Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1224
Title	Copy of letter from [Robert Harley] 1st Earl of Oxford, to Mr Buys; 18/29 Sep. 1711
Date	29 September 1711
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Comments on difficulties which have arisen in the delivery of a letter to Mr Buys via Mr Drummond; gives the Queen's agreement for a visit by Mr Buys to England; is himself looking forward to seeing 'so great a man and so good a friend'; comments that Lord Strafford's prolonged presence in England has aroused suspicion, but he was in pursuit of 'so great a fortune' which had now been accomplished; explains delays in the negotiations surrounding the 'Great Affair'.
Term	diplomacy, with Netherlands
Term	wars, War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29982	Drummond; John (1676-1742); Mr; Scots merchant at Amsterdam; agent of Earl of Oxford and Viscount Bolingbroke	1676-1742
NA29956	Wentworth; Thomas (1672-1739); 1st Earl of Strafford; succ. as Baron Raby 1695; 1st Earl of of 2nd creation; cr. Earl 1711; ambassador to Hague 1711-1714	1672-1739
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724
NA29481	Buys; Willem (1661-1749); -; Pensionary of Amsterdam 1693-1725	1661-1749