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First Carlist War (1833-1840): The Lord Eliot Convention, 1845. On 27th and 28th April 1835, the treaty was signed in Asarta and Logroño between Tomás Zamalacárregui, Gerónimo Valdés, Lord Eliot and Lieutenant-Colonel Gurwood. The British diplomat Edward Granville Eliot travelled to the Basque provinces as a representative of the British government to reach an agreement between Carlists and Liberals that would allow the lives of prisoners of war to be respected. From "Panorama Español, Crónica Contemporánea", Volume III Madrid, 1845.