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Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury

1583 - 1648

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Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (or Chirbury) KB (3 March 1583 – 5 August 1648) was an English soldier, diplomat, historian, poet and religious philosopher. He studied multiple languages and disciplines at University College, Oxford, and began his political career in Parliament, representing the Welsh counties Montgomeryshire and Merioneth. As a soldier, Herbert distinguished himself in the Low Countries, serving under the Prince of Orange. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury has received more than 137,111 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury is the 11,798th most popular politician (down from 11,775th in 2019), the 2,490th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,667th in 2019) and the 366th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury ranks 11,798 out of 19,576. Before him are Hugh IX of Lusignan, Toivo Mikael Kivimäki, Sitt al-Mulk, Rupiah Banda, Rafael Núñez, and Jeong In-ji. After him are Nebiriau II, William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Beatrice of France, Willem Schermerhorn, Rachida Dati, and Javan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1583, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury ranks 16. Before him are Hayashi Razan, Orlando Gibbons, Jan Porcellis, Iskandar Muda, Eleanor of Prussia, and Denis Pétau. After him are Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Susanna Hall, and Philip Massinger. Among people deceased in 1648, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury ranks 14. Before him are Claudia de' Medici, Claude Françoise de Lorraine, Qin Liangyu, Vincent Voiture, Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau, and Caspar Barlaeus. After him are Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Juan Gómez de Mora.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury ranks 2,490 out of 8,785. Before him are Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape (1888), Corin Redgrave (1939), Chiwetel Ejiofor (1977), Belinda Lee (1935), Mick Ronson (1946), and Ralph H. Fowler (1889). After him are William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (1724), Jane Morris (1839), Lindsay Duncan (1950), Samuel Clarke (1675), Gareth Southgate (1970), and Martin Peters (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury ranks 366. Before him are Richard Cobden (1804), William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768), Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (1478), Ian Khama (1953), Charles James Fox (1749), and Prince Maurice of Battenberg (1891). After him are William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (1724), James Douglas, Lord of Douglas (1286), Ralph Abercromby (1734), Æthelheard of Wessex (750), Tony Abbott (1957), and John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845).

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