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  Viscount - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A viscount is a member of the European nobility, especially, as in the British peerage, ranking above a baron, below a (British) earl or (his continental equivalent) count.
In any event, the style of a viscount is "The Viscount X," or "The Viscount X of Y." Examples include: The Viscount Falmouth (placename); The Viscount Hardinge (surname); The Viscount Gage of Castle Island (surname of placename); and The Viscount Combermere of Bhurtpore (placename of placename).
A British peculiarity is the use of Viscount as a courtesy title for peers of a higher level (Earl, Marquess or Duke).
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 Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Robert Stewart the younger took the courtesy title of Viscount Castlereagh in 1796 when his father was promoted to the rank of earl.
The title of viscount was not officially inherited, but he became briefly the 2nd Marquess of Londonderry in the peerage of Ireland on the death of his father in 1821.
Castlereagh was not known to be an effective public speaker and his diplomatic presentation style was a times obstruse.
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 Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Stewart acquired the courtesy title Viscount Castlereagh in 1796 when his father was created Earl of Londonderry, and is generally known to history by that title.
Castlereagh was not known to be an effective public speaker and his diplomatic presentation style was at times abstruse.
Despite his many achievements, Castlereagh was extremely unpopular within the country as a result of his supposed reactionism abroad, and his support at home for the repressive measures of Home Secretary Lord Sidmouth.
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 Viscount Castlereagh
Castlereagh was one of the most distinguished Foreign Secretaries in British history and gained a distinguished reputation as the leader of the European diplomacy that followed the end of the French Wars.
Castlereagh shared the view of Cornwallis that a policy of clemency was essential to end the disturbances, although he took severe and successful measures to quell the rising in 1798.
Castlereagh's first task was to hold together the general European opposition to Napoleon and as the end of the war drew near he worked to obtain preliminary agreement among the allies for the resettlement of Europe.
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 Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, 2d Viscount on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Castlereagh placed great hope in the “congress system”; agreed on at Vienna, by which the great powers would consult regularly for the maintenance of peace.
However, he did not approve of outright intervention in the domestic affairs of other countries and protested, in increasingly explicit terms, the assumption of this right by the powers of the Holy Alliance.
One of the foremost statesmen of his time, Castlereagh was cold in personality and lacked ability as an orator; he never gained an easy popularity and was hated by radicals like Shelley.
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 Robert Stewart, 2. Marquess of Londonderry - Wikipedia
Castlereagh studierte an der Universität in Cambridge und zog 1790 für die Whig-Partei in das irische Parlament ein, doch er trat wenige Jahre später der gegnerischen Tory-Partei bei, weil er bei dieser ins britische Unterhaus einziehen konnnte.
Ein Jahr später erhielt er dann den Titel eines Viscount und 1799 unterstützte er den Versuch des Premierministers William Pitt der Jüngere, Irland und Großbritannien in einem Königreich zu vereinen.
Castlereagh übernahm und spielte nun eine führende Rolle in der britischen Politik und damit auch in der Koalition Europas gegen Napoléon I. Als Außenminister war es ihm zu verdanken, dass er die Allianz während der entscheidenden Phase des Krieges 1813 und 1814 zusammenhielt.
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 Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Despite his many achievements, Castlereagh was extremely unpopular within the country as a result of his supposed reactionism abroad, and his support at home for the repressive measures of (The British cabinet minister who is head of the Home Office) Home Secretary (Click link for more info and facts about Lord Sidmouth) Lord Sidmouth.
In the year before his death, Castlereagh appeared to be suffering from a form of (A psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur) paranoia.
Castlereagh returned his country seat at Loring Hall in Water Lane North Cray in Kent, and on 12 August committed (The act of killing yourself) suicide by cutting his throat with a letter opener.
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 Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
The son, known in history as Lord Castlereagh, was born on the 18th of June in the same year as Napoleon and Wellington.
