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Loftus, Augustus William Frederick Spencer, Lord, 1817-1904. Papers, 1858-1892.

Title: Papers, 1858-1892.

Papers during Loftus' terms in Vienna, Munich, Berlin, and St. Petersburg in the 1860s and 1870s and his service as governor of New South Wales and Norfolk Island. Topics include Prussian politics, royalty, and statesmen; the constitutional crisis in Austria and Hungary; appointments in the British diplomatic service; Berlin's plans to counter any Orleanist movement in Spain; investment in the coal and iron industry of Russia; the Russo-Turkish War; an Afghan pretender; Russian society; Loftus' views on the relations of England with her colonies and the danger of American influence; Forsyth's mission to Sinkiang, China; the status of landlords in Ireland; and politics and personalities in Lima, Peru. Writers of letters include Sir William Barrington, Lord Bloomfield, Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Alexander Alfred Dunlop, Robert Percy French, Lord Granville, Sir Lepel Henry Griffin, Lord Claud Hamilton, Arthur Ordway, Lord Alfred Henry Paget, George Strachey, and Sir Edward Thornton.

ArchivalResource: 15 items.

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Loftus, Augustus William Frederick Spencer, Lord, 1817-1904. Papers, 1858-1892 and n.d.

Title: Papers, 1858-1892 and n.d.

Papers during Loftus' terms in Vienna, Munich, Berlin, and St. Petersburg in the 1860s and 1870s and his service as governor of New South Wales and Norfolk Island. Topics include Prussian politics, royalty, and statesmen; the constitutional crisis in Austria and Hungary; appointments in the British diplomatic service; Berlin's plans to counter any Orleanist movement in Spain; investment in the coal and iron industry of Russia; the Russo-Turkish War; an Afghan pretender; Russian society; Loftus' views on the relations of England with her colonies and the danger of American influence; Forsyth's mission to Sinkiang, China; the status of landlords in Ireland; and politics and personalities in Lima, Peru. Includes a letter to Loftus promising favorable reviews of his pending book. Writers of letters include Sir William Barrington, Lord Bloomfield, Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Alexander Alfred Dunlop, Robert Percy French, Lord Granville, Sir Lepel Henry Griffin, Lord Claud Hamilton, Arthur Ordway, Lord Alfred Henry Paget, George Strachey, and Sir Edward Thornton.

ArchivalResource: 19 items.

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