Record

Document Reference	Bu 41/1
Title	Copy letter from Sir A. Buchanan, The Hague, Netherlands, to 1st Earl Russell [J. Russell], Foreign Office, London; 10 July 1861.
Date	10 July 1861
Extent	3 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Reports details of a conversation with Baron van Zuylen on the claim of the Dutch Government to the military services of sons of British residents in Holland; gives details of law currently being considered and informs him that Baron van Zuylen admitted privately that he disapproved of this law; informs him that the French legation have supported the claims of young Frenchmen, unwilling to serve in the Dutch Army, successfully; states that the French legation disapprove of conscription to the regular army but not to the National Guard.
Term	armies, Dutch
	military campaigns, conscription
	politics, Dutch, Bills

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6479	Zuylen; Adriaan van Nijevelt van (1819-1894); Count; Dutch statesman	1819-1894
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878