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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 731,805 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland is the 8,354th most popular politician (down from 7,214th in 2019), the 1,758th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,572nd in 2019) and the 278th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ranks 8,354 out of 15,577. Before him are Jorge Ubico, Peter Högl, Asin of Baekje, Shao Kang, Bohemond V of Antioch, and Gotabaya Rajapaksa. After him are Alejandro Lerroux, King An of Zhou, Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle, Yahya Jammeh, Ninurta-apal-Ekur, and Jahandar Shah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1738, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ranks 13. Before him are Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Ethan Allen, Thomas Abbt, Johann Hermann, and Aleijadinho. After him are Arthur Phillip, Jacques François Dugommier, Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Jacques Delille, Benjamin West, and John Singleton Copley. Among people deceased in 1809, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ranks 15. Before him are Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, François Laurent d'Arlandes, August Ludwig von Schlözer, Matthew Boulton, Joseph-Marie Vien, and Leopold Auenbrugger. After him are Ueda Akinari, Archduke Karl of Austria-Este, Ludwig von Cobenzl, Augustin Pajou, Anton Stamitz, and Meriwether Lewis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ranks 1,758 out of 7,765. Before him are Rebecca West (1892), William Beckford (1760), Elizabeth Tudor (1492), Jeremy Corbyn (1949), Robert Blake (1599), and The Edge (1961). After him are Anthony Dawson (1916), Nick Simper (1945), Pasquale Anfossi (1727), William Boyce (1711), John Gould (1804), and Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ranks 278. Before him are Cenwalh of Wessex (601), John A. Macdonald (1815), Sid Watkins (1928), Randolph Churchill (1911), Elizabeth Tudor (1492), and Jeremy Corbyn (1949). After him are Edward Balliol (1283), Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751), Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831), Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390), and Sadiq Khan (1970).

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