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Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet

1628 - 1699

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Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (25 April 1628 – 27 January 1699) was an English diplomat, politician and writer. An important diplomat, he was recalled in 1679, and for a brief period was a leading advisor to Charles II of England, with whom he then fell out. Temple subsequently retired to the countryside, and thereafter occupied himself with gardening and writing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet has received more than 102,408 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet is the 14,228th most popular politician (down from 13,680th in 2019), the 3,436th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,551st in 2019) and the 464th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet ranks 14,228 out of 19,576. Before him are Artatama I, Sobekhotep VIII, Richard Röstel, Spyridon Lambros, Sigeberht the Little, and Victoire Tomegah Dogbé. After him are Hailemariam Desalegn, Lyudvig Chibirov, Uwe Barschel, Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, Hrothgar, and Artashumara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1628, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet ranks 17. Before him are Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Lucrezia Barberini, Carlo Cignani, Robert Cambert, Alvise II Mocenigo, and David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl.  Among people deceased in 1699, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet ranks 15. Before him are Lucrezia Barberini, Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, François Le Fort, Patrick Gordon, Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne, and Mary Beale.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet ranks 3,436 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Davison (1951), Tony Martin (1957), Gerrard Winstanley (1609), Peter Molyneux (1959), Val McDermid (1955), and Samantha Bond (1961). After him are David Lloyd (1950), John Alcott (1930), Vivian Fuchs (1908), Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1745), Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768), and Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (1964).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet ranks 464. Before him are William Bradford (1590), John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1462), Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887), John Shakespeare (1530), Algernon Sidney (1623), and Gerrard Winstanley (1609). After him are Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768), Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (1964), Keir Starmer (1962), Cherie Blair (1954), Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845), and John Julius Norwich (1929).

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