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Spencer Perceval

1762 - 1812

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Spencer Perceval (1 November 1762 – 11 May 1812) was a British statesman and barrister who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1809 until his assassination in May 1812. He is the only British prime minister to have been assassinated, and the only solicitor-general or attorney-general to have become prime minister. The younger son of an Anglo-Irish earl, Perceval was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Spencer Perceval has received more than 1,402,751 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Spencer Perceval is the 8,587th most popular politician (down from 6,948th in 2019), the 1,814th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,512th in 2019) and the 286th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Spencer Perceval ranks 8,587 out of 15,577. Before him are Julius Constantius, Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia, Butigeidis, Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud, Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine, and Duke Eugen of Württemberg. After him are Musa of Parthia, Viacheslav Chornovil, Liutpert, Hedju Hor, Ana Brnabić, and Dean Rusk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1762, Spencer Perceval ranks 16. Before him are María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, Jacques Balmat, Pierre André Latreille, James Hoban, Giovanni Aldini, and Jean-Étienne Championnet. After him are Juan O'Donojú, Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, Herman Willem Daendels, Anton Bernolák, Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, and Jeremias Benjamin Richter. Among people deceased in 1812, Spencer Perceval ranks 11. Before him are Étienne-Louis Malus, George Clinton, Jan Ladislav Dussek, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, and Marianna Martines. After him are Hieronymus von Colloredo, Duke George of Oldenburg, Franz Anton Hoffmeister, Isaac Titsingh, Christian Gottlob Heyne, and Claude François de Malet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Spencer Perceval ranks 1,814 out of 7,765. Before him are Reginald Johnston (1874), Taron Egerton (1989), John A. Hobson (1858), Edward Walter Maunder (1851), Michael Jackson (1942), and Eric Woolfson (1945). After him are John Lydon (1956), Stephen Langton (1150), J. F. C. Fuller (1878), Tim Rice (1944), John Fastolf (1380), and Phil Lynott (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Spencer Perceval ranks 286. Before him are Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751), Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831), Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390), Sadiq Khan (1970), and Reginald Johnston (1874). After him are Henry Percy (1364), Anne Lister (1791), Arthur Phillip (1738), George Grenville (1712), Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355), and Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (1478).

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