would be stamped out; states that he would not be surprised if Catagazy returned to St Petersburg; expresses regret upon Brunnow's departure for Paris and blames Gorchakov for the move; comments that the Irish Land Bill would get through the Commons, and that the Diplomatic Committee continued to make slow progress and Christie, Baker and Clarendon were to appear before them.
Term	Irish affairs, Irish Question
	government business, committees, Diplomatic Service Committee
	diplomatic service, Diplomatic Service Committee
	appointments, diplomatic, Russian
	crimes, brigandage

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6233	Buchanan; Georgiana E. (-1904); Lady Buchanan; née Stuart 2nd wife of Andrew Buchanan	-1904
NA6674	Hammond; Mary F. (-1888); Baroness Hammond; née Kerr	-1888
NA6786	Catagazy; - (fl 1866-1871); Monsieur	fl 1866-1871
NA141	Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister	1798-1883
NA6099	Brunnow; Philipp I. von (1797-1875); Baron; Russian diplomat	1797-1875
NA6283	Christie; William D. (1816-1874); Mr; British Diplomatic Service	1816-1874
NA6093	Villiers; George W.F. (1800-1870); 4th Earl of Clarendon	1800-1870
NA6741	Rashleigh; Catherine (-1872); Mrs; sister of Lady Buchanan	-1872
NA6268	Baker; James (fl 1859-60); Mr; diplomat	fl 1859-60
NA6023	Hammond; Edmund (1802-1890); 1st Baron Hammond	1802-1890
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882