Edward Charles Stewart Robert "Robin" Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 8th Marquess of Londonderry, (18 November 1902 – 17 October 1955), styled Lord Stewart until 1915 and Viscount Castlereagh between 1915 and 1949, was a British peer and politician.
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Early life
Born on 18 November 1902 into an Anglo-Irish noble family with roots in Ulster and County Durham, he was the second child and only son of the 7th Marquess of Londonderry and his wife, the Honourable Edith Helen Chaplin. King Edward VII stood sponsor at his christening in the Chapel Royal (St. James's Palace) on 16 December 1902, and the other sponsors were his grandfather Lord Londonderry, the Honourable Arthur Meade (later Earl of Clanwilliam), and the Duchess of Teck.
He was educated at Eton College. He served as a page at the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary in 1911. Philip de László painted a portrait of him holding his grandfather's coronet. This portrait now hangs at Mount Stewart in County Down.
He was known formally by his courtesy title, Viscount Castlereagh, before he inherited the marquessate, and as Robin by close friends and family throughout his life.
Career
He worked as an honorary attaché at the British Embassy in Rome and as a director of Londonderry Collieries, the family's coal mining company. A keen football fan, he was first a director and then chairman of Arsenal Football Club from 1939 to 1946.