Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (Lord Castlereagh) ('A View of Londonderry') NPG D13517

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean

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.