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John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham

1792 - 1840

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John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, (12 April 1792 – 28 July 1840), also known as "Radical Jack" and commonly referred to in Canadian history texts as Lord Durham, was a British Whig statesman, colonial administrator, Governor General and high commissioner of British North America. A leading reformer, Lord Durham played a major role in the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832. He later served as ambassador to Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham has received more than 263,183 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham is the 16,688th most popular politician (down from 14,551st in 2019), the 5,084th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,134th in 2019) and the 584th most popular British Politician.

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  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham ranks 16,688 out of 19,576. Before him are Michael Spindelegger, George Clymer, V. K. Krishna Menon, Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene, Nicolas Alfonsi, and Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger. After him are Donald Kalpokas, Nadiya Savchenko, Lynden Pindling, James McHenry, Oswulf of Northumbria, and Lilia Podkopayeva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham ranks 70. Before him are Gulab Singh, Andreas Kalvos, Thomas Bell, Sarah Moore Grimké, Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, and Lowell Mason. After him are Thomas Romney Robinson, William Hobson, John Keble, and Thomas Mitchell. Among people deceased in 1840, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham ranks 46. Before him are Joseph Johann von Littrow, John Abbot, Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, James Prinsep, José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, and John Adair. After him is Felix Grundy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham ranks 5,084 out of 8,785. Before him are G. D. H. Cole (1889), W. T. Tutte (1917), William Gemmell Cochran (1909), Reginald Hill (1936), Mark Hateley (1961), and John Edwards (1953). After him are James McHenry (1753), Ran Laurie (1915), Viv Anderson (1956), Bernardine Evaristo (1959), Steve Toussaint (1965), and Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham ranks 584. Before him are Herbert Morrison (1888), James Cleverly (1969), George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784), Samuel Plimsoll (1824), Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762), and Albert Oldman (1883). After him are James McHenry (1753), Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831), Erskine Childers (1870), George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823), Titus Oates (1649), and William Lyon Mackenzie (1795).

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