Record

Document Reference	Bu 5/2
Title	Letter from 4th Earl of Clarendon [G. Villiers], Foreign Office, London, to A. Buchanan, Copenhagen, Denmark; 5 Feb 1855.
Date	5 February 1855
Extent	3 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Agrees he was correct to tell M. de Scheel that if Denmark enjoys the benefits of neutrality during war, it cannot expect the benefits of an ally during peace; is not prepared to take the Schleswig-Holstein army into service but will accept recruits from its ranks; Lord Derby has failed to form a Government so Palmerston is trying, but he doubts he will be successful.
Term	military campaigns, Crimean War 1853-6
	politics, Danish
	military campaigns, neutrality, Danish
	politics, British, domestic

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA143	Temple; Henry John (1784-1865); 3rd Viscount Palmerston; succ. 1802; statesman; Prime Minster 1855-1858 and 1859-1865	1784-1865
NA6073	Stanley; Edward G. Smith- (1799-1869); 14th Earl of Derby; statesman	1799-1869
NA6189	Scheel; L.N. de (fl 1855); Mr ; (Danish statesman)	fl 1855
NA6093	Villiers; George W.F. (1800-1870); 4th Earl of Clarendon	1800-1870
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882