Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry
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The Most Honourable The Marquess of Londonderry KG GCVO CB PC JP DL |
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The Marquess of Londonderry, bearing the Sword of State at the coronation of Edward VII, August 1902. Portrait by John Singer Sargent.
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| Lord President of the Council | |
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In office 19 October 1903 – 11 December 1905 |
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| Monarch | Edward VII |
| Prime Minister | Arthur Balfour |
| Preceded by | The Duke of Devonshire |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Crewe |
| President of the Board of Education | |
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In office 8 August 1902 – 4 December 1905 |
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| Monarch | Edward VII |
| Prime Minister | Arthur Balfour |
| Preceded by | The Duke of Devonshire |
| Succeeded by | Augustine Birrell |
| Postmaster General | |
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In office 10 April 1900 – 8 August 1902 |
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| Monarch |
Victoria Edward VII |
| Prime Minister |
The Marquess of Salisbury Arthur Balfour |
| Preceded by | The Duke of Norfolk |
| Succeeded by | Austen Chamberlain |
| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | |
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In office 3 August 1886 – 30 July 1889 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Aberdeen |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Zetland |
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16 July 1852 London, United Kingdom |
| Died |
8 February 1915 (aged 62) Wynyard Park, Durham United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Theresa Chetwynd-Talbot (d. 1919) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry, KG, GCVO, CB, PC, JP, DL (16 July 1852 – 8 February 1915), styled Viscount Castlereagh between 1872 and 1884, was a British Conservative politician, landowner and benefactor, who served in various capacities in the Conservative administrations of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After succeeding his father in the marquessate in 1884, he was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland between 1886 and 1889. He later held office as Postmaster General between 1900 and 1902 and as President of the Board of Education between 1902 and 1905. A supporter of the Protestant causes in Ulster, he was an opponent of Irish Home Rule and one of the instigators of the formal alliance between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Unionists in 1893. Staunchly Conservative, he also voted against the Parliament Act of 1911.
Born Charles Vane-Tempest in London, UK, he was the eldest son of George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry, by Mary Cornelia, only daughter of Sir John Edwards, 1st Baronet. He was the grandson of the third Marquess and the great-nephew of the second Marquess, better known as the statesman Lord Castlereagh. Lord Randolph Churchill was his first cousin. He was educated at Eton, the National University of Ireland and Christ Church, Oxford. He became known by the courtesy title of Viscount Castlereagh when his father succeeded to the marquessate of Londonderry in 1872. In 1885, he assumed the original and additional surname of Stewart by Royal licence.
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