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John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll

1680 - 1743

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Field Marshal John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, 1st Duke of Greenwich, (10 October 1680 – 4 October 1743), styled Lord Lorne from 1680 to 1703, was a Scottish nobleman and senior commander in the British Army. He served on the continent in the Nine Years' War and fought at the Siege of Kaiserswerth during the War of the Spanish Succession. He then went on to serve as a brigade commander during the later battles of the War of the Spanish Succession, and was subsequently given command of all British forces in Spain at the instigation of the Harley Ministry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll has received more than 238,719 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll is the 15,994th most popular politician (down from 13,842nd in 2019), the 4,535th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,634th in 2019) and the 545th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll ranks 15,994 out of 19,576. Before him are Haim Ramon, Michael Foot, Andreas Michalakopoulos, Pearlette Louisy, Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés, and Attilio Fontana. After him are John Morton, Shigeru Ishiba, John Canfield Spencer, Osric of Northumbria, John Sparrow David Thompson, and Pedro Pierluisi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1680, John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll ranks 20. Before him are Ephraim Chambers, Emanuele d'Astorga, Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Angelo Maria Querini, Philippe Néricault Destouches, and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.  Among people deceased in 1743, John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll ranks 18. Before him are Jai Singh II, Augustine Washington, Jean-Baptiste Du Halde, Ogata Kenzan, Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Mikhail Zemtsov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll ranks 4,535 out of 8,785. Before him are Al Pease (1921), Michael Foot (1913), Henry Sweet (1845), Tony Rolt (1918), Scott Speedman (1975), and John Urry (1946). After him are Kathryn Beaumont (1938), Robert Service (1947), Cathleen Nesbitt (1888), Ken Armstrong (1924), Binnie Barnes (1903), and Robert Edmond Grant (1793).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll ranks 545. Before him are Ruth Williams Khama (1923), Michael Portillo (1953), Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951), John Francis Davis (1795), Aneurin Bevan (1897), and Michael Foot (1913). After him are Najla El Mangoush (1973), Cadwallon ap Cadfan (591), Malcolm MacDonald (1901), Lindsay Hoyle (1957), Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868), and Adela Pankhurst (1885).

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