Record

Document Reference	Bu 48/58
Title	Copy letter from 2nd Earl Granville [G. Leveson-Gower], Foreign Office, London to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Baltic Provinces, Russia; 28 Nov 1870.
Date	28 November 1870
Level	Piece
Content Description	Reports that he has seen a despatch from Prince Gorchakov stating Russia had wanted to discuss the revision of the 1856 Treaty with the other interested powers, but all attempts had failed; Baron Brunnow has told him that on several occasions he had said to Lord Malmesbury and Lord Clarendon that the issue of revision might arise; he felt that Baron Brunnow was not answering his questions properly, and Baron Brunnow replied that he had no authority to discuss the despatch; Baron Brunnow said decisively that during the last twelve years there has been no proposal from Russia to Britain for the revision of the 1856 treaty.
Term	treaties, Treaty of Paris 1856, Russian repudiation

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6099	Brunnow; Philipp I. von (1797-1875); Baron; Russian diplomat	1797-1875
NA6093	Villiers; George W.F. (1800-1870); 4th Earl of Clarendon	1800-1870
NA6098	Harris; James H. (1807-1889); 3rd Earl of Malmesbury	1807-1889
NA141	Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister	1798-1883
NA6137	Gower; Granville G. Leveson- (1815-1891); 2nd Earl Granville; diplomat M.P. statesman	1815-1891
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882