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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex

1591 - 1646

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Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, KB, PC (; 11 January 1591 – 14 September 1646) was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the 17th century. With the start of the Civil War in 1642, he became the first Captain-General and Chief Commander of the Parliamentarian army, also known as the Roundheads. However, he was unable and unwilling to score a decisive blow against the Royalist army of King Charles I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex has received more than 518,309 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex is the 1,523rd most popular military personnel, the 3,627th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 97th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex ranks 1,523 out of 1,468. Before him are Raymond T. Odierno, Marie Ljalková, Peter Pace, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Fernand de Langle de Cary, and Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth. After him are Alime Abdenanova, Eugene Bullard, Aurélio de Lira Tavares, William T. Anderson, Márcio Melo, and Martin Dempsey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1591, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex ranks 19. Before him are Friedrich Spee, Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Olimpia Maidalchini, Dirck Hals, Johann von Werth, and Anne Hutchinson. After him is Robert Herrick. Among people deceased in 1646, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex ranks 14. Before him are Maria Caterina Farnese, Hosokawa Tadaoki, Francesco Furini, Margherita Aldobrandini, Antonio Marcello Barberini, and Francesco Erizzo. After him is William Dobson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex ranks 3,627 out of 7,765. Before him are John Gerard (1545), Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743), Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1812), Joe Cole (1981), John O. Westwood (1805), and James Thomson (1700). After him are Nigella Lawson (1960), Bernard Sumner (1956), Douglas Hartree (1897), Malcolm Campbell (1885), Francis Willughby (1635), and Peter Maxwell Davies (1934).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex ranks 97. Before him are Harry Patch (1898), Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (1880), Flora Sandes (1876), John Byng (1704), William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1891), and Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757). After him are Reginald Wingate (1861), Dudley Pound (1877), Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857), Miles Dempsey (1896), Oliver Leese (1894), and John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton (1896).

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