Castlereagh's words in parliament were, "Whatever measures you adopt or decision you arrive at must rest on your own power and not on reliance on this man." Napoleon promptly published the secret treaty which Castlereagh had concluded with Metternich and Talleyrand, and the last left in the French archives.
A meeting so liable to misinterpretation was in Castlereagh's opinion justified by the urgency of the crisis in the East, "a practical consideration of the greatest moment", which had nothing in common with the objectionable "theoretical" question with which the British government had refused to concern itself.
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 ROBERT STEWART, 2ND MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY - LoveToKnow Article on ROBERT STEWART, 2ND MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Castlereaghs conviction was that, in presence of threatened invasion and rebellion, Ireland could only be made safe by union with Great Britain.
In Lord Camden, as afterwards in Lord Cornwallis, Castlereagh found a congenial chief; though his favor with these statesmen was jealously viewed both by the Irish oligarchy and by the English politicians who wished to keep the machine of Irish administration in their own, hands.
Wilberforce discussed with Pitt the possibility of sending out Castlereagh to India as governor-general, when the friction between Lord Wellesley and the directors became grave; but Pitt objected, as the plan would remove Castlereagh from the House of Commons, which should be the theatre of his future fame.
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 V&A - The Castlereagh Inkstand
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, was born in 1769, succeeded as 2nd Marquess of Londonderry in 1821 and died 1822. ; He became Foreign Secretary in 1812, when the power of the French empire under Napoleon extended through its allied states from Madrid to Warsaw.
To explore the Castlereagh Inkstand fully is to examine the roots of some of the central issues of European history in the last 200 years from the story of Poland, to the relative decline of France, and the unification and rise of Germany.
Castlereagh's diamond-set Garter insignia, hatband and sword were a striking part of his dashing appearance at the coronation of George IV in 1821.
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 Lord Castlereagh
Castlereagh and Pitt became convinced that the best way of dealing with the religious conflicts in Ireland was to unite the country with the rest of Britain under a single Parliament.
In November 1819, Parliament was assembled and Castlereagh introduced in the House of Commons the severe measures that became known as the Six Acts.
Castlereagh, who was the government's spokesman for civil matters in the House of Commons, along with Lord Liverpool and Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary, took the blame for these repressive measures and the men were booed whenever they appeared in public.
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 Loyalist Collection at the University of New Brunswick
From 1796 until 1821 he was known as Viscount Castlereagh and became the Marquis of Londonderry in that year on the death of his father.
Viscount Castlereagh was largely responsible for the Irish Parliament passing the Act of Union in 1800, but in 1801, his attempt to gain emancipation for Irish Catholics failed when the King would not consent.
Castlereagh states that should New Brunswick be invaded and both the garrison and the militia are unable to resist, all military forces are to be withdrawn to Halifax where a stand must be made until support can arrive from Britain.
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 Read about Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Robert Stewart, Viscount ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
courtesy title Viscount Castlereagh in 1796 when his father was created Earl of Londonderry, and is generally known to history by that title.
1812, Castlereagh returned to the government, this time as Foreign Secretary, a role in which he served for the next ten years, He also became leader of the House of Commons in the wake of Spencer Perceval's assassination in 1812.
Despite his many achievements, Castlereagh was extremely unpopular within the country as a result of his supposed reactionism abroad, and his support at home for the repressive measures of
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 castlereagh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Castlereagh is a borough and district in Northern Ireland.
Unusually it has no natural Borough centre, consisting of a series of suburbs of Belfast in the Castlereagh Hills to the South East of the City.
The main centres of population are Carryduff, 8km South of Belfast City Centre and Dundonald, 8km East of it.
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 Untitled   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Lord Castlereagh was the representative of Britain for most of the duration of the Congress.
Castlereagh's only interest was in the creation of a general European balance of power, to deter future aggression.
Castlereagh was actually ordered by the British government not to participate in the negotiations over Poland and Saxony.
