Treaty of El Pardo (1728)

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The Treaty of El Pardo (also called the Convention of El Pardo) was signed in March 1728 at the El Pardo Palace in Madrid between Great Britain and Spain. It largely ended the Anglo-Spanish War of 1727 by settling their main disputes, though later talks at the Congress of Soissons and the Treaty of Seville expanded on these terms. Britain wanted peace before Spain joined an alliance with Austria. The terms, negotiated by British ambassador Benjamin Keene in Madrid, were judged too lenient by London and rejected, leading to further negotiations at Soissons that lasted about a year. Despite these efforts, Britain and Spain would go to war again in 1739.