Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (Lord Castlereagh) NPG 4384

© National Portrait Gallery, London

possibly by David Morison

Known as 'Lord Castlereagh', Stewart entered Parliament in 1795. He made his mark under Pitt as Chief Secretary for Ireland (1798-1801), crushing the 1798 Rebellion and overseeing the Act of Union (1801), which integrated Ireland and England and abolished the Irish Parliament. Whist Foreign Secretary (1812-22) he was responsible for uniting the powers that overthrew Napoleon, and became the chief architect of the Treaty of Vienna, (1815) playing a key role in redrawing the boundaries of Europe, and promoting diplomacy by conference, whilst... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.