The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Londonderry (Irish, 1796), Earl Vane (Peerage of the United Kingdom, 1823), Viscount Castlereagh (Irish, 1795), Viscount Seaham, of Seaham in the County of Durham (UK, 1823), Baron Londonderry (Irish, 1789), and Baron Stewart, of Stewart's Court and Ballylawn in the County of Donegal (U.K. 1814). The two United Kingdom titles were created separately for Charles William Vane, who would later become the third Marquess. The remaining titles were all created for Robert Stewart, the 1st Marquess. Stewart was one of the few people to become a Marquess without inheriting any titles prior to the creation.
The title Earl Vane were created for the third Marquess with special remainder to pass to his sons by his second wife, whilst the Marquessate and Baron Stewart passed to his son by his first wife. In 1872 the titles were reunified.
Between 1823 and 1854 and between 1872 and 1999, the Marquesses of Londondery sat in the House of Lords as The Earl Vane. Between 1822 and 1823 and between 1854 and 1872, they sat as The Lord Stewart.
Vane was unable to prevent the outbreak of war with the Pequots, but he secured peace with the Narragansetts and negotiated the purchase of Rhode Island as a refuge for religious separatists.
In the autumn of 1644, Vane was prominent in advocating the reorganisation of Parliament's army and removing the Earl of Essex from command, resulting in the Self-Denying Ordinance of December 1644 and the formation of the New Model Army in 1645.
Vane outlined the principles of civil and religious liberty and proposed a convention to write a national constitution — a method that was followed in America after the War of Independence.
The following year he was created EarlVane and Viscount Seaham, of Seaham in the County of Durham, with remainder to the heirs male of the body of his second wife, Frances Anne Emily Vane-Tempest, daughter and heiress of Sir Henry Vane-Tempest, 2nd Baronet.
He was succeeded as fourth Marquess by his son from his first marriage, and as second EarlVane by his son from his second marriage.
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