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Bu - Buchanan Collection; 1755-1982
A - Papers of Sir Andrew Buchanan, first baronet; 1747-1976
47 - Copy letters from Sir A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to J. Drummond-Hay, Lord John Russell [later 1st Earl Russell] and others; 1860.
Document Reference
Bu 47/29
Title
Copy letter from Sir A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to 10th Baron Napier [F. Napier]; 18 Dec 1860.
Date
18 December 1860
Extent
3 ff
Level
Piece
Content Description
States that he wished to accept the terms of the contract for the house; discusses the possible purchase of furnishings; suggests that they are given the option to buy and that the remainder should be sent to St Petersburg; informs him he did not know when he was to leave Madrid; Lord John [Russell] had given him no choice in the matter; states he did not want the services of the cook and suggests that their wives should communicate further on the subject of the house.
Term
buildings, embassies, Madrid
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA6233
Buchanan; Georgiana E. (-1904); Lady Buchanan; née Stuart 2nd wife of Andrew Buchanan
-1904
NA6422
Napier; Anne (1824-1911); Baroness Napier; née Lockwood wife of 10th Baron
1824-1911
NA139
Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell
1792-1878
NA136
Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat
1807-1882
NA6390
Napier; Francis (1819-1898); 10th Baron Napier; succeeded 1834 also Baron Ettrick from 1872 diplomat
1819-1898
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