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Henry Pottinger

1789 - 1856

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Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pottinger, 1st Baronet (Chinese: 砵甸乍, 璞鼎查; pinyin: Bōdiānzhà; 3 October 1789 – 18 March 1856), was an Anglo-Irish soldier and colonial administrator from Ulster who became the first Governor of Hong Kong. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Pottinger has received more than 172,533 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Pottinger is the 12,206th most popular politician (down from 11,212th in 2019), the 2,611th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,493rd in 2019) and the 383rd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry Pottinger ranks 12,206 out of 19,576. Before him are Domenico II Contarini, Marcel Pilet-Golaz, Ivan Shuvalov, Qian Qichen, Gérard Larcher, and Ernst Wilhelm Bohle. After him are Bernhard Hammer, Shukri Ghanem, Neferkare, ninth dynasty, Nikolai Podvoisky, Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury, and Philaretos Brachamios.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1789, Henry Pottinger ranks 31. Before him are Gamzat-bek, William Cranch Bond, Friedrich Boie, Charles Rivière-Hérard, Auguste Couder, and Bernhard Severin Ingemann. After him are Carlos María de Alvear, Friedrich Silcher, Richard Bright, Manuel Gómez Pedraza, Miguel Barragán, and Cesare Balbo. Among people deceased in 1856, Henry Pottinger ranks 42. Before him are Lev Perovski, Julie Guicciardi, Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, Ninomiya Sontoku, Agostino Bassi, and Jovan Sterija Popović. After him are Josef Kajetán Tyl, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet, Michel Félix Dunal, Ivan Kireyevsky, Johan August Wahlberg, and Joseph Meyer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Pottinger ranks 2,611 out of 8,785. Before him are Phil Manzanera (1951), Simon Wright (1963), Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833), Gary Neville (1975), Ernst Wilhelm Bohle (1903), and Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847). After him are Ashley Cole (1980), George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (1946), Austin Osman Spare (1886), Dominic West (1969), Thomas Arnold (1795), and C. P. Snow (1905).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Henry Pottinger ranks 383. Before him are Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1869), Gayatri Devi (1919), Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (1301), Constance Markievicz (1868), Caradoc (470), and Ernst Wilhelm Bohle (1903). After him are George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (1946), John Turner (1929), George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737), Thomas Wyatt the Younger (1521), Centwine of Wessex (643), and John Wilkes (1725).

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