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Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet

1772 - 1828

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Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet KCH FRS (20 May 1772 – 16 May 1828) was a British Army officer, Tory politician, publisher and inventor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet has received more than 83,549 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet is the 1,410th most popular military personnel (down from 1,238th in 2019), the 2,354th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,357th in 2019) and the 61st most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet ranks 1,410 out of 2,058. Before him are Violette Szabo, Al-Salih Hajji, Jānis Balodis, Wehib Pasha, Prince Frederick of Württemberg, and Shōji Nishimura. After him are Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor, Godfrid, Duke of Frisia, Bardas Phokas the Elder, Werner Voss, Adrian Carton de Wiart, and Bernardo de Gálvez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1772, Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet ranks 32. Before him are Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Gerhard von Kügelgen, Miguel Ricardo de Álava, Luke Howard, Friedrich Gilly, and Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg. After him are Hồ Xuân Hương, Cristóbal Mendoza, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner, Vicente López Portaña, and Frans Michael Franzén. Among people deceased in 1828, Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet ranks 27. Before him are James Edward Smith, Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Gilbert Stuart, Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles, and Lady Caroline Lamb. After him are Jacques Lauriston, Eise Eisinga, François Isaac de Rivaz, Albrecht Thaer, Christian August Lorentzen, and Michael von Kienmayer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet ranks 2,354 out of 8,785. Before him are Cuthred of Wessex (750), Paul Johnson (1928), Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1517), Phil Taylor (1954), Frances Burney (1752), and Snowy White (1948). After him are Katherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham (1458), Alex Higgins (1949), John Owen (1616), Phil Read (1939), John Michell (1724), and Derek Warwick (1954).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet ranks 61. Before him are Claude Choules (1901), J. F. C. Fuller (1878), John Paul Jones (1747), Gregor MacGregor (1786), David Stirling (1915), and Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside (1880). After him are Sidney Smith (1764), John Alcock (1892), Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape (1888), Patrick Gordon (1635), Douglas Bader (1910), and Henry Maitland Wilson (1881).

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