Record

Document Reference	Bu 42/17
Title	Copy letter from A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to 3rd Earl of Malmesbury [J. Harris], Foreign Office, London; 7 Nov 1858.
Date	7 November 1858
Extent	1 f
Level	Piece
Content Description	Gives details of his reasons for declining to accept post of Minister to United States; he has been suffering from a series of illnesses caused by 'incautious use of arsenic'; the climate in Madrid is suitable to his recovery; his nine children are dependant on him as are his parents who were ruined by the Western Bank of Scotland.
Term	appointments, diplomatic, U.S.A.
	banks and banking, Western Bank of Scotland
	medical treatments, arsenic

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA5992	Buchanan; James (1776-1860); Mr; father of Andrew Buchanan	1776-1860
NA6427	Buchanan; Andrew A. (1850-1932); Mr; 4th son of Andrew Buchanan	1850-1932
NA6426	Buchanan; Edward (1844-1870); Mr; 2nd son of Andrew Buchanan	1844-1870
NA6318	Buchanan; Eric Alexander (1848-1928); 3rd Baronet; succeeded 1901	1848-1928
NA6483	Buchanan; George W. (1854-1924); Sir; 5th son of Andrew Buchanan and diplomat	1854-1924
NA6117	Buchanan; James (1840-1901); 2nd Baronet; succeeded 1882 commander Royal Navy	1840-1901
NA5993	Buchanan; Janet (-1867); Lady; née Sinclair mother of Andrew Buchanan	-1867
NA6998	Fox; Maxwell (-1899); Captain; husband of Florence Buchanan	-1899
NA7166	Clark; Frances M. (-1908); Mrs; 2nd daughter of Andrew Buchanan	-1908
NA7037	Bonham; Louisa (-1923); Lady Bonham; née Buchanan daughter of Andrew	-1923
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA6098	Harris; James H. (1807-1889); 3rd Earl of Malmesbury	1807-1889