Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry

Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry, as a carrier of the State Sword (Great Sword of State) with his page WC Beaumont at the coronation of King Edward VII. On August 9, 1902 (painting by John Singer Sargent , 1904)

Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry , KG , GCVO , PC , DL , JP (birth name: Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest * 6th July 1852 , † 8. February 1915 ) was a British politician of the Conservative Party , the 1878-1884 Member of Parliament ( House of Commons ) was, and in 1884 the title of the 6th Marquess of Londonderry inherited and downstream related titles and thus a member of the upper house ( House of Lords ) was.

He was also from 1886 to 1889 Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , 1900-1902 Postmaster General (Postmaster General) , 1902-1905 Education Minister (President of the Board of Education) and in 1903 the Council until 1905 and Lord President ( Lord President of the Council ) . He was also Lord Lieutenant of Belfast between 1900 and 1903 and Lord Lieutenant of County Down from 1902 to 1915 .

Life

Family background and member of the House of Commons

Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest was the second child and eldest son of House of Commons George Vane-Tempest , who inherited the title of 5th Marquess of Londonderry in 1872, and his wife Mary Cornelia Edwards. His older sister, Lady Frances Cornelia Harriet Emily Vane-Tempest, died on March 2, 1872 at the age of 21. His younger brother Henry John Vane-Tempest served as a first lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards and was later deputy lieutenant for the counties of Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire . His younger sister Lady Avarina Mary Vane-Tempest died on June 26, 1873 at the age of only 15. His younger brother Herbert Lionel Henry Vane-Tempest was a major in the Durham Artillery Volunteers and served intermittently as High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire. His youngest sister, Lady Alexandrina Louise Maud Vane-Tempest, was the wife of Member of the House of Commons Wentworth Beaumont , who received the title of Baron Allendale in 1907 and became 1st Viscount Allendale in 1911 .

He attended the renowned Eton College himself and then graduated from Christ Church College at the University of Oxford . On 17 May 1878 he was for the Conservative Party as a member of the lower house ( House of Commons ) selected and represented in this until November 6, 1884 the constituency of County Down .

Member of the House of Lords, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Minister

Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry (photography by John Thomas , 1885)

After his father's death, on November 6, 1884, Vane-Tempest inherited the title of 7th Marquess of Londonderry and the associated subordinate titles of 6th Earl of Londonderry , 4th Earl Vane , 6th Viscount Castlereagh , 4th Viscount Seaham , of Seaham, in the County of Durham, 6th Baron Londonderry and 4th Baron Stewart , of Stewart's Court and Ballylawn, in the County of Donegal. Thus he became a member of the upper house ( House of Lords ) and was this more than forty years until his death on February 8, 1915. With a Royal License on August 3, 1885, he officially changed his name to Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart.

In 1886 he became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and held this office until 1889. In 1886 he also became a member of the Privy Council (PC) and in 1888 Knight of the Order of the Garter (KG). In 1892 he also became a member of the Privy Council of Ireland (PC (I)). He was also an Honorary Colonel of the 3rd Northumbrian Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery and the 3rd Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry . He was also temporarily Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of County Durham and the County of Montgomeryshire. He was also a temporary justice of the peace (Justice of the Peace) of County Durham. He was also 1897-1901 volunteer aide-de-camp of Queen Victoria .

On April 10, 1900, the Marquess of Londonderry succeeded Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk as Postmaster General and was a member of the Salisbury III cabinet from November 7, 1900 to July 11, 1902 . He was also Lord Lieutenant of Belfast between 1900 and 1903 and volunteer aide-de-camp of King Edward VII in 1901. In the subsequent cabinet , he succeeded Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire between August 11, 1902 and the Balfour December 4, 1905 as President of the Board of Education . He was also Lord Lieutenant of County Down from 1902 to 1915 . He also replaced the Duke of Devonshire on 19 October 1903 as Lord President of the Council ( Lord President of the Council ) , and also held this post until December 4, 1905. He was in 1903 he became Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO ) beaten. In 1910 he also held the post of Mayor of Durham .

Marriage and offspring

Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest married Lady Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot, daughter of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury, in Alton Towers on October 2, 1875 . From this marriage a daughter and two sons were born. His daughter Lady Helen Mary Theresa Vane-Tempest-Stewart was the wife of Giles Fox-Strangways, 6th Earl of Ilchester . His older son Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart inherited after his death on February 8, 1915 the title of 7th Marquess of Londonderry and the subordinate title and the associated membership in the House of Lords and was with Edith Helen Chaplin, a daughter of Henry Chaplin, 1. Viscount Chaplin .

Web links

• Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry at the Hansard (English)
• Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
• Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
• Entry in The Peerage

predecessor	Office	successor
George Vane-Tempest	Marquess of Londonderry 1884-1915	Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart
John Hamilton-Gordon	Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1886–1889	Lawrence Dundas
Henry Fitzalan-Howard	Postmaster General 1900–1902	Austen Chamberlain
Office newly created	Lord Lieutenant of Belfast 1900-1904	Anthony Ashley-Cooper
Spencer Cavendish	Minister of Education 1902–1905	Augustine Birrell
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood	Lord Lieutenant of Down 1902-1915	Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart