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Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle

1693 - 1768

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Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne and 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, (21 July 1693 – 17 November 1768) was an English Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain, his official life extended throughout the Whig supremacy of the 18th century. He is commonly known as the Duke of Newcastle.A protégé of Robert Walpole, he served under him for more than 20 years until 1742. He held power with his brother, prime minister Henry Pelham, until 1754. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle has received more than 512,479 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle is the 8,893rd most popular politician (down from 6,712th in 2019), the 1,881st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,475th in 2019) and the 295th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle ranks 8,893 out of 15,577Before him are Michel Théato, Maria Caterina Farnese, Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Gusu of Baekje, and Festus Mogae. After him are Paolo Renier, Petr Fiala, Pedro González de Mendoza, Mustafa Ben Halim, Gupta, and Alexander Zakharchenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1693, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle ranks 9Before him are James Bradley, John Harrison, Anne Sophie Reventlow, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg, Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon, and Abul Khair Khan. After him are Georg Rafael Donner, Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin, and John Lombe. Among people deceased in 1768, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle ranks 12Before him are Georg Brandt, Francesco Maria Veracini, Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, and Hermann Samuel Reimarus. After him are François de Cuvilliés, Michel Blavet, Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Giuseppe Simone Assemani, Princess Louisa of Great Britain, and Robert Simson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle ranks 1,881 out of 7,765Before him are David Knopfler (1952), Eleanor of Woodstock (1318), David Cox (1924), A. S. Byatt (1936), Terry Eagleton (1943), and Tim Hunt (1943). After him are Leo G. Carroll (1886), Mark Hollis (1955), Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862), George Robert Gray (1808), Geri Halliwell (1972), and Renée Vivien (1877).

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