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William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland

1738 - 1809

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William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (14 April 1738 – 30 October 1809) was a British Whig and then a Tory politician during the late Georgian era. He served as chancellor of the University of Oxford (1792–1809) and as Prime Minister of Great Britain (1783) and then of the United Kingdom (1807–1809). The gap of 26 years between his two terms as prime minister is the longest of any British prime minister. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland has received more than 791,204 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland is the 8,103rd most popular politician (up from 8,329th in 2019), the 1,607th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,753rd in 2019) and the 252nd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ranks 8,103 out of 19,576. Before him are Gertrude of Saxony, Igor Sergeyev, Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne, Agis I, Argaeus I of Macedon, and Héctor José Cámpora. After him are Mintimer Shaimiev, Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Svatopluk, Duke of Bohemia, Sándor Garbai, and Khema.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1738, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ranks 14. Before him are Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Ethan Allen, Thomas Abbt, Arthur Phillip, Jacques François Dugommier, and Aleijadinho. After him are Johann Hermann, Benjamin West, Richard Montgomery, Jacques-André Naigeon, Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Jacques Delille. Among people deceased in 1809, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ranks 15. Before him are August Ludwig von Schlözer, Joseph-Marie Vien, Matthew Boulton, François Laurent d'Arlandes, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, and Leopold Auenbrugger. After him are Ueda Akinari, Augustin Pajou, Ludwig von Cobenzl, Archduke Karl of Austria-Este, Dirk van der Aa, and Meriwether Lewis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ranks 1,607 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Arne (1710), Aphra Behn (1640), Kenneth Grahame (1859), William Caxton (1422), Sidney Paget (1860), and Havelock Ellis (1859). After him are Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693), John Canton (1718), John Nelson Darby (1800), Alf Ramsey (1920), Matthew Flinders (1774), and Leonard Woolley (1880).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ranks 252. Before him are William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720), George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608), Beorhtric of Wessex (800), Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840), Lord William Bentinck (1774), and Gytha of Wessex (1053). After him are Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693), Jeffrey Archer (1940), Princess Mary of Great Britain (1723), George Grenville (1712), Margaret Bondfield (1873), and William Hamilton (1730).

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