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Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford

1827 - 1905

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General Frederic Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, (31 May 1827 – 9 April 1905) was a British Army officer who rose to prominence during the Anglo-Zulu War, when an expeditionary force under his command suffered a decisive defeat at the hands of a Zulu force at the Battle of Isandlwana in 1879. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford has received more than 417,801 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford is the 1,778th most popular military personnel (down from 1,493rd in 2019), the 3,495th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,372nd in 2019) and the 93rd most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford ranks 1,778 out of 2,058. Before him are John Shalikashvili, Bazilio Olara-Okello, Paul von Plehwe, John Pope, Gustaf Dyrssen, and Richard Bong. After him are Robert Anderson, Kanhoji Angre, Yekaterina Zelenko, Irvin McDowell, Hans von Rosen, and Constantine Diogenes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford ranks 55. Before him are Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov, Kostandin Kristoforidhi, Lydia Becker, William Dwight Whitney, Ramón Emeterio Betances, and Karl Maximovich. After him are Lev Lagorio, Charles John Andersson, Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Quintino Sella, José Manuel Marroquín, and Barbara Bodichon. Among people deceased in 1905, Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford ranks 74. Before him are René Goblet, Louis-Ernest Barrias, Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, Hranush Arshagyan, Kārlis Baumanis, and Simeon Solomon. After him are Émile Oustalet, Francisco Silvela, Harold Mahony, Theodore Thomas, William Thomas Blanford, and Victor Borisov-Musatov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford ranks 3,495 out of 8,785. Before him are Hannah More (1745), Jenny Agutter (1952), Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1858), Brian Redman (1937), Robert Bolt (1924), and Adrienne Corri (1931). After him are William Martin Leake (1777), Suze Randall (1946), Pat Roach (1937), John Henry Davies (1864), Douglas Hartree (1897), and Nicholas Evans (1950).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford ranks 93. Before him are Flora Sandes (1876), Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757), Miles Dempsey (1896), John Byng (1704), Boston Corbett (1832), and Eddie Chapman (1914). After him are John Moore (1761), Dudley Pound (1877), George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697), Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591), Captain Tom (1920), and Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726).

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