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Selwyn Lloyd

1904 - 1978

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John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn-Lloyd, Baron Selwyn-Lloyd, (28 July 1904 – 17 May 1978) was a British politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1971 to 1976, having previously held various ministerial positions under Prime Ministers Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, Harold Macmillan and Alec Douglas-Home between 1954 and 1964. A member of the Conservative Party, Lloyd served as Foreign Secretary from 1955 to 1960 and as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1960 to 1962. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Selwyn Lloyd has received more than 398,718 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Selwyn Lloyd is the 17,495th most popular politician (down from 16,162nd in 2019), the 5,800th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,436th in 2019) and the 637th most popular British Politician.

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  • 400k

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  • 40.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Selwyn Lloyd ranks 17,495 out of 19,576. Before him are Thomas François Burgers, Gao Zhisheng, Knut Holmann, Temir Sariyev, John J. Crittenden, and Hamza Abdi Barre. After him are Francis James Child, Maud Olofsson, Janusz Palikot, Pat Roberts, Hamilton Green, and Roy Blunt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Selwyn Lloyd ranks 349. Before him are George Formby, Charles R. Drew, Virginia Brown Faire, Sally Rand, Milburn Stone, and Patrick Kavanagh. After him are Anna Neagle, Tom Conway, Mike Bookie, Libby Holman, MacKinlay Kantor, and Jennison Heaton. Among people deceased in 1978, Selwyn Lloyd ranks 264. Before him are Kamil Tolon, Valerian Gracias, George Newberry, Károly Levitzky, Ray Noble, and Gertrude Mary Cox. After him are William Grant Still, Tim McCoy, Ruth Etting, Ilka Chase, Theresa Weld, and Kofi Abrefa Busia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Selwyn Lloyd ranks 5,800 out of 8,785. Before him are Maxi Priest (1961), Charles Stross (1964), Levi Colwill (2003), John Gribbin (1946), Robin Montgomerie-Charrington (1915), and Willie Watson (1920). After him are David O'Hara (1965), Elizabeth Inchbald (1753), Samuel Gompers (1850), John Parr (1952), Craig Bellamy (1979), and Steve Clarke (1963).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Selwyn Lloyd ranks 637. Before him are Peter Fraser (1884), John Bright (1811), John Ballance (1839), Susie Wolff (1982), Dominic Raab (1974), and Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford (1868). After him are Edmund Andros (1637), John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1847), Walter Rutherford (1857), Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742), Priti Patel (1972), and David Davis (1948).

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