MILITARY PERSONNEL

John French, 1st Earl of Ypres

1852 - 1925

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Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, (28 September 1852 – 22 May 1925), known as Sir John French from 1901 to 1916, and as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a senior British Army officer. Born in Kent, he saw brief service as a midshipman in the Royal Navy, before becoming a cavalry officer. He achieved rapid promotion and distinguished himself on the Gordon Relief Expedition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John French, 1st Earl of Ypres has received more than 3,109,723 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. John French, 1st Earl of Ypres is the 995th most popular military personnel (down from 922nd in 2019), the 1,687th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,697th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John French, 1st Earl of Ypres ranks 995 out of 2,058. Before him are Constantin Prezan, Tōdō Takatora, Matome Ugaki, Matteo I Visconti, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, and Gaius Laelius. After him are Alime Abdenanova, Heinrich Bär, Robert Blake, Nagakura Shinpachi, Paddy Roy Bates, and Quintus Titurius Sabinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, John French, 1st Earl of Ypres ranks 51. Before him are Vera Figner, Friedrich Loeffler, Bérenger Saunière, Arnold Toynbee, Charles W. Fairbanks, and Leopoldo Alas. After him are Bruno Abakanowicz, Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal, Henri Gervex, George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg, Otakar Ševčík, and Francisco Moreno. Among people deceased in 1925, John French, 1st Earl of Ypres ranks 65. Before him are Sidney Reilly, Sheikh Said, Princess Françoise of Orléans, Chittaranjan Das, Louis Feuillade, and Hidesaburō Ueno. After him are Anna Schäffer, Stefan Żeromski, Aristide Bruant, Johan August Brinell, Charles Mangin, and Antonio Maura.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John French, 1st Earl of Ypres ranks 1,687 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766), Tim Staffell (1948), Stephen Langton (1150), David Edward Hughes (1831), Paul Rodgers (1949), and David Tennant (1971). After him are Robert Brown (1921), Christina Rossetti (1830), Elizabeth de Burgh (1289), Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868), Robert Blake (1599), and Charles Hatchett (1765).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John French, 1st Earl of Ypres ranks 32. Before him are Andrew Parker Bowles (1939), Jack Phillips (1887), Robert Maynard (1684), Henry Tandey (1891), Henry Allingham (1896), and Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717). After him are Robert Blake (1599), Paddy Roy Bates (1921), George Rooke (1650), Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775), John Fastolf (1380), and William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729).

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