It occurred shortly after the similar Fantome case, which was cited in a speech defending the actions of one side in this event – that speech concludes by invoking the doctrine of Civis Romanus sum to justify the measures taken against King Otto I.
This event involved Thomas Wyse and Edmund Lyons, and occurred during the prime minister-ship of John Kolettis, who'd recently been elected on a pro- French party ticket. It occurred shortly after the similar Fantome case, which was cited in a speech defending the actions of one side in this event – that speech concludes by invoking the doctrine of Civis Romanus sum to justify the measures taken against King Otto I. It all stemmed from an insult during a Good Friday funeral procession, which led to an action that prompted the Royal Navy to blockade the Piraeus and demand an exorbitant price to satisfy the central claim, in a dazzling display of "gunboat diplomacy." FTP, name this 1847 event which ostensibly saw ►the foreign secretary Viscount Palmerston protect a namesake Jewish trader whose house was burnt down in Athens.
This event involved Thomas Wyse and Edmund Lyons, and occurred during the prime minister-ship of John Kolettis, who'd recently been elected on a pro- French party ticket.
{Don Pacifico} affair (or David Pacifico)