1768 - 1854
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 431,705 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey is the 14,290th most popular politician (down from 11,686th in 2019), the 3,922nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,937th in 2019) and the 494th most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey ranks 14,290 out of 15,577. Before him are Stephen Lekapenos, Keith Rowley, Vlado Bučkovski, Gavril Dejeu, Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, and Joaquín Suárez. After him are Ho Ching, John W. Snow, Alenka Bratušek, Marguerite Pindling, Vicente Ramón Roca, and Epeli Nailatikau.
901 - 963
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 14,284
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 14,285
1962 - Present
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 14,286
1932 - Present
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 14,287
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 14,288
1781 - 1868
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 14,289
1768 - 1854
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 14,290
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 14,291
1939 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 14,292
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 14,293
1932 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 14,294
1792 - 1858
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 14,295
1941 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 14,296
Among people born in 1768, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey ranks 40. Before him are Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel, Maria Edgeworth, Hendrik Voogd, Agustín Eyzaguirre, Astley Cooper, and Friedrich von Adelung. After him are Sikandar Jah and Smith Thompson. Among people deceased in 1854, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey ranks 53. Before him are Philip Barker-Webb, José María Vargas, Émile Souvestre, Edward Forbes, Pedro María de Anaya, and Juan Mora Fernández. After him are Robert Jameson, Nathaniel Wallich, and Josipina Turnograjska.
1768 - 1839
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 34
1768 - 1849
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 35
1768 - 1839
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 36
1768 - 1837
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 37
1768 - 1841
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 38
1768 - 1843
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 39
1768 - 1854
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 40
1768 - 1829
HPI: 38.81
Rank: 41
1768 - 1843
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 42
1793 - 1854
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 47
1786 - 1854
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 48
1806 - 1854
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 49
1815 - 1854
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 50
1795 - 1854
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 51
1784 - 1854
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 52
1768 - 1854
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 53
1774 - 1854
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 54
1786 - 1854
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 55
1833 - 1854
HPI: 43.03
Rank: 56
Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey ranks 3,922 out of 7,765. Before him are Gary McKinnon (1966), Simon Gallup (1960), James Wilson (1805), Charles Robert Cockerell (1788), Karen Gillan (1987), and Jimmy Hogan (1882). After him are Brandon Carter (1942), George Grote (1794), Charles Winslow (1888), Jonathan Stroud (1970), John Ogdon (1937), and Virginia McKenna (1931).
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 3,916
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 3,917
1805 - 1860
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 3,918
1788 - 1863
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 3,919
1987 - Present
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 3,920
1882 - 1974
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 3,921
1768 - 1854
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 3,922
1942 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 3,923
1794 - 1871
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 3,924
1888 - 1963
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 3,925
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 3,926
1937 - 1989
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 3,927
1931 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 3,928
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey ranks 494. Before him are Alicia Moreau de Justo (1885), John Negroponte (1939), Archibald Sayce (1845), David Amess (1952), Charles Booth (1840), and Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (1964). After him are Philip Hammond (1955), John Hunter (1737), Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1393), Alex Salmond (1954), Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880), and Martin McGuinness (1950).
1885 - 1986
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 488
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 489
1845 - 1933
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 490
1952 - 2021
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 491
1840 - 1916
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 492
1964 - Present
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 493
1768 - 1854
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 494
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 495
1737 - 1821
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 496
1393 - 1455
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 497
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 498
1880 - 1959
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 499
1950 - 2017
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 500