The Most Honourable The Marquess of Londonderry KP PC |
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Frederick William Robert Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry KP, PC (1805 – 1872), Viscount Castlereagh (1822-1854) (Simon Jacques Rochard, 1833)
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Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | |
In office 29 December 1834 – 8 April 1835 |
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Monarch | William IV |
Prime Minister | Sir Robert Peel, Bt |
Preceded by | The Earl of Belfast |
Succeeded by | Lord Charles FitzRoy |
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Born | 7 July 1805 Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London |
Died |
25 November 1872 (aged 67) White Rock Pavilion, Hastings, Sussex |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Tory |
Spouse(s) | Lady Elizabeth Jocelyn (1813–1884) |
Frederick William Robert Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry KP PC (7 July 1805 – 25 November 1872), styled Viscount Castlereagh between 1822 and 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.
Stewart was born at Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London, the eldest son of Charles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, by his first wife Lady Catherine Bligh, daughter of John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley. His mother died when he was seven and while his father was serving in the army overseas, Stewart was looked after by his uncle and aunt, Lord and Lady Castlereagh. He went to Eton in 1814, where he stayed until 1820. After his father succeeded to the marquessate of Londonderry in 1822, Stewart became known by the courtesy title Viscount Castlereagh.
Lord Castlereagh sat as Member of Parliament for County Down from 1826 to 1852. He served under the Duke of Wellington as a Lord of the Admiralty from 1828 to 1830 and under Sir Robert Peel as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from December 1834 to April 1835. On 23 February 1835 he was sworn of the Privy Council. He was one of the Members of Parliament for County Down from 1826 until 1852. By the latter year, he "had fallen out with his father, the Marquess of Londonderry over their views on the land question [and] was obliged to retire because of these differences". From 1845 until 1864 he was Lord Lieutenant of Down. In 1856 he was made a Knight of the Order of St Patrick.