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 Radiant Boys : morningmystery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Grudgingly, Castlereagh told his experience, adding that he was sure he had been the been the victim of hoax or practical joke.
His eldest brother was drowned in a boating accident and he became heir apparent, adopting the honorary title of Viscount Castlereagh.
Castlereagh was widely disliked, even by his political allies.
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 Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Robert Stewart, Viscount ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Robert Stewart, (June 18, 1769 - August 12, 1822) (or Lord Castlereagh or 2nd Marquess of Londonderry) was an Irish-born British politician who represented the United Kingdom at the Congress of Vienna.
In this role he was instrumental in negotiating the allied alliance at Chaumont[?] in March 1814, in the negotiation of the Treaty of Paris that brought peace with France, and at the Congress of Vienna.
In the year before his death, Castlereagh began suffering from a form of paranoia, and eventually committed suicide by cutting his throat.
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 Castlereagh Borough Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Castlereagh Borough Council is a local council in Northern Ireland.
The main centres of population are Carryduff, 5 miles (8km) south of Belfast city centre and Dundonald, 5 miles (8km) east of it.
Castlereagh and the city of Kent in Washington in the United States signed up as sister cities partners on 1 August 2000.
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 Personalities
Castlereagh was a major player in the Congress of Vienna.
The viscount’s main objective at the Congress of Vienna was to keep Russia from gaining too much control and to strengthen a weak Germany and Italy.
In 1821, Castlereagh became ill. He began to show signs of abnormal suspicion, which in 1822 was full blown paranoia.
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 Encyclopedia: Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry (September 27, 1739) - (April 6, 1821) was an Irish politician and landowner, and father of the famous politician Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh.
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (May 30, 1757 - February 15, 1844) was a British statesman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804.
Sometime after Castlereagh's death, Lord Byron wrote a damning sarcastic quip about his grave: Lord Byron, English poet George Gordon (Noel) Byron, 6th Baron Byron (January 22, 1788–April 19, 1824) was an English poet and leading figure in Romanticism.
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 Castlereagh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Castlereagh Borough Council, a local council in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Castlereagh River, a river in northern New South Wales, Australia
Castlereagh, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia
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 AllRefer.com - Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, 2d Viscount (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, 2d Viscount[ka´sulrA] Pronunciation Key, 1769–1822, British statesman, b.
As foreign secretary (1812–22), Castlereagh helped to organize the successful final coalition against Napoleon I, partly by secret treaties promising territorial changes.
Castlereagh placed great hope in the "congress system" agreed on at Vienna, by which the great powers would consult regularly for the maintenance of peace.
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 Castlereagh, Viscount Biography / Biography of Castlereagh, Viscount Biography Biography
The British statesman Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh and 2d Marquess of Londonderry (1769-1822), as foreign secretary did much to consolidate a firm final international alliance against Napoleon and to establish the framework for a remarkably durable European peace settlement.
As the eldest son, Robert held the courtesy title of Viscount Castlereagh from 1796 until he succeeded as Marquess of Londonderry in 1821.
His schooling in Ireland was followed by a year at Cambridge and by a good deal of contact with the influential English families of his mother and stepmother, the Hertfords and the Camdens.
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 Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Castlereagh was one of the most distinguished foreign secretaries in British history.
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Formerly astride Down and Antrim counties, in 1973 Castlereagh was established as a district covering 33 sq mi (84 sq km) of rolling lowlands bordering the districts of Lisburn to the southwest, North Down to the north, Ards to the east, and Down to the south.
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 CO 194-47
Letter concerning a letter sent to Holloway form Viscount Castlereagh dated the 23 November, 1807.
Lionel Chanay, former clerk of the surrogate court, be continued until the supreme court is established in Newfoundland.
Castlereagh approves the allotment of rations for the St. John’s Corps, as well as funds for a court house at Harbour Grace.
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