Record

Document Reference	Bu 25/25
Title	Letter from E. Hammond [later 1st Baron Hammond], Foreign Office, London, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 6 July 1870.
Date	6 July 1870
Extent	3 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Expresses sympathy upon the death of his son [Edward] and comments on the death of Lord Clarendon; states that Lord Granville would make an excellent replacement; comments on the crisis in the Spanish monarchy; informs him that he should receive a copy of Erskine's telegram relating to Greece and the position of King George and that Lord Granville was to appraise Brunnow of the content; reports that Kaufmann's letter had been accepted by the India Office but that he should observe Kaufmann's activities in Central Asia with care; reports that French missionaries were experiencing problems in China.
Term	missionaries, French
	bereavement
	monarchy, Spanish
	Central Asian affairs, 'Central Asian Question'

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6426	Buchanan; Edward (1844-1870); Mr; 2nd son of Andrew Buchanan	1844-1870
NA6093	Villiers; George W.F. (1800-1870); 4th Earl of Clarendon	1800-1870
NA6137	Gower; Granville G. Leveson- (1815-1891); 2nd Earl Granville; diplomat M.P. statesman	1815-1891
NA6423	Erskine; Edward M. (1817-1883); Mr; diplomat	1817-1883
NA6099	Brunnow; Philipp I. von (1797-1875); Baron; Russian diplomat	1797-1875
NA6542	George I (1845-1913); King of the Hellenes; succeeded 1863 2nd son of Christian IX of Denmark	1845-1913
NA6733	Kaufmann; Constantine (1818-1882); General; responsible for Russian forces in Central Asia	1818-1882
NA6023	Hammond; Edmund (1802-1890); 1st Baron Hammond	1802-1890
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882