MILITARY PERSONNEL

Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet

1864 - 1922

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Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, 1st Baronet, (5 May 1864 – 22 June 1922) was one of the most senior British Army staff officers of the First World War and was briefly an Irish unionist politician. Wilson served as Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley, and then as Director of Military Operations at the War Office, playing a vital role in drawing up plans to deploy an Expeditionary Force to France in the event of war. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet has received more than 494,004 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet is the 1,995th most popular military personnel (down from 1,617th in 2019), the 354th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 305th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Irish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet ranks 1,995 out of 2,058. Before him are John Kirby, Alif Hajiyev, Sékouba Konaté, Earl Van Dorn, Daniel Harvey Hill, and Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet. After him are Samuel Ryan Curtis, Crispus Attucks, Odette Hallowes, Andrey Mordvichev, Narasimhagupta, and James Abbott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet ranks 175. Before him are W. H. R. Rivers, Frank Chapman, Jakob Jakobsen, Oscar Baumann, George Nichols, and Charles Marion Russell. After him are James Mitchel, and Jessie Ralph. Among people deceased in 1922, Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet ranks 138. Before him are Erskine Childers, Gösta Runö, Arthur Wesley Dow, Saint-George Ashe, Charles Thias, and Lillian Russell. After him is Leslie Ward.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet ranks 354 out of 549. Before him are William Smith O'Brien (1803), Johnny Carey (1919), Edward Carson (1854), Glen Hansard (1970), Colin O'Donoghue (1981), and Sharon Corr (1970). After him are Lenny Abrahamson (1966), Orla Brady (1961), Robert Sheehan (1988), Geoffrey Keating (1569), Patrick Kavanagh (1904), and Marian Keyes (1963).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Ireland

Among military personnels born in Ireland, Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet ranks 10. Before him are Richard Montgomery (1738), Alan Cunningham (1887), John de Robeck (1862), George Browne (1698), Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833), and Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough (1779).

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