Robin Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 8th Marquess of Londonderry
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Edward Charles Stewart Robert Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 8th Marquess of Londonderry (18 November 1902 – 17 October 1955) succeeded his father as Marquess on 11 February 1949.
He worked as honorary Attaché to the British Embassy in Rome and as a director of Londonderry Collieries. A keen football fan, he was first a director, and then later chairman of Arsenal Football Club from 1939 to 1946. His portrait was painted 1911 by Philip de Laszlo.
As Viscount Castlereagh, he was a Unionist MP in the British House of Commons for the Down constituency in Northern Ireland between 1931 and 1945, having lost in Darlington seat in 1929.
His daughter, Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart, was the third wife of Sir James Goldsmith and is the mother of Jemima Goldsmith.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by John Morrow Simms |
Member for Down 1931–1945 |
Succeeded by Sir Walter Dorling Smiles |
| Business positions | ||
| Preceded by The Earl of Granard |
Arsenal chairman 1939–1946 |
Succeeded by Sir Samuel Hill-Wood |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| Preceded by Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart |
Marquess of Londonderry 1949–1955 |
Succeeded by Alexander Vane-Tempest-Stewart |
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