Record

Document Reference	Bu 46/87
Title	Letter from A. Buchanan, San Ildefonso, Spain, to Lord John Russell [later 1st Earl Russell], Foreign Office, London; 9 Aug 1859.
Date	9 August 1859
Extent	1 f
Level	Piece
Content Description	Refers to a conversation with Calderón Collantes concerning the capture of the 'Heron'; reveals that when Mr Collantes was questioned about Spain's right to claim the 'zone of 6 miles from the coast claimed by Her Catholic Majesty's Government as Spanish waters' he replied that 'reciprocity was the best principle for the arrangement of such questions'; explains that if the British Government entered into such an arrangement it may help persuade the Spanish Government to 'abandon their exaggerated pretensions to jurisdiction over the seas on the Spanish and Cuban coasts'.
Term	foreign affairs, Great Britain and Spain
	Spanish affairs, government
	maritime vessels, ships, Heron

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
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878