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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • British politician who as chief secretary for Ireland (1798–1801) was able to quell the 1798 rebellion and form a political union between Ireland and Great Britain (1800).

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Examples

  • Also on Park Lane was Londonderry House, the residence of the Marquesses of Londonderry (pronounced “Lundundry”), the Anglo-Irish family of which Robert, Viscount Castlereagh, is the most well-known.

    Mansions of Mayfair | Edwardian Promenade 2009

  • The apartment building, a bizarre art deco confection called The Castlereagh, had certainly been there when Williams lived in U City, so maybe he was looking over my shoulder.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • The apartment building, a bizarre art deco confection called The Castlereagh, had certainly been there when Williams lived in U City, so maybe he was looking over my shoulder.

    Author Snapshot: Laura Benedict 2009

  • The apartment building, a bizarre art deco confection called The Castlereagh, had certainly been there when Williams lived in U City, so maybe he was looking over my shoulder.

    January Magazine 2009

  • But the majority of the Whigs, and some even of the Tories, such as Castlereagh and Canning, were prepared to make concessions; and since 1820 the Irish agitation led by O'Connell had been gaining in strength.

    Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies George Henry Blore

  • Another bale of golden fleece is branded 'Castlereagh'.

    The Man from Snowy River 1902

  • In Sydney, on Castlereagh Street, his offices occupied three floors.

    A SON OF THE SUN 2010

  • Charles Stewart, half-brother of Castlereagh, ambassador to the Hapsburg

    Letter 290 2009

  • The cafe was leased from Castlereagh borough council where she was a Democratic Unionist Party representative.

    Iris Robinson cleared of wrongdoing by council 2011

  • At Castlereagh Street he turned to the left, and three blocks along came to the Gayety.

    A PIECE OF STEAK 2010

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