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Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

1768 - 1854

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Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (17 May 1768 – 29 April 1854), styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as the Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British Army officer and politician. After serving as a member of parliament for Carnarvon and then for Milborne Port, he took part in the Flanders Campaign and then commanded the cavalry for Sir John Moore's army in Spain during the Peninsular War; his cavalry showed distinct superiority over their French counterparts at the Battle of Sahagún and at the Battle of Benavente, where he defeated the elite chasseurs of the French Imperial Guard. During the Hundred Days he led the charge of the heavy cavalry against Comte d'Erlon's column at the Battle of Waterloo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey has received more than 466,864 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey is the 14,235th most popular politician (up from 14,241st in 2019), the 3,441st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,914th in 2019) and the 465th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey ranks 14,235 out of 19,576. Before him are Hailemariam Desalegn, Lyudvig Chibirov, Uwe Barschel, Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, Hrothgar, and Artashumara. After him are Timothy Pickering, Antonio Mateu Lahoz, Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, Jakob Stämpfli, Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan, and Lucius Valerius Flaccus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1768, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey ranks 42. Before him are Anthony Carlisle, Karl Ludwig von Haller, Louise Caroline of Hochberg, Hendrik Voogd, Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel, and Friedrich von Adelung. After him are Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein, Marie-Jeanne de Lalande, Edward Donovan, Astley Cooper, Mah Laqa Bai, and John Crome. Among people deceased in 1854, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey ranks 58. Before him are Friedrich Eduard Beneke, Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt, Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland, Pedro María de Anaya, Frederick Catherwood, and Philip Barker-Webb. After him are Émile Souvestre, Nathaniel Wallich, Robert Jameson, Juan Mora Fernández, Josipina Turnograjska, and Justo Figuerola.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey ranks 3,441 out of 8,785. Before him are Samantha Bond (1961), Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628), David Lloyd (1950), John Alcott (1930), Vivian Fuchs (1908), and Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1745). After him are Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (1964), Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), Billy McNeill (1940), John Byng (1704), Boston Corbett (1832), and Jill Esmond (1908).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey ranks 465. Before him are John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1462), Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887), John Shakespeare (1530), Algernon Sidney (1623), Gerrard Winstanley (1609), and Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628). After him are Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (1964), Keir Starmer (1962), Cherie Blair (1954), Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845), John Julius Norwich (1929), and Ken Livingstone (1945).

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