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Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

1735 - 1811

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Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (28 September 1735 – 14 March 1811), styled Earl of Euston between 1747 and 1757, was a British Whig statesman of the Georgian era. He is one of a handful of dukes who have served as prime minister. He became prime minister in 1768 at the age of 33, leading the supporters of William Pitt, and was the youngest person to hold the office until the appointment of William Pitt the Younger 15 years later. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton has received more than 402,152 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton is the 11,244th most popular politician (down from 11,199th in 2019), the 2,336th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,491st in 2019) and the 346th most popular British Politician.

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  • 400k

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  • 52.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ranks 11,244 out of 19,576. Before him are Maurice Hilleman, Savka Dabčević-Kučar, Duwa, Stepan Petrichenko, Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther. After him are Titu Maiorescu, Jayavarman I, Gus Hall, Carlos Luz, Theodosius, and Obizzo II d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1735, Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ranks 21. Before him are Johann Karl August Musäus, Princess Maria Christina of Saxony, Ignacy Krasicki, Dmitry Levitzky, Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti, and József Alvinczi. After him are Joseph Ducreux, Ivan Kulibin, Paul Kray, Ulrika Pasch, Tobias Furneaux, and Domenico Vandelli. Among people deceased in 1811, Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ranks 15. Before him are Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, Ignacio Allende, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, Nevil Maskelyne, Marie-Joseph Chénier, and Christoph Friedrich Nicolai. After him are Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, Christian Gotthilf Salzmann, Princess Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Juan de Villanueva, Mariano Moreno, and Johann Beckmann.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ranks 2,336 out of 8,785. Before him are Stanley Myers (1930), Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1924), Ephraim Chambers (1680), Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (1210), John Walker (1781), and Robert Stevenson (1905). After him are Brenda Milner (1918), Hilary Mantel (1952), George Buchanan (1506), William Edward Ayrton (1847), Sharon Osbourne (1952), and Ford Madox Ford (1873).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ranks 346. Before him are Lord Leopold Mountbatten (1889), Margaret of England (1240), James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (1531), Marjorie Bruce (1297), Roger Williams (1603), and F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (1782). After him are Cuthred of Wessex (750), Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1517), John Owen (1616), Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1406), Abhisit Vejjajiva (1964), and Mary McAleese (1951).

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