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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.
In July 1800 Lord Castlereagh, by now the Chief Secretary for Ireland, was promoted to Colonel of the Londonderry Militia, with Sir George Hill, 2nd Baronet as his lieutenant-colonel. [ 10 ] [ 19 ] By the end of 1801 peace negotiations with the French were progressing and recruiting and re-enlistment for the Irish Militia was stopped in October.
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]
Amelia Anne Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry, painted by Thomas Lawrence after her marriage in 1794. Amelia Anne Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry (née Hobart; 20 February 1772 – 12 February 1829), nicknamed "Emily" and, from 1794 until 1821 generally known as Lady Castlereagh (UK: / ˈ k ɑː s əl r eɪ /), was the wife of the Georgian-era Anglo-Irish statesman Robert Stewart ...
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]
Castlereagh, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney; Castlereagh River, two rivers; Castlereagh Highway, a New South Wales state highway; Castlereagh Street, a street in CBD Sydney; Other places: Castlereagh, Nova Scotia, a former village on the Bass River in Nova Scotia, Canada; Castlereagh Dam and Reservoir, in Nuwara Eliya district, Sri Lanka
Frederick William Robert Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry KP PC (7 July 1805–25 November 1872), styled Viscount Castlereagh from 1822 to 1854, was a British nobleman and Tory politician. He was briefly Vice-Chamberlain of the Household under Sir Robert Peel between December 1834 and April 1835.
Robert Stewart, Master of Atholl (died 1437), Scottish nobleman of royal descent, great-grandson of Robert II Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (1769–1822), Irish politician Robert Stewart (Australian politician) (1831–1908), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly