MILITARY PERSONNEL

Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe

1726 - 1799

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Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, (8 March 1726 – 5 August 1799) was a Royal Navy officer, politician and peer. After serving throughout the War of the Austrian Succession, he gained a reputation for his role in amphibious operations against the French coast as part of Britain's policy of naval descents during the Seven Years' War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe has received more than 462,734 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe is the 1,821st most popular military personnel (down from 1,445th in 2019), the 3,746th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,055th in 2019) and the 99th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ranks 1,821 out of 2,058. Before him are Aurélio de Lira Tavares, Stefan Toshev, Stephen Decatur, Captain Tom, Rahim Ademi, and Jacob L. Devers. After him are Oliver Hazard Perry, Berenguer de Palou II, George Milne, 1st Baron Milne, Mariya Polivanova, Axel von dem Bussche, and Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1726, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ranks 22. Before him are Katsukawa Shunshō, Gabriel François Doyen, Alexander Kokorinov, Eggert Ólafsson, Jovan Rajić, and Vasily Chichagov. After him are Thomas Pennant, Benjamin Harrison V, George Wythe, and Oliver Wolcott. Among people deceased in 1799, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ranks 37. Before him are William Curtis, Alexander Bezborodko, Francesco Mario Pagano, William Withering, Vasily Bazhenov, and Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt. After him is William Paca.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ranks 3,746 out of 8,785. Before him are Matthew Parker (1504), Edwin Atherstone (1788), Joe Wright (1972), Ninian (360), Cynewulf (900), and Tanith Lee (1947). After him are Harrison Birtwistle (1934), Steve Redgrave (1962), Henry Edward Manning (1808), Robin Dunbar (1947), Max Beerbohm (1872), and Alex Salmond (1954).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ranks 99. Before him are Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827), John Moore (1761), Dudley Pound (1877), George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697), Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591), and Captain Tom (1920). After him are George Milne, 1st Baron Milne (1866), Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663), Reginald Wingate (1861), Thomas Picton (1758), John André (1750), and Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857).

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