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Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke

1705 - 1781

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Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, (21 February 1705 – 17 October 1781), of Scarthingwell Hall in the parish of Saxton with Scarthingwell, near Tadcaster, Yorkshire, was an English Royal Navy officer. As captain of the third-rate HMS Berwick, he took part in the Battle of Toulon in February 1744 during the War of the Austrian Succession. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke has received more than 253,312 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke is the 16,812th most popular politician (down from 14,989th in 2019), the 5,178th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,445th in 2019) and the 593rd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke ranks 16,812 out of 19,576. Before him are Owen Arthur, Jenny Shipley, G. William Miller, Erkki Liikanen, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, and Valeriy Heletey. After him are Charles Tupper, Chris Hipkins, Rab Butler, Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, and Æthelred.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1705, Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke ranks 17. Before him are Philipp Stamma, Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa, Gerhard Friedrich Müller, Davit Guramishvili, and Dick Turpin.  Among people deceased in 1781, Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke ranks 19. Before him are Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Johannes Ewald, Micaela Bastidas, Bartolina Sisa, and Tobias Furneaux.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke ranks 5,178 out of 8,785. Before him are Brian Cox (1968), Stephen Merchant (1974), Alan Garner (1934), Judd Trump (1989), Donald Campbell (1921), and John Barbour (1316). After him are Alan Pardew (1961), Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch (1748), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (1996), Harry Lloyd (1983), Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320), and Adrian Biddle (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke ranks 593. Before him are Erskine Childers (1870), George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823), Titus Oates (1649), William Lyon Mackenzie (1795), Nellie Sengupta (1886), and William Paterson (1745). After him are Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch (1748), John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1873), Denis Healey (1917), James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612), Jeremy Hunt (1966), and Donald Dewar (1937).

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