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Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon

1866 - 1941

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Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (12 September 1866 – 12 August 1941), styled as the Earl of Willingdon between 1931 and 1936, was a British Liberal politician and administrator who served as Governor General of Canada and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India. Freeman-Thomas was born in England and educated at Eton College and then the University of Cambridge before serving for 15 years in the Sussex Artillery. He then entered the diplomatic and political fields, acting as aide-de-camp to his father-in-law when the latter was Governor of Victoria and, in 1900, was elected to the British House of Commons. He thereafter occupied a variety of government posts, including secretary to the British prime minister and, after being raised to the peerage as Lord Willingdon, as Lord-in-waiting to King George V. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon has received more than 354,356 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon is the 15,018th most popular politician (down from 14,798th in 2019), the 3,884th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,302nd in 2019) and the 504th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon ranks 15,018 out of 19,576. Before him are Venkaiah Naidu, Mahboob Ali Khan, Osman Hussein, Aspelta, Elephenor, and Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi. After him are Nicola Sturgeon, Thawan Thamrongnawasawat, Dimitar Kovačevski, Eanred of Northumbria, Fruto Chamorro, and Norbert Blüm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon ranks 133. Before him are Cornelia Sorabji, José María Caro Rodríguez, Ants Laikmaa, Lena Rice, Mahboob Ali Khan, and Sam Eyde. After him are Miina Sillanpää, Ndre Mjeda, Gustav Lindau, Abraham Flexner, Ernest Mangnall, and Johan Vaaler. Among people deceased in 1941, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon ranks 168. Before him are Verner Järvinen, Yekaterina Zelenko, Franz von Werra, Masha Bruskina, Eduardo Schaerer, and Luigi Capello. After him are Miina Härma, Ludwig Stubbendorf, Hermann Wilker, Dobri Hristov, Cecilio Báez, and František Křižík.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon ranks 3,884 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Andrew Knight (1759), Alex Kingston (1963), Cassandra Austen (1773), Donald Rayfield (1942), John Farey Sr. (1766), and Aaron Arrowsmith (1750). After him are Nicola Sturgeon (1970), John Ogdon (1937), Tommy Green (1894), Stuart McCall (1964), Lambert Simnel (1477), and Clara Reeve (1729).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon ranks 504. Before him are John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (1431), Andrew Fisher (1862), James Wilson (1742), Charles Booth (1840), Paul Radmilovic (1886), and Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea (1810). After him are Nicola Sturgeon (1970), Lambert Simnel (1477), Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (1000), Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849), Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773), and William Martin (1767).

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