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MILITARY PERSONNEL

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 371,507 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford is the 1,495th most popular military personnel (down from 1,415th in 2019), the 3,380th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,217th in 2019) and the 90th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford ranks 1,495 out of 1,468Before him are Richard Bong, Billy Mitchell, Frederick Browning, Hyman G. Rickover, Richmond K. Turner, and Leo Phokas the Younger. After him are Abu Ali al-Anbari, Harry Patch, Natalya Kovshova, Stefan Toshev, Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, and Oliver Hazard Perry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford ranks 56Before him are William Dwight Whitney, Kostandin Kristoforidhi, Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Charles John Andersson, Mary Ward, and Ramón Emeterio Betances. After him are Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Barbara Bodichon, William Burges, Afzal-ud-Daulah, Hiram Rhodes Revels, and William Windom. Among people deceased in 1905, Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford ranks 70Before him are Simeon Solomon, Per Teodor Cleve, Theodoros Diligiannis, Francisco Silvela, René Goblet, and Victor Borisov-Musatov. After him are Émile Oustalet, Étienne Desmarteau, William Thomas Blanford, Ralph Copeland, Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde, and Harold Mahony.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford ranks 3,380 out of 7,765Before him are Peter Tait (1831), Gavin Bryars (1943), Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (1919), Fred Pentland (1883), Mike Figgis (1948), and Anthony Head (1954). After him are Robert Greene (1558), John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (1431), Jon Hiseman (1944), Isaac Pitman (1813), Harry Patch (1898), and Andrew Smith (1797).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford ranks 90Before him are David Stirling (1915), George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718), Charles Lee (1731), Timothy Laurence (1955), Guy Simonds (1903), and Frederick Browning (1896). After him are Harry Patch (1898), Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (1880), Flora Sandes (1876), John Byng (1704), William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1891), and Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757).