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Castlereagh

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Cas·tle·reagh  (ksl-r), Viscount. Title of Robert Stewart, Second Marquis of Londonderry. 1769-1822.
British politician who as chief secretary for Ireland (1798-1801) was able to quell the 1798 rebellion and form a political union between Ireland and Great Britain (1800).
Castlereagh [ˈkɑːsəlˌreɪ]
n
(Placename) a district of E Northern Ireland, in Co. Down. Pop.: 66 488 (2001). Area.: 85 sq. km (33 sq. miles)
Castlereagh2
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(Biographies / Castlereagh, Viscount (1769-1822) M, British, POLITICS: statesman) Viscount. title of Robert Stewart, Marquis of Londonderry. 1769-1822, British statesman: as foreign secretary (1812-22) led the Grand Alliance against Napoleon and attended the Congress of Vienna (1815)


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