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Auction: 17020 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 879

Autographs
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
1803 (22 March) A.L.S. to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley from London with regard to the appointment of the advocate general in India, and recommend a Mr Smith; signed "Castlereagh" at end and again at top of first page, "Lord Castlereagh". Photo

Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (1769 – 1822), usually known as Lord Castlereagh, was an Irish/British statesman. As British Foreign Secretary, from 1812 he was central to the management of the coalition that defeated Napoleon and was the principal British diplomat at the Congress of Vienna. Castlereagh was also leader of the British House of Commons in the Liverpool government from 1812 until his suicide in August 1822. Early in his career, as Chief Secretary for Ireland, he was involved in putting down the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and was instrumental in securing the passage of the Irish Act of Union of 1800.



Richard Colley Wesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760 – 1842) was styled Viscount Wellesley from birth until 1781 and was known as Earl of Mornington from 1781 until 1799. He was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator. He was the eldest son of The 1st Earl of Mornington, an Irish peer, and Anne, the eldest daughter of The 1st Viscount Dungannon. He was also the brother of Field Marshal The 1st Duke of Wellington. He first made his name as Governor-General of India between 1798 and 1805 and later served as Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

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