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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 British naval officer. 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 420,940 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe is the 1,447th most popular military personnel (down from 1,309th in 2019), the 3,063rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,056th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ranks 1,447 out of 1,468Before him are Alexander Gorbatov, John Moore, Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, Richard S. Ewell, Conrad Albrecht, and Mariya Oktyabrskaya. After him are Ian Hamilton, William Guarnere, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, David Stirling, Dietrich Kraiss, and Harold Rainsford Stark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1726, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ranks 17Before him are Daniel Chodowiecki, Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este, Alexander Ypsilantis, Charles Burney, Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel, and Katsukawa Shunshō. After him are Vasily Chichagov, Eggert Ólafsson, Alexander Kokorinov, Benjamin Harrison V, Thomas Pennant, and George Wythe. Among people deceased in 1799, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ranks 35Before him are Giuseppe Parini, Francesco Mario Pagano, Jean-Étienne Montucla, Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal, Johann Julius Walbaum, and William Withering. After him are Vasily Bazhenov, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, and William Paca.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ranks 3,063 out of 7,765Before him are Simeon Solomon (1840), Dora Carrington (1893), Thomas Girtin (1775), Mary Millar (1936), Neil Murray (1950), and Mary Norton (1903). After him are Matt Smith (1982), Chris Lowe (1959), Pamela Colman Smith (1878), Ian Rankin (1960), Brian Hart (1936), and Graham Hancock (1950).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ranks 82Before him are George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697), Christopher Cradock (1862), Roy Urquhart (1901), Thomas Gage (1719), Tom Phillips (1888), and John Moore (1761). After him are Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724), David Stirling (1915), George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718), Charles Lee (1731), Timothy Laurence (1955), and Guy Simonds (1903).