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Document ReferenceBu 44/84
TitleCopy despatch from Sir A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to Lord John Russell [later 1st Earl Russell], Foreign Office, London; 20 Mar 1860.
Date20 March 1860
Extent8 ff
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionReports he was enclosing a copy of a letter received from Drummond-Hay setting out Moroccan objections to the ceding of territory to Spain, which he believed to be well founded, and that he had sent a copy to Calderon Collantes; comments on peace negotiations with reference to Tetuan, the Canary Islands, Tangier and the Straits of Gibraltar and the attitudes of O'Donnell, Mr Comyn and the Sultan of Morocco; refers to the Queen of Spain and earlier reports that she would recall the army to assist the Pope.
TermMoroccan affairs, 'Moroccan Question'
armies, Spanish

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA6087Pius IX (1792-1878); Pope; Giovanni M.M. Ferretti Pope from 18461792-1878
NA6258O'Donnell; Leopoldo (1809-1867); Duke of Tetuan; general and politician1809-1867
NA6225Hay; John Hay Drummond- (1816-1893); Sir; diplomat1816-1893
NA6255Collantes; Saturnino Calderón- (1799-1864); Señor; Spanish Foreign Minister 1853-631799-1864
NA6227Comyn; Juan (fl 1858-1861); Señor; Spanish Under Secretary of Statefl 1858-1861
NA6259Isabella II (1830-1904); Queen of Spain; ( reigned 1833-1868)1830-1904
NA6225Hay; John Hay Drummond- (1816-1893); Sir; diplomat1816-1893
NA6302Muhammad IV (d 1873); Sultan of Morocco; ( succeeded 1859)d 1873
NA136Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat1807-1882
NA139Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell1792-1878
Places
CodeSet
PL2362/Tetuan/Morocco
PL2401/Tangier/Morocco
PL2502/Canary Islands/Spain
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