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Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

1516 - 1547

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Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, KG (1516/1517–19 January 1547) was an English nobleman, politician and poet. He was one of the founders of English Renaissance poetry and was the last known person to have been executed at the insistence of King Henry VIII. His name is usually associated in literature with that of the poet Sir Thomas Wyatt. Owing largely to the powerful position of his father Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Henry took a prominent part in court life, and served as a soldier both in France and in Scotland. He was a man of reckless temper, which involved him in many quarrels, and finally brought upon him the wrath of the ageing Henry VIII. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey has received more than 1,220,729 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is the 9,578th most popular politician (down from 7,995th in 2019), the 1,938th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,675th in 2019) and the 300th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ranks 9,578 out of 19,576. Before him are Pietro IV Candiano, Seru Epenisa Cakobau, Christian Schmidt, Mucianus, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, and Arnulf, Count of Holland. After him are Fidel Ramos, Ciriaco De Mita, Horus Bird, William Waddington, Izyaslav of Polotsk, and George Vassiliou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1516, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ranks 11. Before him are William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Tabinshwehti, Hieronymus Wolf, André Thevet, Cristóvão da Gama, and Realdo Colombo. After him are Söyembikä of Kazan, John Foxe, Emilie of Saxony, and Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox. Among people deceased in 1547, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ranks 16. Before him are Hadım Suleiman Pasha, Philippa of Guelders, Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vendôme, Konrad Peutinger, Perino del Vaga, and Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg. After him are Johannes Schöner, Beatus Rhenanus, Frederick II of Legnica, Jacopo Sadoleto, and Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ranks 1,938 out of 8,785. Before him are June Whitfield (1925), Adele (1988), Andy Whitfield (1971), Arthur Rostron (1869), David Knopfler (1952), and Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730). After him are Edward Vernon (1684), Tony Banks (1950), John Wyndham (1903), Robert Darwin (1766), Peter Crouch (1981), and F. H. Bradley (1846).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ranks 300. Before him are William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759), Prince William of Gloucester (1941), Cynric (450), John A. Macdonald (1815), Louisa Adams (1775), and Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730). After him are John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859), Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751), Lord Guildford Dudley (1536), Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757), and Cynewulf of Wessex (750).

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