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TitleLetter from R. Bourke [later 1st Baron Connemara], Foreign Office, London, to Sir A. Buchanan, Vienna, Austria; 8 Dec 1875.
Date8 December 1875
Extent2 ff
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionInforms him that he has sent the certificate about the Bishop of London [Jackson]; requests he send information in a despatch as Lord Derby believes it should be dealt with formally; he [Buchanan] is to be provided with a copy of the despatches going under 'flying seal' to Constantinople; mentions two despatches of interest sent by Odo [Russell] discussing Bismarck's and Gorcshikoff's [Gorchakov] opinions on the East; discusses a possible response by the Porte to Bosnian insurgents; remarks on the volume of work created by Cave's mission in Cairo; he [Bourke] hopes Lady Buchanan has recovered from Lady Blantyre's death.
TermTurkish affairs, 'Eastern Question'

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA7150Jackson; John (1811-1885); Bishop of London; Bishop of Lincoln 1853-1868 London 1868-18851811-1885
NA144Stanley; Edward H. (1826-1893); 15th Earl of Derby; statesman1826-1893
NA140Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president1815-1898
NA141Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister1798-1883
NA6903Russell; Odo W.L. (1829-1884); 1st Baron Ampthill; diplomat and statesman; styled Lord Odo Russell 1872-811829-1884
NA6233Buchanan; Georgiana E. (-1904); Lady Buchanan; née Stuart 2nd wife of Andrew Buchanan-1904
NA6398Stuart; Fanny M. (1791-1875); Lady Blantyre; née Rodney wife of 11th Lord Blantyre1791-1875
NA7151Cave; Stephen (1820-1880); Sir; diplomat1820-1880
NA7090Bourke; Robert (1827-1902); 1st Baron Connemara; Under-Secretary Foreign Affairs 1874-18801827-1902
NA136Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat1807-1882
Places
CodeSet
PL1354/Turkey
PL1352/Cairo/Egypt
PL4428/Bosnia-Herzegovina
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