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Horatio Gates

1727 - 1806

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Major General Horatio Lloyd Gates (July 26, 1727 – April 10, 1806) was a British-born American army officer and politician who served in the British Army and Continental Army. During the American Revolutionary War, he played a major role at the American victory at the 1777 Battles of Saratoga. Gates' career was subsequently tarnished when he was decisively defeated by the British at the 1780 Battle of Camden. He has been described as "one of the Revolution's most controversial military figures" due to his role in the Conway Cabal, which attempted to discredit and replace George Washington as the Continental Army's commander-in-chief, along with his controversial actions at Saratoga and Camden. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Horatio Gates is the 1,092nd most popular military personnel (up from 1,094th in 2024), the 2,161st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,856th in 2019) and the 48th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among military personnels, Horatio Gates ranks 1,092 out of 2,058. Before him are Emilio Eduardo Massera, Walter Heitz, Uzi Narkiss, Petar Bojović, Mikhail Katukov, and Siegfried von Feuchtwangen. After him are Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Alexios Apokaukos, Gylippus, Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, Jacques Massu, and Cristóbal de Olid.

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Among people born in 1727, Horatio Gates ranks 22. Before him are Pasquale Anfossi, Tommaso Traetta, Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne, James Wolfe, and Philibert Commerson. After him are Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel, François-Hubert Drouais, Ivan Shuvalov, Ignaz Schiffermüller, and Peter Woulfe. Among people deceased in 1806, Horatio Gates ranks 32. Before him are Vicente Martín y Soler, John Breckinridge, Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony, Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen, George Stubbs, and Federico Gravina. After him are Eugenios Voulgaris, Fra Diavolo, Charlotte Smith, Michael von Melas, Timothy Dexter, and Shah Alam II.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Horatio Gates ranks 2,161 out of 8,785. Before him are Tim Staffell (1948), Saint Alban (300), William of Malmesbury (1080), John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859), Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn (1945), and Glenn Murcutt (1936). After him are John Loudon McAdam (1756), Ron Harris (1944), David Coulthard (1971), David Crystal (1941), Randolph Churchill (1911), and Jeremiah Clarke (1674).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Horatio Gates ranks 48. Before him are Andrew Parker Bowles (1939), Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890), Richard Dannatt (1950), James Wolfe (1727), Robert Blake (1599), and Arthur Rostron (1869). After him are David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775), Arthur Percival (1887), Robert Maynard (1684), and David Stirling (1915).

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