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Miscellaneous/Box 16/ST5/2
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- 22 Dec. 1818 (Creation)
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1 letter, 1p Damaged at three of its corners. 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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Presented by Hugh Gatty, 1936.
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'Sir, As upon the meeting of Parliament which is fixed for Thursday the 14th of next month, the House of Commons will immediately proceed to the choice of a Speaker and to the consideration of other matters of great importance; I take the liberty to acquaint you that a full attendance is most highly desirable at the opening of the Session. I have the honor to be Sir, your most faithful and obedient servant, Castlereagh.'