Record

Document Reference	Bu 7/6
Title	Letter from C. Spring-Rice, Foreign Office, London, to A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain; 22 July 1858.
Date	22 July 1858
Extent	3 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	States that his position will be difficult in relation to the Slave Trade despatch; informs him that he had asked Lord Malmesbury to write to Comyn on the matter; also informs him that his proposals for his house [in Madrid] had been accepted and that Lord Malmesbury was to accompany the Queen [Victoria] on her visit to Cherbourg and Germany [Prussia]; gives details of new diplomatic appointments, Alison was to succeed Charles Murray, Corbett was to go to Florence and Clay to Mexico; comments on the weather and tells him London was 'emptying fast'.
Term	slavery, slave trade
	appointments, diplomatic, Florence
	appointments, diplomatic, Mexico
	appointments, diplomatic, Tehran

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6098	Harris; James H. (1807-1889); 3rd Earl of Malmesbury	1807-1889
NA6227	Comyn; Juan (fl 1858-1861); Señor; Spanish Under Secretary of State	fl 1858-1861
NA985	Victoria (1819-1901); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland; Empress of India	1819-1901
NA6035	Murray; Charles A. (1806-1895); Sir; diplomat	1806-1895
NA6200	Corbett; Edwin (fl 1856-1881); Mr; diplomat	fl 1856-1881
NA6228	Alison; Charles (-1872); Mr; diplomat in Tehran	-1872
NA6229	Rice; Charles W.T. Spring- (1819-1870); Mr	1819-1870
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882