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Document ReferenceBu 47/29
TitleCopy letter from Sir A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to 10th Baron Napier [F. Napier]; 18 Dec 1860.
Date18 December 1860
Extent3 ff
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionStates 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.
Termbuildings, embassies, Madrid

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CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA6233Buchanan; Georgiana E. (-1904); Lady Buchanan; née Stuart 2nd wife of Andrew Buchanan-1904
NA6422Napier; Anne (1824-1911); Baroness Napier; née Lockwood wife of 10th Baron1824-1911
NA139Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell1792-1878
NA136Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat1807-1882
NA6390Napier; Francis (1819-1898); 10th Baron Napier; succeeded 1834 also Baron Ettrick from 1872 diplomat1819-1898
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