Old Days in Diplomacy
OLD DAYS IN DIPLOMACY AV/VV//V, f /" //r/f/-/ff/// /t- '///VA' //;////<//? Old Days in Diplomacy Recollections of a Closed Century BY THE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE LATE Sir Edward Cromwell Disbrowe, G.C.G. EN. EX. MIN. PLEN. WITH A 1'REKACE }!Y M. Montgomery=Campbell SANS PEUR. ET SANS REPROCHE LONDON JARROLD & SONS, 10 & n, WARWICK LANE, E.G. [All Rights Reserved} 1903 cbtcafton TO The Honourable Mrs. Richard Boyle. (E. V. B.) To "E. V. R" My Dear Cousin, With your kind permission I dedicate to you these rambling recollections of the daughter of an old Diplomatist. Yours very affectionately, C A. A. DISBROWE. ERRATA. ige 54, line 15, for "officer" read '-that officer. 67, ,, 13, ,, -'Trinite" ,, Trinite.'V' >, 70, ., 27, ,, "ami" ,, '-ame.*' ,, 142, ,, 10, ,, "cut" "eat.'V ,,245, " ,,20,,. "PoflFerje",, Poffertje.'VX CONTENTS. PART I. CHAPTER PAGE PREFACE ... ... ... ... ... 9 I. EARLY MISSIONS OF SIR EDWARD CROMWELL DISBROWE, G.C.G. ... ... ... .... 2^ II. FROM THE PENINSULA TO ST. PETERSBURG ... 51 III. AT THE COURT OF ST. PETERSBURG ... ... 7! IV. DEATH OF THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER ... ... 89 v. SIR EDWARD'S MEMORANDUM OF THE CONSPIRACY OF 1825 ... ... ... ... ... 105 VI. CONCERNING THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON ... 115 VII. DEATH OF LADY STRANGFORD AND ARRIVAL OF THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE ... ... .... 127 VIII. MOSCOW AND THE CORONATION ... 136 IX. LORD HERTFORD AND THE GARTER ... ... 156 CONTENTS. PART II. CHAPTER PACK I. FROM WALTON TO W0RTEMBERG ... ... l66 II. MORE ABOUT STUTTGART . ... ... 176 III. AN ADVENTUROUS VOYAGE ... ... ... IQO IV. IN SWEDEN ... ... ... ... ... 2OI V. HOMEWARD BOUND ... ... ... ... 22O VI. THE NETHERLANDS ... ... ... ... 237 VII. MORE ABOUT THE HAGUE ..
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