Record

Document Reference	Bu 25/3
Title	Letter from 4th Earl Clarendon [G. Villiers], Foreign Office, London, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 19 Jan 1870.
Date	19 January 1870
Extent	4 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Reports that Brunnow was always 'fishing for compliments' to send to Gorchakov, but states that he was sincere in thinking Gorchakov a good minister; comments on the development of Russian activity in Central Asia with reference to the annexation of Khiva [annexed by Russia in 1873] and the importance of the area around the Oxus; asks him to convey thanks to Prince Gorchakov for the improved language of Catagazy and states that he could not see why Catagazy should wish to promote war between England and the U.S.A.; discusses the activities of the revolutionaries in Paris who were seeking to disrupt trade in order to damage the government and reports that Lyons thought the present ministry would succeed.
Term	Central Asian affairs, 'Central Asian Question'
	politics, French, revolutionary
	trade, French

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6041	Lyons; Richard B.P. (1817-1887); 1st Earl Lyons; 2nd Baron Lyons cr. viscount 1881 and earl 1887; diplomat	1817-1887
NA6099	Brunnow; Philipp I. von (1797-1875); Baron; Russian diplomat	1797-1875
NA141	Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister	1798-1883
NA6786	Catagazy; - (fl 1866-1871); Monsieur	fl 1866-1871
NA6093	Villiers; George W.F. (1800-1870); 4th Earl of Clarendon	1800-1870
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882