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Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney

1733 - 1800

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Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (24 February 1733 – 30 June 1800) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1754 to 1783 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Sydney. He held several important Cabinet posts in the second half of the 18th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney has received more than 242,618 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney is the 16,222nd most popular politician, the 4,709th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 560th most popular British Politician.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

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  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney ranks 16,222 out of 19,576. Before him are Lyudmyla Denisova, James Skivring Smith, Jose Maria Sison, José Ramón Rodil, 1st Marquess of Rodil, Ieremia Tabai, and Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl. After him are Frank Murkowski, Albert Hyzler, José Eugenio Ellauri, Péter Szijjártó, Michael Flynn, and Adolfo Ballivián.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1733, Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney ranks 24. Before him are Ismail III, Richard Kirwan, Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter, Mikhail Kheraskov, János Sajnovics, and Philip Schuyler.  Among people deceased in 1800, Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney ranks 35. Before him are Victor Louis, John Rutledge, Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe, Jesse Ramsden, Elizabeth Montagu, and Marc René, marquis de Montalembert. After him are Hugh Blair, Edward Rutledge, Thomas Mifflin, John Blair Jr., and William Blount.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney ranks 4,709 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Lincoln (1930), Julia Donaldson (1948), Anthony Powell (1905), John M. Allegro (1923), Leigh Hunt (1784), and Clare Hollingworth (1911). After him are Dave Mason (1946), Ed Stafford (1975), Edgeworth David (1858), Adam Lallana (1988), Paul Gallagher (1954), and Leslie Bricusse (1931).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney ranks 560. Before him are Michael Howard (1941), Princess Claire of Belgium (1974), Charles Bradlaugh (1833), Tom Clarke (1858), Hugh Gaitskell (1906), and Douglas Hurd (1930). After him are Joseph Cook (1860), John Hunter (1737), George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716), Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779), Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790), and Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860).

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