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- Title
Lord Stratford de Redcliffe and the Crimean War.
- Authors
Hendreson, Nicholas
- Abstract
The article discusses Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, a British Conservative politician and Ambassador to Constantinople, Turkey, focusing on his role in diplomatic relations leading up to the Crimean War and the question of his culpability. It examines relations between Turkey, Russia, and Great Britain, commenting on Stratford's anti-Russian sentiments and his relations with Russian Tsar Nicholas I. The author also reflects on Stratford's involvement in Turkish internal affairs and his advocacy of reform.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; TURKEY; RUSSIA; STRATFORD de Redcliffe, Stratford Canning, Viscount, 1786-1880; CRIMEAN War, 1853-1856; REIGN of Nicholas I, Russia, 1825-1855; BRITISH foreign relations; VICTORIAN Period, Great Britain, 1837-1901; FOREIGN relations of Turkey; NICHOLAS I, Emperor of Russia, 1796-1855; HISTORY of ambassadors; HISTORY of diplomacy; HISTORY; DIPLOMATIC history; INTERNATIONAL relations
- Publication
History Today, 1952, Vol 2, Issue 11, p729
- ISSN
0018-2753
- Publication type
Article