MILITARY PERSONNEL

George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney

1718 - 1792

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Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, KB (bap. 13 February 1718 – 24 May 1792), was a British naval officer. He is best known for his commands in the American War of Independence, particularly his victory over the French at the Battle of the Saintes in 1782. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney has received more than 301,430 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney is the 1,643rd most popular military personnel (down from 1,454th in 2019), the 2,926th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,104th in 2019) and the 75th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney ranks 1,643 out of 2,058. Before him are Franciszek Kleeberg, Raúl Reyes, Wilhelm Hasse, August Emil Fieldorf, Leonhard Kaupisch, and François Perrier. After him are Giovanni Luppis, Paul Kray, Erick-Oskar Hansen, Kakutsa Cholokashvili, Conrad Albrecht, and Perseus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney ranks 19. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Antoine de Chézy, Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, and William Hunter. After him are Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Israel Putnam, Elizabeth Montagu, John Roebuck, Hugh Blair, and Salabat Jung. Among people deceased in 1792, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney ranks 34. Before him are John Burgoyne, John Paul Jones, René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Adam Gottlob Moltke, Charles Simon Favart, and George Browne. After him are Frederick North, Lord North, Davit Guramishvili, Paul Möhring, and Samuel Hearne.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney ranks 2,926 out of 8,785. Before him are Barry Morse (1918), Graham Sutherland (1903), John Byron (1723), Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609), Ceolwulf of Wessex (600), and Paul Weller (1958). After him are Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (1640), Elizabeth Fry (1780), Frederick North, Lord North (1732), John Walter Gregory (1864), Christopher Hogwood (1941), and Joe Jordan (1951).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney ranks 75. Before him are Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892), James Somerville (1882), Charles Warren (1840), Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724), Christopher Cradock (1862), and Edward Braddock (1695). After him are Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436), William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1891), Timothy Laurence (1955), Roy Urquhart (1901), Tom Phillips (1888), and Lawrence Oates (1880).

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