Record

Document Reference	Bu 45/59
Title	Copy despatch 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	Comments on the occupation of the Island of Balalah by the Spanish; the Spanish claim that they have occupied it since the French Revolution; the island is large and has an excellent harbour; there is a ruined Spanish Castle on the island which is to be rebuilt.
Term	politics, Spanish, territorial claims
	architecture, fortifications
	revolutions, French

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6255	Collantes; Saturnino Calderón- (1799-1864); Señor; Spanish Foreign Minister 1853-63	1799-1864
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA6098	Harris; James H. (1807-1889); 3rd Earl of Malmesbury	1807-1889