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George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville

1716 - 1785

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Major-General George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, PC (26 January 1716 – 26 August 1785) was a British Army officer, politician and peer who served as Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1775 to 1782. Serving in the North ministry during the American War of Independence, he received significant blame for Britain's defeat in the conflict; Sackville's issuance of confusing instructions to British commanders in North America coupled with his failure to understand either the geography of Britain's American colonies or the determination of the rebels' resolve have led historians to support such arguments. Sackville served in the British army in the War of the Austrian Succession and in Seven Years' War, including at the decisive Battle of Minden, after which he was court-martialled. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville has received more than 265,015 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville is the 16,240th most popular politician (down from 15,398th in 2019), the 4,724th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,763rd in 2019) and the 563rd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville ranks 16,240 out of 19,576. Before him are Dmitry Kozak, Yashwant Sinha, Müfide İlhan, Dietmar Bartsch, Amos Sawyer, and Kadri Simson. After him are George van Rossem, Charles Sumner, Nagamichi Kuroda, Ceolwulf of Northumbria, Leonid Slutsky, and Manohar Joshi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1716, George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville ranks 22. Before him are Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, Jean François de Saint-Lambert, Otto von Münchhausen, Gaspar de Portolá, and Capability Brown.  Among people deceased in 1785, George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville ranks 24. Before him are Johann Gerhard König, Gottfried August Homilius, Stephen Hopkins, John Belchier, Ventura Rodríguez, and János Sajnovics. After him is James Oglethorpe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville ranks 4,724 out of 8,785. Before him are Simon Fuller (1960), John Hunter (1737), William Russell (1924), William Christie (1845), Mick Abrahams (1943), and Derek Bailey (1930). After him are Isaac D'Israeli (1766), Irene Manton (1904), Phyllis Logan (1956), Stephanie Beacham (1947), Thomas Clarkson (1760), and Thomas Adès (1971).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville ranks 563. Before him are Tom Clarke (1858), Hugh Gaitskell (1906), Douglas Hurd (1930), Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733), Joseph Cook (1860), and John Hunter (1737). After him are Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779), Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790), Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860), David Owen (1938), Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674), and Nigel Lawson (1932).

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