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James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope

1673 - 1721

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James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope (1673 – 5 February 1721) was a British Army officer and Whig politician who effectively served as Chief Minister between 1717 and 1721. He was also the last Chancellor of the Exchequer to sit in the House of Lords. Born in Paris as the son of a prominent diplomat, Stanhope pursued a military career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope has received more than 138,060 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope is the 14,764th most popular politician (down from 14,300th in 2019), the 4,506th most popular biography from France (down from 4,315th in 2019) and the 861st most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope ranks 14,764 out of 19,576. Before him are Tommy Douglas, Stavros Dimas, Johan Ferner, Prithvirajsing Roopun, Theodor Blank, and Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland. After him are Jan Dobraczyński, Thaddeus Stevens, Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, Corneliu Mănescu, Yolanda Díaz, and Archibald Sayce.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1673, James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope ranks 22. Before him are Claude Gillot, René Duguay-Trouin, Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg, Bernard Picart, George Graham, and Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels.  Among people deceased in 1721, James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope ranks 14. Before him are Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Johann Christoph Bach, Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, Pierre Daniel Huet, Elihu Yale, and Edward Colston. After him is Zinat-un-Nissa Begum.

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In France

Among people born in France, James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope ranks 4,506 out of 6,770. Before him are Hippolyte Girardot (1955), Louis Aliot (1969), Raymond Schwartz (1894), Georges Beuchat (1910), François Hesnault (1956), and Jean Dréville (1906). After him are Herman Georges Berger (1875), Jean Aicard (1848), Yannick Dalmas (1961), Louis-Gustave Binger (1856), Charles Collignon (1877), and Simon Abkarian (1962).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope ranks 861. Before him are Luc Ferry (1951), Jacques Barrot (1937), Victor Duruy (1811), Claude Cheysson (1920), Charles Athanase Walckenaer (1771), and Louis Aliot (1969). After him are Arlette Laguiller (1940), Jean-Louis Debré (1944), Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland (1641), Gaëtan de Rochebouët (1813), Hubert Védrine (1947), and Pierre Moscovici (1957).

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