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Robert was born on 27 September 1739, at Mount Stewart, [1] the eldest son of Alexander Stewart and his wife Mary Cowan. His father was an alderman of Derry in 1760, and his grandfather, Colonel William Stewart, had commanded one of the two companies of Protestant soldiers that Derry admitted into its walls when Mountjoy was sent there by Tyrconnell before the start of the siege. [2]
The title was created in 1816 for Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Londonderry.He had earlier represented County Down in the Irish House of Commons.Stewart had already been created Baron Londonderry in 1789, [3] Viscount Castlereagh, of Castlereagh in the County of Down, [4] [5] in 1795 and Earl of Londonderry, of the County of Londonderry, in 1796. [6]
English: Portrait of Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry, by Hugh Douglas Hamilton. Date: between circa 1800 and circa 1808
Robert Stewart 1739–1821 1st Marquess of Londonderry, Earl of Londonderry, Viscount Castlereagh, and Baron Londonderry: Frances Pratt c. 1751 –1833: Baron Stewart, 1814 Earl Vane and Viscount Seaham, 1823: Robert Stewart 1769–1822 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, Earl of Londonderry, Viscount Castlereagh, and Baron Londonderry: Catherine ...
Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry (1739–1821), Irish politician and landowner Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (c. 1340–1420), Scottish royal, regent to three Scottish monarchs Robert Stewart, Master of Atholl (died 1437), Scottish nobleman of royal descent, great-grandson of Robert II
Robert Cowan (died 21 February 1737) was an Irish colonial administrator and the East India Company's Governor of Bombay from 1729 to 1734. He was a collateral ancestor of the Marquesses of Londonderry through the marriage of his sister, Mary Cowan, to Alexander Stewart, father of Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry.
Quartered arms of Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, KG. Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, KG, GCH, PC, PC (Ire) (18 June 1769 – 12 August 1822), usually known as Lord Castlereagh, [1] derived from the courtesy title Viscount Castlereagh [a] (UK: / ˈ k ɑː s əl r eɪ / KAH-səl-ray) by which he was styled from 1796 to 1821, was an Irish-born British statesman and politician.
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