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Miscellaneous/Box 16/ST5/4
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- 28 Mar. (Year unknown.) (Creation)
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1 letter, 2p Manuscript paper
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Born 18 July 1769 in Dublin, son of Robert Stewart, 1st Marquis of Londonderry. Admitted Fellow-Commoner at St John's College, Cambridge, 26 Oct. 1786. Member of Parliament, County Down, 1790; MP, Tregony, 1794-6; MP, Orford, 1796-7. Styled Viscount Castlereagh, 1796-1821. Keeper of Irish Privy Seal, 1797-8. Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1799-1801. MP, County Down, 1800-5 and 1812-20; MP, Boroughbridge, 1806; MP, Plympton-Earl, 1806-12; MP, Orford, 1821-2. President of East India Board of Control, 1802-6. Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, 1805-6 and 1807-9. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the House of Commons, 1812-22. Succeeded his father as 2nd Marquis of Londonderry, 1821. Married, 9 June 1794, Lady Amelia Anne Hobart. Committed suicide at his residence at North Cray, Kent, 12 Aug. 1822. Buried at Westminster Abbey, 20 Aug. 1822.
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Purchased from Charles Higham (SPCK), April 1983.
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'Dear Kennedy, The situation of Secretary and Provost Martial in the island of Bermudas has fallen vacant - the climate is healthy, the office worth as I understand about £500 a year. It requires activity and diligence, and being a respectable situation I shall be happy to offer it to you, as I conclude you have not many affairs to settle at home, the sooner you go out the better. Your appointment shall be made out when you come to Town. Yours sincerely, Castlereagh.'