Clayton–Bulwer Treaty
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The Clayton–Bulwer Treaty was a treaty signed in 1850 between the United States and the United Kingdom. The treaty was negotiated by John M. Clayton and Sir Henry Bulwer, amidst growing tensions betwe
British politician Sir Henry Bulwer was in charge of drafting and negotiating the treaty.
Territories claimed by the British Empire in Central America in the mid-19th century in pink
William Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer, was a British Liberal politician, diplomat and writer.
Clayton–Bulwer Treaty
…Clayton–Bulwer Treaty was a treaty signed in 1850 between the United States and the United Kingdom. The treaty was negotiated by John M. Clayton and Sir Henry Bulwer, amidst growing tensions between the two nations over Central America, a region where the British had traditionally held strong influence but also saw…
Portrait by Joseph (Giuseppe) Fagnani
"A superannuated diplomat" Bulwer as caricatured by Ape (Carlo Pellegrini) in Vanity Fair, August 1870