Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry.
British politician (1852-1915)
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About Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry
Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry, styled Viscount Castlereagh between 1872 and 1884, was a British Conservative politician, landowner and benefactor, who served in various capacities in the Conservative administrations of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After succeeding his father in the marquessate in 1884, he was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland between 1886 and 1889. He later held office as Postmaster General between 1900 and 1902 and as President of the Board of Education between 1902 and 1905. A supporter of the Protestant causes in Ulster, he was an opponent of Irish Home Rule and one of the instigators of the formal alliance between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Unionists in 1893.
Everything about Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Secretary of State for Education, Member of the Privy Council of Ireland, Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, member of the 22nd Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- July 16, 1852
- Died
- February 8, 1915