Record

Document Reference	Bu 25/9
Title	Letter from 4th Earl of Clarendon [G. Villiers], Foreign Office, London, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 13 Apr 1870.
Date	13 April 1870
Extent	4 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	States that the experiment of 'frankness' in dealing with foreign policy in Central Asia was a success and had averted conflict between Montenegro and Turkey; notes that the 'gentlemen of Khiva' may still make trouble; comments on Colonel Blane's report on the Russian military and on the behaviour of the Prince of Rumania; reports that he had learned from Rumbold of the proposed marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh and that the difference in religion would not be popular.
Term	Central Asian affairs, 'Central Asian Question'

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6272	Alfred (1844-1900); Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Edinburgh; (2nd son of Queen Victoria)	1844-1900
NA6644	Rumbold; Horace (1829-1913); 8th Baronet; diplomat	1829-1913
NA6747	Blane; Robert (-1871); Colonel; military attaché in St Petersburg	-1871
NA6722	Carol I (1839-1914 ); King of Roumania; (prince 1866; king 1881)	1839-1914
NA6093	Villiers; George W.F. (1800-1870); 4th Earl of Clarendon	1800-1870
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882