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James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose

1612 - 1650

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James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612 – 21 May 1650) was a Scottish nobleman, poet, soldier and later viceroy and captain general of Scotland. Montrose initially joined the Covenanters in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, but subsequently supported King Charles I as the English Civil War developed. From 1644 to 1646, and again in 1650, he fought in the civil war in Scotland on behalf of the King. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose has received more than 461,865 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose is the 16,905th most popular politician, the 5,266th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 597th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ranks 16,905 out of 19,576. Before him are Josiah Bartlett, Andrew Young, Stefan Sofiyanski, Jake Garn, Siv Jensen, and Iryna Vereshchuk. After him are Dadullah, Paulo Muwanga, María Jesús Montero, Jean-Max Bellerive, Nell Arthur, and Jeremy Hunt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1612, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ranks 26. Before him are Thomas Fairfax, August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz, Pier Francesco Mola, Anne Bradstreet, and Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn. After him is Richard Crashaw. Among people deceased in 1650, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ranks 18. Before him are Jean Rotrou, Claude Favre de Vaugelas, Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl, Manuel Cardoso, Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg, and İbrahim Peçevi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ranks 5,266 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Hughes (1822), Ronald Firbank (1886), Dan Abnett (1965), William Empson (1906), Samantha Power (1970), and Colin Davis (1933). After him are Maurice Norman (1934), Donald Burgess (1933), Calvert Vaux (1824), Jeremy Hunt (1966), Donald Dewar (1937), and George Goulding (1884).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ranks 597. Before him are Nellie Sengupta (1886), William Paterson (1745), Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1705), Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch (1748), John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1873), and Denis Healey (1917). After him are Jeremy Hunt (1966), Donald Dewar (1937), Jo Cox (1974), Harriet Harman (1950), John Bercow (1963), and Harry Pollitt (1890).

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