POLITICIAN

Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby

1841 - 1908

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Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, (15 January 1841 – 14 June 1908), known as Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886 and 1893, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Colonial Secretary from 1885 to 1886 and Governor General of Canada from 1888 to 1893. An avid sportsman, he built Stanley House Stables in England and is famous in North America for presenting Canada with the Stanley Cup, the championship trophy in ice hockey. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby has received more than 852,700 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby is the 15,209th most popular politician (down from 13,602nd in 2019), the 4,008th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,503rd in 2019) and the 514th most popular British Politician.

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  • 850k

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  • 46.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby ranks 15,209 out of 19,576. Before him are Eugene Meyer, József Szlávy, Gideon Sa'ar, Alfredo Duhalde, Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, and Robert Andersson. After him are Salim Ahmed Salim, Ayelet Shaked, Paul Matschie, Enlil-nasir I, Sylvain Van de Weyer, and Arnaldo Otegi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby ranks 90. Before him are Giuseppe Pitrè, Louis-Ernest Barrias, Hugo Gyldén, Manuel Candamo, Gaudenzio Marconi, and Alfred Cogniaux. After him are Nelson W. Aldrich, James Gordon Bennett Jr., Gijsbert van Tienhoven, Kliment of Tarnovo, Chrétien Waydelich, and Mary Arthur McElroy. Among people deceased in 1908, Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby ranks 90. Before him are Svatopluk Čech, Hashimoto Gahō, Antonio Aguilar y Correa, Marquis of Vega de Armijo, Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević, Walter Leistikow, and Joel Chandler Harris. After him are Ignacio de Veintemilla, Manuel Curros Enríquez, José Manuel Marroquín, Marco Aurelio Soto, Henry Bird, and American Horse.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby ranks 4,008 out of 8,785. Before him are Conor Gallagher (2000), Kevin McKidd (1973), Sax Rohmer (1883), Brian Naylor (1923), Mary Garden (1874), and William Robertson (1721). After him are David Cross (1949), Roy Bentley (1924), Ivor Allchurch (1929), Robert Whitehead (1823), David Beaton (1494), and Aaron Ramsey (1990).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby ranks 514. Before him are Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849), Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773), William Martin (1767), Billy Hughes (1862), William Warham (1450), and Philip Hammond (1955). After him are Grantley Goulding (1874), Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880), Michael Heseltine (1933), Arthur St. Clair (1737), Pybba of Mercia (570), and Herbert Lawford (1851).

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