POLITICIAN

Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire

1868 - 1938

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Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (31 May 1868 – 6 May 1938), known as Victor Cavendish until 1908, was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada. A member of the Cavendish family, he was educated at Eton College and the University of Cambridge. After the death of his father in 1891, he entered politics, winning his father's constituency unopposed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire has received more than 454,885 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire is the 16,080th most popular politician (down from 14,721st in 2019), the 4,605th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,257th in 2019) and the 550th most popular British Politician.

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  • 3.08

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire ranks 16,080 out of 19,576. Before him are Justin Lekhanya, Malcolm MacDonald, Aristides Gomes, Lindsay Hoyle, Besarion Gugushvili, and Helen Zille. After him are Philander C. Knox, Gouverneur Morris, Abraham Baldwin, Adela Pankhurst, Francisco Linares Alcántara, and Tillman Thomas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire ranks 187. Before him are Lida Heymann, Otokar Březina, Johannes van Dijk, H. J. R. Murray, Harry Blackstaffe, and Gilbert Walker. After him are Spottiswoode Aitken, Jaroslav Kvapil, Horace Elgin Dodge, Augusto Pestana, Mariano Trías, and Ellen Roosevelt. Among people deceased in 1938, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire ranks 207. Before him are Zitkala-Sa, Warner Oland, Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov, Andreas Michalakopoulos, Mikuláš Galanda, and Walter Migula. After him are James Scott, Jacob Opdahl, Jean-Guy Gautier, Alma Gluck, Tom Crean, and William Glackens.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire ranks 4,605 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Heath (1861), Malcolm MacDonald (1901), Dele Alli (1996), Lindsay Hoyle (1957), Stephen Morris (1957), and Gilbert Walker (1868). After him are Alister McGrath (1953), Phil Collen (1957), Spottiswoode Aitken (1868), Adela Pankhurst (1885), John of Worcester (1100), and Sylvia Syms (1934).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire ranks 550. Before him are Michael Foot (1913), John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680), Najla El Mangoush (1973), Cadwallon ap Cadfan (591), Malcolm MacDonald (1901), and Lindsay Hoyle (1957). After him are Adela Pankhurst (1885), Neil Kinnock (1942), Robert Morris (1734), Michael Howard (1941), Princess Claire of Belgium (1974), and Charles Bradlaugh (1833).

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