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Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester

1724 - 1808

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Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (3 September 1724 – 10 November 1808), known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. He twice served as Governor of the Province of Quebec, from 1768 to 1778, concurrently serving as Governor General of British North America in that time, and again from 1785 to 1795. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester has received more than 361,283 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester is the 13,785th most popular politician (down from 12,899th in 2019), the 3,205th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,142nd in 2019) and the 444th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester ranks 13,785 out of 19,576. Before him are Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, Bernard Dowiyogo, George W. Campbell, Friedrich Frey-Herosé, John Boehner, and Joseph Arthur Ankrah. After him are Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, James Mancham, John II of Jerusalem, Aleksander Skrzyński, Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, and Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1724, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester ranks 31. Before him are Dai Zhen, William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Ji Yun, Johann Julius Walbaum, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, and Anton Friedrich Büsching. After him are Georges-Louis Le Sage, and Jane Colden. Among people deceased in 1808, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester ranks 23. Before him are Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel, José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca, Alexander Dalrymple, Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, and José Celestino Mutis. After him are Giuseppe Piermarini, John Wilkinson, Étienne Pierre Ventenat, Carl Hindenburg, and Fisher Ames.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester ranks 3,205 out of 8,785. Before him are John Hoppner (1758), Martin Parr (1952), Mick Jones (1955), Walter Savage Landor (1775), Prince George of Cambridge (2013), and George W. Campbell (1769). After him are Frederick Browning (1896), Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739), Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (1340), Sam Claflin (1986), David Allan (1744), and Saint Mungo (518).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester ranks 444. Before him are Florence Green (1901), Lady Arbella Stuart (1575), Alan Bullock (1914), Alicia Moreau de Justo (1885), Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1402), and George W. Campbell (1769). After him are Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739), Charlie Whiting (1952), Nevile Henderson (1882), Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341), Jeremy Thorpe (1929), and Martin McGuinness (1950).

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