Record

Document Reference	Bu 48/100
Title	Copy telegram from Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia, to 2nd Earl Granville [G.Leveson-Gower], Foreign Office, London; 13 Jan 1871.
Date	13 January 1871
Level	Piece
Content Description	Reports that the Emperor and Empress send their best wishes to the Queen and Royal Family, and their hope that the Conference will remove all causes of disagreement between Britain and Russia; the Empress expressed her confidence in the friendly spirit in which Lord Granville is preparing the conference; the Emperor said that he wished a way could be found for ending the Franco-Prussian War.
Term	treaties, Treaty of Paris 1856, Russian repudiation
Term	military campaigns, Franco-Prussian War 1870-1

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6192	Alexander II (1818-1881); Emperor of all the Russias; (succeeded 1855)	1818-1881
NA6598	Maria Alexandrovna (1824-1880); Empress of all the Russias; (wife of Alexander II)	1824-1880
NA6137	Gower; Granville G. Leveson- (1815-1891); 2nd Earl Granville; diplomat M.P. statesman	1815-1891
NA985	Victoria (1819-1901); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland; Empress of India	1819-1901
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA6137	Gower; Granville G. Leveson- (1815-1891); 2nd Earl Granville; diplomat M.P. statesman	1815-1891