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Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, KG, GCH, PC, PC (Ire) (18 June 1769 – 12 August 1822), usually known as Lord Castlereagh, derived from the courtesy title Viscount Castlereagh (UK: / ˈ k ɑː s əl r eɪ / KAH-səl-ray) by which he was styled from 1796 to 1821, was a British statesman and politician.
Jun 14, 2024 · Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh was a British foreign secretary (1812–22), who helped guide the Grand Alliance against Napoleon and was a major participant in the Congress of Vienna, which redrew the map of Europe in 1815.
Aug 12, 2014 · Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry by Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1809-10. There are some names that echo through the ages, men and women who will always be remembered for their philanthropy, heroics, or perhaps their infamy.
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, (born June 18, 1769, Dublin, Ire.—died Aug. 12, 1822, London, Eng.), British politician. He was elected to the Irish Parliament in 1790 and later served in the British Parliament (1794–1805, 1806–22).
When his father was created earl of Londonderry on 8 August 1796, Stewart took his previous (and now subsidiary) title of Viscount Castlereagh by courtesy, and it is as Lord Castlereagh that he is remembered.
The biographical entry for Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, 2nd Marquis of Londonderry, with a particular focus on the passing of the Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland,from 'A Compendium of Irish Biography', by Alfred Webb, 1878.
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Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and Second Marquess of Londonderry's tenure as one of Britain's most influential foreign secretaries (1812–1822) coincided with a period of considerable tumult both at home and abroad.
