1849 - 1917
Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, 13th Earl of Kincardine, (16 May 1849 – 18 January 1917), known as Lord Bruce until 1863, was a right-wing British Liberal politician who served as Viceroy of India from 1894 to 1899. He was appointed by Prime Minister Arthur Balfour to hold an investigative enquiry into the conduct of the Boer War in 1902 to 1903. The Elgin Commission was the first of its kind in the British Empire, and it travelled to South Africa and took oral evidence from men who had actually fought in the battles. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin has received more than 171,344 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin is the 15,956th most popular politician (down from 13,974th in 2019), the 572nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 518th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Canadian Politician.
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Among politicians, Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin ranks 15,956 out of 15,577. Before him are Karan Singh, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, Margaret Chase Smith, Ousmane Issoufi Maïga, Tashi Namgyal, and Guillermo Fariñas. After him are Vano Merabishvili, Surangel Whipps Jr., Grace Poe, Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen, Themba Dlamini, and Edward Akufo-Addo.
1931 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 15,950
1975 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 15,951
1897 - 1995
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 15,952
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 15,953
1893 - 1963
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 15,954
1962 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 15,955
1849 - 1917
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 15,956
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 15,957
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 15,958
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 15,959
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 15,960
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 15,961
1906 - 1979
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 15,962
Among people born in 1849, Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin ranks 100. Before him are Alfhild Agrell, Abbott Handerson Thayer, August Palm, Horace Lamb, William R. Day, and Edmund Gosse. After him is Edwin Lord Weeks. Among people deceased in 1917, Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin ranks 108. Before him are Charles Horton Peck, Richard Olney, Albert Ball, Frank Odberg, Mackenzie Bowell, and Florence La Badie. After him are Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Joseph B. Foraker, and Sandy Turnbull.
1849 - 1923
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 94
1849 - 1921
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 95
1849 - 1922
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 96
1849 - 1934
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 97
1849 - 1923
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 98
1849 - 1928
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 99
1849 - 1917
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 100
1849 - 1903
HPI: 40.87
Rank: 101
1833 - 1917
HPI: 43.06
Rank: 102
1835 - 1917
HPI: 42.93
Rank: 103
1896 - 1917
HPI: 42.80
Rank: 104
1879 - 1917
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 105
1823 - 1917
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 106
1888 - 1917
HPI: 41.69
Rank: 107
1849 - 1917
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 108
1851 - 1917
HPI: 39.18
Rank: 109
1852 - 1917
HPI: 38.00
Rank: 110
1846 - 1917
HPI: 35.87
Rank: 111
1884 - 1917
HPI: 33.80
Rank: 112
Among people born in Canada, Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin ranks 572 out of 1,350. Before him are Robbie Amell (1988), Nicole de Boer (1970), Jean Charest (1958), Helen Shaver (1951), Melody Anderson (1955), and Deryck Whibley (1980). After him are Adam Beach (1972), Sarah McLachlan (1968), Jack Layton (1950), Ernie Collett (1895), Severn Cullis-Suzuki (1979), and Gordon Pinsent (1930).
1988 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 566
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.45
Rank: 567
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.43
Rank: 568
1951 - Present
HPI: 41.43
Rank: 569
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.43
Rank: 570
1980 - Present
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 571
1849 - 1917
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 572
1972 - Present
HPI: 41.35
Rank: 573
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 574
1950 - 2011
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 575
1895 - 1951
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 576
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 577
1930 - 2023
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 578
Among politicians born in Canada, Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin ranks 50. Before him are Jeanne Sauvé (1922), Patrick Roy (1965), Hilda Cameron (1912), Marc Garneau (1949), Beattie Ramsay (1895), and Jean Charest (1958). After him are Jack Layton (1950), Ken Dryden (1947), Gaétan Boucher (1958), Patricia Jones (1930), S. I. Hayakawa (1906), and Jennifer Granholm (1959).
1922 - 1993
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 44
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 45
1912 - 2001
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 46
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 47
1895 - 1952
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 48
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.43
Rank: 49
1849 - 1917
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 50
1950 - 2011
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 51
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.03
Rank: 52
1958 - Present
HPI: 40.96
Rank: 53
1930 - 2000
HPI: 40.93
Rank: 54
1906 - 1992
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 55
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 56