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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 424,981 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire is the 14,773rd most popular politician (down from 13,385th in 2019), the 4,266th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,021st in 2019) and the 522nd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire ranks 14,773 out of 15,577Before him are Aristeidis Moraitinis, Charles Bradlaugh, John Prescott, Giulio Tremonti, Alexei Kudrin, and Frans Andriessen. After him are Amarinder Singh, Andrea Montermini, Iñigo Urkullu, Juan Bautista Ceballos, Leyla Yunus, and David Lange.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire ranks 162Before him are Sumner Paine, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Granville Bantock, Otokar Březina, Edward Abramowski, and Jaroslav Kvapil. After him are José Serrato, Émile Fisseux, Karl Röderer, Harry Blackstaffe, Achille Paroche, and Augusto Pestana. Among people deceased in 1938, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire ranks 178Before him are Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov, Herbert Jamison, Tom Crean, John Exley, Jacob Wackernagel, and Andreas Michalakopoulos. After him are Alma Gluck, Jean-Guy Gautier, Thomas Dewing, Oscar Dessomville, Oscar Apfel, and John Kunkel Small.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire ranks 4,266 out of 7,765Before him are Simon Blackburn (1944), Charles Bradlaugh (1833), John Prescott (1938), Leigh Hunt (1784), Michael Kitchen (1948), and Robin Dunbar (1947). After him are John Edwards (1953), Alfie Allen (1986), Steve Clark (1960), Marcus Rashford (1997), John Rae (1813), and David Mitchell (1969).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire ranks 522Before him are Charles Townshend (1725), Arthur Whitten Brown (1886), Henry Hyndman (1842), John Bercow (1963), Charles Bradlaugh (1833), and John Prescott (1938). After him are George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784), Grantley Goulding (1874), Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801), Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1866), Tom Clarke (1858), and Keir Hardie (1856).