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<p> Entered political life as a member of the Irish Parliament, co-operated with Pitt in securing the Union, after which he entered the Imperial Parliament, became War Minister, till the ill-fated [[Walcheren]] expedition and a duel with Canning obliged him to resign; be came Foreign Secretary in 1812, and the soul of the coalition against Napoleon; represented the country in a congress after Napoleon's fall; succeeded his father as Marquis of [[Londonderry]] in 1821, and committed suicide the year following; his name has been unduly defamed, and his services to the country as a diplomatist have been entirely overlooked (1769-1822). </p> | Lord Castlereagh <ref name="term_70540" /> | ||
==References == | <p> [[Entered]] political life as a member of the Irish Parliament, co-operated with Pitt in securing the Union, after which he entered the Imperial Parliament, became War Minister, till the ill-fated [[Walcheren]] expedition and a duel with Canning obliged him to resign; be came Foreign [[Secretary]] in 1812, and the soul of the coalition against Napoleon; represented the country in a congress after Napoleon's fall; succeeded his father as Marquis of [[Londonderry]] in 1821, and committed suicide the year following; his name has been unduly defamed, and his services to the country as a diplomatist have been entirely overlooked (1769-1822). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_70540"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/castlereagh,+lord Lord Castlereagh from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_70540"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/castlereagh,+lord Lord Castlereagh from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:05, 15 October 2021
Lord Castlereagh [1]
Entered political life as a member of the Irish Parliament, co-operated with Pitt in securing the Union, after which he entered the Imperial Parliament, became War Minister, till the ill-fated Walcheren expedition and a duel with Canning obliged him to resign; be came Foreign Secretary in 1812, and the soul of the coalition against Napoleon; represented the country in a congress after Napoleon's fall; succeeded his father as Marquis of Londonderry in 1821, and committed suicide the year following; his name has been unduly defamed, and his services to the country as a diplomatist have been entirely overlooked (1769-1822).
