Lord Castlereagh was the British politician in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. (PROSE: World Game, The Book of the War) He was a member of the Order of the Garter. (PROSE: The Book of the War)
In the late 18th century, Lord Castlereagh was Secretary of War. The Second Doctor foiled an assassination attempt on him. (PROSE: World Game)
By 1814, Viscount Castlereagh was Foreign Secretary, and he was placed in charge of restoring Europe's monarchs following the Napoleonic Wars. Under the cover of this charge, he furthered the Star Chamber's aims by shutting down enemy occultist movements in France. He was a long-time ally of fellow Garter Knight Viscount Wellington.
Percy Shelley regarded the Castlereagh as a political enemy. In the published version of his 1819 poem The Mask of Anarchy, he said that "Murder" wore "a mask like Castlereagh".
Castlereagh committed suicide in 1822, though the death was suspected to be connected to the Star Chamber. (PROSE: The Book of the War)
Behind the scenes[]
- He was played by Geoffrey Toone in Churchill's People.