Record

Document Reference	Bu 46/105
Title	Letter from Sir A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to Lord John Russell [later 1st Earl Russell], Foreign Office, London; 23 Apr 1860.
Date	23 April 1860
Extent	1 f
Level	Piece
Content Description	Discusses the arrest of the Count of Montemolin and his brother Don Fernando; reveals that a trial may be avoided if the Princes are included in an amnesty; reveals it is rumoured they have 'sent their adhesion to the Queen and have renounced all claim to the throne'; reports that although Calderón Collantes cannot confirm this rumour, he is hopeful that the circumstances which had occurred would enable the Government to close the 'dynastic question'.
Term	Spanish affairs, government
Term	monarchy, Spanish

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6255	Collantes; Saturnino Calderón- (1799-1864); Señor; Spanish Foreign Minister 1853-63	1799-1864
NA7537	Montemolín; Fernando (fl 1860); -; younger son of the pretender Don Carlos	fl 1860
NA7538	Montemolín; - (1818-1861); Count; son of the pretender Don Carlos	1818-1861
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878