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Date transcribed2011-01-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Castlereagh    
First Name(s)  Robert Stewart    
Titles  Viscount    
Year of Birth  1769    
Year of Death  1822    
Entry  Second Marquis of Londonderry (April, 1821-Aug. 1822), better known as Lord Castlereagh : son of the first Marquis : born June 18, 1769 : M.P. for Tregony, 1794-6 : for Oxford, 1796-7, and other places : his career lay in English and European politics, and his only connexion with India was as President of the Board of Control (the India Board), Sep. 9, 1802 - Feb. 14, 1806, in the Addington and W. Pitt Administrations : while holding this office, he supported the Governor-General, Lord Wellesley, whom he admired, against the Court of Directors : fought a duel with George Canning, Sep. 22, 1809 : Foreign Secretary, 1812-33 : died by his own hand, Aug. 12, 1822.     
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