Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry, was a County Down landowner, Irish Volunteer, and member of the Irish Parliament who, exceptionally for an Ulster Scot and Presbyterian, rose within the ra
The Marquess of Londonderry, by Hugh Douglas Hamilton, c. 1800–1808
Robert Stewart by Anton Raphael Mengs, c. 1760–1776
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.
Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry
…Protestant Ascendancy." His success was fuelled by wealth acquired through judicious marriages, and by the advancing political career of his son, Viscount Castlereagh (an architect of the Acts of Union, and British Foreign Secretary). In 1798 he gained notoriety for refusing to intercede on behalf of James Porter…
Portrait of Lord Castlereagh by Sir Thomas Lawrence, c. 1809–1810
Lord Castlereagh; marble bust by Francis Leggatt Chantrey, 1821; Yale Center for British Art
Castlereagh's house, Woollet Hall (now called Loring Hall), in North Cray in Bexley, south London
Blue plaque along the North Cray Road