Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry
(1739–1821)
BIRTH
September 27, 1739
PLACE
Dublin, Ireland
DEATH
April 6, 1821
PLACE
Mount Stewart, County Down, Ireland
FAMILY
CHILDREN
Lord Castlereagh
(1769-1822)
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Robert Stewart was an Irish landowner and politician who became first Marquess of Londonderry. His first wife, Sarah Frances Seymour-Conway, was mother of statesman Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh. He later married Frances Pratt.
EARLY LIFE
He served in the Irish Parliament and held Irish peerages.
CAREER
DEATH
Robert Stewart died at Mount Stewart on April 6, 1821, and his son Castlereagh succeeded him as marquess. The Dictionary of Irish Biography places his burial at Bayham Abbey in Kent, while other family-history accounts place it at Newtownards Priory in County Down. The consulted sources do not resolve the conflict or establish a cause of death.
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