Record

Document Reference	Bu 25/7
Title	Letter from 4th Earl of Clarendon [G. Villiers], Foreign Office, London, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 16 Mar 1870.
Date	16 March 1870
Extent	4 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Informs him that a long Cabinet prevented him from writing much, but that he wished him to congratulate Gorchakov on his handling of the Montenegro affair; states that Gorchakov's policy in Central Asia was very prudent and that no other power would dispute Russia's policy; reports that the Pope was 'marching to victory'; discusses the power of the church in state and society.
Term	Central Asian affairs, 'Central Asian Question'
	religions, Christian
	religions, Roman Catholic

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA141	Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister	1798-1883
NA6087	Pius IX (1792-1878); Pope; Giovanni M.M. Ferretti Pope from 1846	1792-1878
NA6093	Villiers; George W.F. (1800-1870); 4th Earl of Clarendon	1800-1870
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882