L29/568/71

Grantham, St. James's to Fitzherbert, Paris (No 32, copy) Spain has desisted from her demand of Gibraltar through the influence of France. The French King who was convinced that the exchange of Gibraltar had been a great obstacle to peace. Cessions that Great Britain would be induced to make for the sake of peace are acceptable to Spain. De Rayneval expressed strong support for the Dutch Propositions which Grantham wrote of yesterday. The argument of retaining Trincolmale' in the same way as Spain keeps Minorca is "unanswerable". The perseverance of France in regard to Dominica is "very serious". A separate dispatch is being sent that will enable Fitzherbert to show the French Ministers that "every principle of equality" entitles Great Britain to Dominica.

19 Dec 1782

From: 1782 To: 1782

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Lucas,
Grantham, Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron,
Fitzherbert, Alleyn,
de Rayneval, Gerard

Foreign Secretary, political correspondence, Plenipotentiary, Spanish, French, Dutch, general royalty, peace and battles celebrations/commemorations, Westminster Saint James, Paris, Spain, Gibraltar, Holland, Trincomalee, Minorca, France, Dominica, Britain