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Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend

1674 - 1738

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Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, (; 18 April 1674 – 21 June 1738) was an English Whig statesman. He served for a decade as Secretary of State for the Northern Department from 1714 to 1717 and again from 1721 to 1730. He directed British foreign policy in close collaboration with his brother-in-law, prime minister Robert Walpole. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend has received more than 286,643 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend is the 14,501st most popular politician (down from 13,303rd in 2019), the 4,082nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,957th in 2019) and the 505th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend ranks 14,501 out of 15,577. Before him are Samuel J. Tilden, Lalu Prasad Yadav, James Spriggs Payne, Hamilton Fish, Greg Abbott, and Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud. After him are Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan, Lin Chuan, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Bronislovas Lubys, John Key, and Alphonso Taft.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1674, Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend ranks 12. Before him are Ibrahim Muteferrika, Marie of Lorraine, Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Isaac Watts.  Among people deceased in 1738, Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend ranks 10. Before him are Caspar Bartholin the Younger, Jean-François Dandrieu, Turlough O'Carolan, Matthias Braun, George Bähr, and Jean-Joseph Mouret.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend ranks 4,082 out of 7,765. Before him are Vivian Campbell (1962), Luke Goss (1968), John Taylor (1960), Stephen Moyer (1969), Richard Eyre (1943), and Arthur Smith Woodward (1864). After him are Benjamin Vulliamy (1747), Saffron Burrows (1972), Roger Ascham (1515), Archie Panjabi (1972), Andy Mackay (1946), and Kevin Whately (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend ranks 505. Before him are Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880), Martin McGuinness (1950), Billy Hughes (1862), Jack Straw (1946), Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905), and Andrew Fisher (1862). After him are William Warham (1450), Susie Wolff (1982), Robert Morris (1734), Ellen Wilkinson (1891), Robin Cook (1946), and John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792).

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