| 词条 | Sir Andrew Buchanan, 1st Baronet |
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Sir Andrew Buchanan, 1st Baronet, GCB, PC, DL (7 May 1807 – 12 November 1882[1]) was a British diplomat. FamilyBuchanan was the only son of James Buchanan of Blairvadoch, Ardinconnal, Dumbartonshire, and Janet, eldest daughter of James Sinclair, 12th Earl of Caithness. He married first, 4 April 1839, Frances Katharine, daughter of the Very Rev. Edward Mellish, dean of Hereford (she died 4 December 1854). The children from this marriage were:
Secondly, on 27 May 1857, he married Georgiana Eliza, third daughter of Robert Walter Stuart, 11th Lord Blantyre.[1] CareerHe entered the diplomatic service 10 October 1825, and was attached to the embassy at Constantinople.[1] On 13 November 1830 he was named paid attaché at Rio de Janeiro, but he did not remain long in South America, as he served temporarily with Sir Stratford Canning's special embassy to Constantinople from 31 October 1831 till 18 September 1832, after which he became paid attaché at Washington on 9 November. He was with Sir Charles Vaughan's special mission to Constantinople from March 1837 to September 1838, and then proceeded to St. Petersburg as paid attaché 6 October of the same year.[1] Few men seem to have gone through a greater number of changes in the diplomatic service; he was secretary of legation at Florence 24 August 1841, and chargé d'affaires from July 1842 to October 1843, and from March to May 1844. At St. Petersburg he was secretary of legation 1844, and between that time and 1851 several times acted as chargé d'affaires. From 1852, he was for one year Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation.[2] In 1853, he was named envoy extraordinary to the king of Denmark, and he acted as her majesty's representative at the conference of Copenhagen in November 1855 for the definite arrangement of the Sound dues question. Previously to this he had been appointed a Commander of the Order of the Bath (C.B.) 23 May 1857,[3] He was transferred to Madrid 31 March 1858, promoted to Knight Commander (K.C.B.) 25 February 1860,[4] and then to The Hague on 11 December 1860. He became ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the king of Prussia 28 October 1862, for which he was sworn to the Privy Council. He served on the privy council 3 February 1863.[5] He was sent as ambassador extraordinary to Russia 15 September 1864, raised to Knight Grand Cross (G.C.B.) 6 July 1866.[6] and made ambassador to Austria from 16 October 1871 until 16 February 1878, when he retired on a pension.[1] He was created a baronet on 14 December 1878,[7] and died at Craigend Castle, Milngavie, near Glasgow.[1] Notes1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web | last =Boase | first =George C. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Buchanan, Sir Andrew (1807–1882), diplomatist | work = Dictionary of National Biography Vol. VII | publisher =Smith, Elder & Co. | year = 1886 | url = http://www.oxforddnb.com/templates/olddnb.jsp?articleid=3830 | doi = | accessdate = 20 November 2007}} {{DNBfirst|wstitle=Buchanan, Andrew (1807-1882)|display=Buchanan, Andrew (1807–1882)}} 2. ^{{ London Gazette | issue = 21294 |page=525 | date = 24 February 1852 }} 3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=22005 |date=26 May 1857 |page=1848}} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=22361 |date=28 February 1860 |page=851}} 5. ^{{London Gazette |issue=22705 |date=6 February 1863 |page=631}} 6. ^{{London Gazette |issue=23134 |date=6 July 1866 |page=3871}} 7. ^{{London Gazette |issue=24656 |date=13 December 1878 |page=7135}} References
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