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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 simply as Lord Durham, was a British Whig statesman, colonial administrator, Governor General and high commissioner of British North America. A leading reformer, 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 242,600 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham is the 14,600th most popular politician, the 4,142nd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 511th most popular British Politician.

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  • 240k

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham ranks 14,600 out of 15,577. Before him are Dimitrios Valvis, Felipe Molas López, Ahmad Samani, Hannibal Muammar Gaddafi, Hu Chunhua, and Raoul Cédras. After him are Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, Ahmose-Henuttamehu, Princess Sophia of Gloucester, Sin-Eribam, Juan Antonio Pezet, and Francisco Ramón Vicuña.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham ranks 59. Before him are Christian Albrecht Jensen, Thomas Bell, José María Carreño, James Francis Stephens, Gulab Singh, and Vicente Ramón Roca. After him are Thomas Romney Robinson, Lowell Mason, Sarah Moore Grimké, William Hobson, John Keble, and Thomas Mitchell. Among people deceased in 1840, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham ranks 43. Before him are Joseph Johann von Littrow, Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, Karl Leberecht Immermann, James Prinsep, José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, and John Abbot. After him are John Adair and Felix Grundy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham ranks 4,142 out of 7,765. Before him are Joseph Wedderburn (1882), Jacqueline Wilson (1945), Vincent Nichols (1945), Richard Gunn (1871), Val McDermid (1955), and Ian Charleson (1949). After him are Ben Nicholson (1894), Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741), Frank Bruno (1961), Talulah Riley (1985), Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773), and William John Swainson (1789).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham ranks 511. Before him are Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674), William Warham (1450), Susie Wolff (1982), Robert Morris (1734), Ellen Wilkinson (1891), and Robin Cook (1946). After him are Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741), Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773), Keir Starmer (1962), Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (1883), Charles Townshend (1725), and Arthur Whitten Brown (1886).

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