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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford

1593 - 1641

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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (13 April 1593 (N.S.) – 12 May 1641), was an English statesman and a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War. He served in Parliament and was a supporter of King Charles I. From 1632 to 1640 he was Lord Deputy of Ireland, where he established a strong authoritarian rule. Recalled to England, he became a leading advisor to the King, attempting to strengthen the royal position against Parliament. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford has received more than 543,923 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford is the 12,994th most popular politician (down from 12,618th in 2019), the 2,901st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,008th in 2019) and the 415th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford ranks 12,994 out of 19,576. Before him are Rain-in-the-Face, Fabre Geffrard, Edgar Jung, Dionysius of Heraclea, Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve, and Anatoly Pepelyayev. After him are Vladimír Špidla, Yury of Zvenigorod, Enlil-bani, Ólafur Thors, Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas, and Ducetius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1593, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford ranks 16. Before him are Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Anthony van Diemen, George Herbert, William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Sultan Agung of Mataram, and Jean de Brébeuf. After him are Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg, and Izaak Walton. Among people deceased in 1641, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford ranks 18. Before him are Hedwig of Denmark, Franciscus Gomarus, Pau Claris i Casademunt, Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Adam van Noort, and Pedro Teixeira. After him are Thomas Heywood, and John Suckling.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford ranks 2,901 out of 8,785. Before him are Beatrice Tinsley (1941), Edward Arthur Milne (1896), Maurice Evans (1901), James Purefoy (1964), Norman Read (1931), and Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1901). After him are David Frost (1939), William Whiston (1667), Nat Lofthouse (1925), Steven Wilson (1967), David Murray (1909), and Edith Hannam (1878).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford ranks 415. Before him are Ian Paisley (1926), Cenwalh of Wessex (601), Edwin of Northumbria (586), Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400), Cosmo Duff-Gordon (1862), and Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney (1075). After him are Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (1868), Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609), Ceolwulf of Wessex (600), Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (1640), Elizabeth Fry (1780), and Frederick North, Lord North (1732).

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