#castlereaghsplaining

[lordcastaway]

Why do you draw Castlereagh with scars on his hands? Is there a story behind this or is it just for funsies? Also did he have blue or hazel eyes? 🧐

Heeey, thanks for the question and welcome back, everyone, to the castlereaghsplaining hours lol

First, he had blue eyes, you can see it in most portraits, and all the contemporaries agree on that as well!

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Second, I give him scars on his right hand when I draw him post-1817 cause in 1817 he had a nasty accident when Emily's dog chewed up his hand like he was a discarded barbie doll: "the sinews of the first and second fingers being separated, and the nail and top of the first finger being nearly torn off". The dog chomped on his hand so hard he had to use his other hand to open its mouth. His foot was also injured, everything became inflamed and he took four months to fully recover (everyone, of course, made fun of him) so it must have been bad and, I imagine, left some scars behind, although it's hard to find a description of the injury after it'd healed. So mine is an artistic interpretation though I haven't drawn it in a while so idk mb I'd do some stuff differently now lol

Hope this helps!

[lordcastaway]

I saw your post in which you had a list from Disraeli of supposedly gay politicians and while I did look at the volume of Disraeli letters you indicated in an attempt for context there was none. As such, I have questions.

One, without context why is this considered a list of gay politicians?

Two, why do you assume the Lord Londonderry mentioned there is the 2nd Marquess rather than another? As far as I know, the 2nd Marquess (having been such for only a year before his death) is and was generally referred to as Lord Castlereagh, even after assuming his title.

Three, the book I've read on the subject said that Castlereagh very much loved his wife and discounted him being gay entirely. Why do you think he was?

Sorry, lad, the text turned out to be massive and I can't be bothered with htmls or whatever so you'll have to read it through screenshots unless I start sending it out like a propaganda pamphlet lol

The monstrosity is under cut, here is an innocent summary:

Have fun!