Record

Document Reference	Bu 3/54
Title	Letter from 4th Earl of Clarendon [G. Villiers], Foreign Office, London, to A. Buchanan, Copenhagen, Denmark; 20 May 1854.
Date	20 May 1854
Extent	3 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	States that Sweden seemed to be ready to go to war and hoped to secure the support of both the Swedish army and her gunboats; asks if he thought Denmark would follow the example set by Sweden and join England and France in the war with Russia; feared that the pro-Russian influences in Denmark would mean she remained neutral; agreed that he should not have any political relations with 'the king's wife' [Countess Danner]; expresses disapproval at the actions of the King of Prussia and feared for Austria as she was sandwiched between the Prussian and Russian powers.
Term	military campaigns, Crimean War 1853-6
	armies, Swedish
	navies, Swedish
	military campaigns, Baltic 1854-5
	women, attitudes to
	social conduct, protocol
	military campaigns, neutrality, Danish

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6161	Danner; L. Christine (1815-1874); Countess; third wife of Frederick VII of Denmark formerly an opera dancer and milliner	1815-1874
NA6162	Friedrich Wilhelm III (1770-1840); King of Prussia; ( succeeded 1797)	1770-1840
NA6093	Villiers; George W.F. (1800-1870); 4th Earl of Clarendon	1800-1870
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882