A widening diplomatic disputeSourced
A damaged home and a fleet
A mob attacked British subject David Pacifico’s home in Athens in 1847. The unresolved compensation dispute became part of a crisis in 1850, when Britain used its fleet to pressure Greece. Other British claims were involved too.
One household’s loss gave an international affair its name.
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