Título: Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
Seção: Early life and career
Background: Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry,  (18 June 1769 - 12 August 1822), usually known as Lord Castlereagh, which is derived from his courtesy title Viscount Castlereagh, (UK:  KAH-s@l-rey), was an Irish/British statesman. As British Foreign Secretary, from 1812 he was central to the management of the coalition that defeated Napoleon and was the principal British diplomat at the Congress of Vienna. Castlereagh was also leader of the British House of Commons in the Liverpool government from 1812 until his suicide in August 1822. Early in his career, as Chief Secretary for Ireland, he was involved in putting down the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and was instrumental in securing the passage of the Irish Act of Union of 1800.

Conteúdo: Stewart had recurring health problems throughout his childhood, and his family elected to send him to The Royal School, Armagh, rather than to England for his secondary education. At the encouragement of Charles Pratt, first Earl of Camden, who took a great interest in him and treated him as a grandson by blood, he later attended St. John's College, Cambridge (1786-87), where he applied himself with greater diligence than expected from an aristocrat and obtained first class in his last examinations. He left Cambridge due to an extended illness, and after returning to Ireland did not pursue further formal education.  In 1790, Stewart was elected as a Member of the Irish Parliament for Down in one of the most expensive elections in Irish history. Though for a time he was associated with the Northern Whig Club, he entered the Irish House of Commons as an Independent. He ran on a platform supporting Whig principles of electoral reform and opposing the Irish policies of the British Government. But even from the outset of his career, he was a personal supporter of the Prime Minister, William Pitt. Stewart was a lifelong advocate of Catholic concessions, though his position on the specific issue of Catholic Emancipation varied depending on his assessment of the potential repercussions on other policy priorities.  When war with France forced British Government attention on Ireland as a possible place of French invasion, the Irish Volunteers, seen as a potential source of disaffection

user: What was robert's early life like?

assistant: Stewart had recurring health problems throughout his childhood,

user: What type of illness did he suffer from?

assistant: He left Cambridge due to an extended illness,

user: What else resulted from his illness?

assistant: his family elected to send him to The Royal School, Armagh, rather than to England for his secondary education.

user: How was his time in school?

assistant: he applied himself with greater diligence than expected from an aristocrat and obtained first class in his last examinations.

user: Did he have other accomplishments at school?

assistant: after returning to Ireland did not pursue further formal education.

user: What did he do after returning to Ireland?

assistant: Stewart was elected as a Member of the Irish Parliament for Down

user: What was this position like for him?

assistant: he entered the Irish House of Commons as an Independent.

user: What was he able to achieve during this time?

assistant: He ran on a platform supporting Whig principles of electoral reform and opposing the Irish policies of the British Government.

user: Was this a popular stance?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: What else did he do as a politician?

assistant: he was offered the Government-controlled seat of Tregony in Cornwall,

user: What happened while he was in Cornwall?

assistant: he was elected to the British House of Commons on a similar platform of reform principles and support for Pitt, on whose side he sat in Westminster.