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Charles Stewart Parnell

1846 - 1891

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Charles Stewart Parnell (27 June 1846 – 6 October 1891) was an Irish nationalist politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom from 1875 to 1891, Leader of the Home Rule League from 1880 to 1882, and then of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1882 to 1891, who held the balance of power in the House of Commons during the Home Rule debates of 1885–1886. He fell from power following revelations of a long-term affair, and died at age 45. Born into a powerful Anglo-Irish Protestant landowning family in County Wicklow, he was a land reform agitator and founder of the Irish National Land League in 1879. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Stewart Parnell has received more than 1,453,375 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Stewart Parnell is the 11,458th most popular politician (down from 9,986th in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Ireland (down from 112th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles Stewart Parnell ranks 11,458 out of 19,576Before him are Edward Bernard Raczyński, Kaarel Eenpalu, Mary McAleese, Roberto María Ortiz, Henry Ireton, and Igor Moiseyev. After him are Gaius Sempronius Tuditanus, Mutassim Gaddafi, Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg, Publius Sulpicius Rufus, Chungmok of Goryeo, and Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Charles Stewart Parnell ranks 64Before him are Raoul Pictet, Ottomar Anschütz, Vladimir Makovsky, Hayranidil Kadın, Louis Billot, and Björn Jónsson. After him are Martin Wegelius, Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Max von Hausen, Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz, Anna Kingsford, and Lewis Boss. Among people deceased in 1891, Charles Stewart Parnell ranks 70Before him are Heinrich Graetz, Pōmare V, Louis Paulsen, Carl Johan Thyselius, Alexander Potebnja, and Theodor Aman. After him are José María Iglesias, Antonio Ciseri, Laza Lazarević, Antero de Quental, Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Amalia Lindegren.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Charles Stewart Parnell ranks 131 out of 549Before him are Dan O'Herlihy (1919), Turlough O'Carolan (1670), Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751), William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620), Aidan Gillen (1968), and Barry Fitzgerald (1888). After him are Alan Cunningham (1887), Pat Cox (1952), Sally Oldfield (1947), Kathleen Lonsdale (1903), Yvonne Farrell (1951), and Peter Brown (1935).

Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Charles Stewart Parnell ranks 25Before him are John Boland (1870), Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760), Douglas Hyde (1860), Daniel O'Connell (1775), William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737), and Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751). After him are Pat Cox (1952), John Bruton (1947), Edward Bruce (1275), Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880), Patrick Hillery (1923), and Enda Kenny (1951).