Record

Document Reference	Bu 3/51
Title	Letter from 4th Earl of Clarendon [G. Villiers], Foreign Office, London to A. Buchanan, Copenhagen, Denmark; 11 Apr 1854.
Date	11 April 1854
Extent	2 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Asks him to continue to send intelligence about the fleet; informs him that Napier had written to complain about his problems; feared that the Baltic campaign would be difficult if the Russian fleet did not come out to fight and it was true that the forts were impregnable; comments on the new Danish ministry which he hoped would be more favourable than the old to Britain; states that Oxholm was a gentleman but unable to break free of the influence of the Emperor [of Russia].
Term	military campaigns, Baltic 1854-5
	military campaigns, Crimean War 1853-6
	navies, British
	navies, Russian
	architecture, fortifications

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6115	Napier; Charles (1786-1860); Sir; admiral of the fleet	1786-1860
NA6151	Oxholm; - (fl 1854-1863); General	fl 1854-1863
NA6000	Nicholas I (1796-1855); Tsar of Russia; ( succeeded 1825)	1796-1855
NA6093	Villiers; George W.F. (1800-1870); 4th Earl of Clarendon	1800-1870
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882