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Charles Townshend

1725 - 1767

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Charles Townshend (27 August 1725 – 4 September 1767) was a British politician who held various titles in the Parliament of Great Britain. His establishment of the controversial Townshend Acts is considered one of the key causes of the American Revolution. Townshend was born at Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England, as the second son of Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend, and Audrey Harrison. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Townshend has received more than 271,790 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Charles Townshend is the 14,709th most popular politician (down from 13,484th in 2019), the 4,217th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,094th in 2019) and the 516th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles Townshend ranks 14,709 out of 15,577. Before him are Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, Oswulf of Northumbria, Adolf van der Voort van Zijp, Folke Rogard, Berthold Englisch, and Mangosuthu Buthelezi. After him are Aleksandr Tkachyov, Marcelino Oreja, 1st Marquis of Oreja, Domnall Brecc, Suen-magir, Bisher Al-Khasawneh, and Leabua Jonathan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1725, Charles Townshend ranks 29. Before him are Ahmad Shah Bahadur, Joseph Duplessis, John Wilkes, Jean-Étienne Montucla, George Mason, and Ivan Osterman. After him are William Duesbury and Dru Drury. Among people deceased in 1767, Charles Townshend ranks 19. Before him are Giacomo Ceruti, Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen, Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov, Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Townshend ranks 4,217 out of 7,765. Before him are Bruce Payne (1957), Trevor Francis (1954), Derek Bailey (1930), John Marston (1576), William T. Stearn (1911), and Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford (1946). After him are John of Worcester (1100), Moira Shearer (1926), Robert Service (1947), Emily Ratajkowski (1991), Gia Scala (1934), and Phil Neal (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Charles Townshend ranks 516. Before him are Robin Cook (1946), John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792), Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741), Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773), Keir Starmer (1962), and Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (1883). After him are Arthur Whitten Brown (1886), Henry Hyndman (1842), John Bercow (1963), Charles Bradlaugh (1833), John Prescott (1938), and Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868).

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