Frederick Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry

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The Marquess of Londonderry
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File:Frederick William Robert Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry KP, PC (1805 – 1872), Viscount Castlereagh (1822-1854), by Simon Jacques Rochard.jpg
Frederick William Robert Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry KP, PC (1805 – 1872), Viscount Castlereagh (1822-1854) (Simon Jacques Rochard, 1833)
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
In office
29 December 1834 – 8 April 1835
Monarch William IV
Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, Bt
Preceded by The Earl of Belfast
Succeeded by Lord Charles FitzRoy
Personal details
Born 7 July 1805
Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London
Died 25 November 1872
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.

Background and education

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.

Political career

Lord Castlereagh sat as Member of Parliament for County Down from 1826 to 1852.[1] 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[2] to April 1835. On 23 February 1835 he was sworn of the Privy Council.[3] 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".[4] From 1845 until 1864 he was Lord Lieutenant of Down. In 1856 he was made a Knight of the Order of St Patrick.

Personal life

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Frederick Stewart at Mount Sinai in May 1842

Lord Londonderry married Lady Elizabeth Frances Charlotte Jocelyn, widow of Viscount Powerscourt and daughter of Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden, at the British Embassy in Paris on 2 May 1846. There were no children from the marriage. He died at the White Rock Pavilion (this was almost certainly White Rock Villa as the White Rock Pavilion, now called the White Rock Theatre, wasn't built until 1927) in Hastings in November 1872, aged 67, and was succeeded in the marquessate by his half-brother, George Vane-Tempest, 2nd Earl Vane. The Marchioness of Londonderry died on 2 September 1884, aged 70, and was buried with him in Newtownards.

Ancestry

Family of Frederick Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Colonel William Stewart, of Ballylawn
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Alexander Stewart, of Mount Stewart
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Frances Stewart
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. John Cowan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Mary Cowan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Anne Stewart
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Sir John Pratt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Elizabeth Wilson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Lady Frances Pratt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Nicholas Jeffreys
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Elizabeth Jeffreys
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Frederick Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Thomas Bligh
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Elizabeth Napier
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Theodosia Hyde, 10th Baroness Clifton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Katherine O'Brien, 8th Baroness Clifton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Lady Catherine Bligh
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. John Stoyte
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Mary Stoyte
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Mary Howard
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 3)[self-published source][better source needed]
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 19225. p. 2348. 30 December 1834.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 19243. p. 334. 24 February 1835.
  4. ↑ Brian Walker, 'Landowners and Parliamentary Elections in County Down, 1801–1921' PP 307–8 in Lindsay Proudfoot, 'Down – History and Society', Geography Publications, 1997

External links

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Down
1826–1852
With: Lord Arthur Hill 1826–36
Earl of Hillsborough 1836–45
Lord Edwin Hill 1845–52		 Succeeded by
Lord Edwin Hill
David Stewart Ker
Political offices
Preceded by Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
1834–1835		 Succeeded by
Lord Charles FitzRoy
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Down
1845–1864		 Succeeded by
The Lord Dufferin and Claneboye
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Marquess of Londonderry
1854–1872		 Succeeded by
George Vane-Tempest
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