Record

Document Reference	Bu 25/40
Title	Letter from 2nd Earl Granville [G. Leveson-Gower], Foreign Office, London, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 17 Aug 1870.
Date	17 August 1870
Extent	5 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Comments on Gorchakov's decision to circulate all the neutral powers with the British plan, stating it had taken him by surprise and upon the behaviour of Lavalette which had alarmed Hammond; reports that Brunnow was anxious to maintain good relations between Russia and England and had told the Emperor he needed to remain in England where he exercised influence; discusses Danish neutrality [in the Franco/Prussian War].
Term	military campaigns, Franco-Prussian War 1870-1

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6023	Hammond; Edmund (1802-1890); 1st Baron Hammond	1802-1890
NA141	Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister	1798-1883
NA6099	Brunnow; Philipp I. von (1797-1875); Baron; Russian diplomat	1797-1875
NA6192	Alexander II (1818-1881); Emperor of all the Russias; (succeeded 1855)	1818-1881
NA6137	Gower; Granville G. Leveson- (1815-1891); 2nd Earl Granville; diplomat M.P. statesman	1815-1891
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882