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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.
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).
He received his early education at the Royal School of Armagh, and at seventeen entered St. John’s College, Cambridge. He there devoted himself assiduously to study, taking good places at the half-yearly examinations; but left after that in December, 1787, when he was first in the first class.
Educated at the Royal School, Armagh, and then by the Rev. William Sturrock at Portaferry, Robert entered St John's College, Cambridge, in 1786, where he converted from presbyterianism to the Church of England.
Foreign Secretary, 1812-22. He was the son of Robert Stewart, a prominent Irish landowner and politician, who achieved four steps in the Irish peerage and sat from 1801 in the House of Lords as an Irish representative peer.
Jun 27, 2018 · Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, 2nd Viscount (1769–1822) British politician. Castlereagh was chief secretary of Ireland (1799–1801), and helped secure the passage of the Act of Union with Britain in 1800.
