TOWARDS THE RUSSO-OTTOMAN PEACE (1810-1812)-A DIFFICULT BEGINNING OF DIPLOMATIC CAREER FOR THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR STRATFORD CANNING

THESE FEW LINES ARE A SMALL PART OF OUR RESEARCH CONCERNING STRATFORD CANNING’S ACTIVITY IN CONSTANTINOPLE AND HIS IMPRESSIONS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, INCLUDING THE ROMANIAN PRINCIPALITIES. THE BEGINNING OF STRATFORD CANNING`S CAREER IN CONSTANTINOPLE GIVES US AN IMPORTANT EXAMPLE OF AMBITION AND SENSE OF DUTY WITHIN THE DIPLOMATIC WORK OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. THE WILLING INVOLVEMENT O F THE YOUNG AND INEXPERIENCED AMBASSADOR IN THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT LED TO THE PEACE OF 1812 SUSTAINS THE EXAMPLE. ALTHOUGH SPECIALISTS IN NINETEENTH CENTURY BRITISH AND EASTERN DIPLOMACY MEASURE ON DIFFERENT SCALES THE IMPORTANCE OF HIS INVOLVEMENT DURING T HE RUSSO -OTTOMAN NEGOTIATIONS, HIS EFFORTS CANNOT BE DENIED.

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