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On the advice of Bankhead, Castlereagh went to his country seat at Woollet Hall in Water Lane, North Cray, Kent, for a weekend stay. He continued to be distressed, and to the concern of his friends and family, ranted wildly about conspiracies and threats to his life.
Sep 12, 2020 · Explore genealogy for Robert Stewart born 1769 Dublin, Ireland died 1822 Woollet Hall, North Cray, Kent, England including ancestors + more in the free family tree community.
- Male
- June 18, 1769
- Amelia Anne (Hobart) Stewart
- August 12, 1822
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh. Castlereagh (born in Dublin; 1769–1822) was a British politician. He became a Viscount when his father was made Earl of Londonderry. He became British Foreign Secretary but killed himself. The Most Honourable.
Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry,, usually known as Lord Castlereagh, derived from the courtesy title Viscount Castlereagh by which he was styled from 1796 to 1821, was a British statesman and politician. As secretary to the Viceroy in Ireland, he worked to suppress the Rebellion of 1798 and to secure passage in 1800 of the Irish Act ...
Castlereagh's house, Woollet Hall (now called Loring Hall), in North Cray in Bexley, south London Blue plaque along the North Cray Road Despite his contributions to the defeat of Napoleon and the restoration of peace, Castlereagh became extremely unpopular at home.
Loring Hall, originally Woollet Hall. The White Cross inn began life as Ye Brandy House and Ale House in 1729 and became the Red Cross the following year. During the mid-18th century this part of the Cray Valley became a popular location for gentlemen’s retreats.
As the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom from 1812, he was central to the management of the coalition that defeated Napoleon, and was British plenipotentiary at the Congress of Vienna. In the post-war government of Lord Liverpool , Castlereagh was seen to support harsh measures against agitation for reform, and he ended his life an ...
