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William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne

1737 - 1805

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William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (2 May 1737 – 7 May 1805), known as the Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784, by which title he is generally known to history, was an Anglo-Irish Whig statesman who was the first home secretary in 1782 and then prime minister in 1782–83 during the final months of the American War of Independence. He succeeded in securing peace with America and this feat remains his most notable legacy. Lord Shelburne was born in Dublin and spent his formative years in Ireland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne has received more than 549,368 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne is the 10,926th most popular politician (down from 10,379th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 124th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ranks 10,926 out of 19,576. Before him are Oleksandr Korniychuk, José Miguel Carrera, Bashir Shihab II, Orgetorix, Henri Queuille, and Conrad I, Count of Württemberg. After him are Proculus, Orontes III, Jiong of Xia, Radasłaŭ Astroŭski, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, and Zeng Gong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1737, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ranks 24. Before him are Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Iosif Igelström, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, and Suzanne Curchod. After him are Maria Caterina Brignole, George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Alexander Dalrymple, Princess Sophie Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Vasily Bazhenov, and Charles Hutton. Among people deceased in 1805, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ranks 21. Before him are Pehr Osbeck, Nicolas-Jacques Conté, Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti, Franz Xaver von Wulfen, William Paley, and Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée. After him are Ji Yun, Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville, John Robison, Mihály Csokonai, and Thomas Wedgwood.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ranks 119 out of 549. Before him are Colm Meaney (1953), Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760), Douglas Hyde (1860), Grace O'Malley (1530), George Abraham Grierson (1851), and Daniel O'Connell (1775). After him are Jim Sheridan (1949), Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946), Charles Villiers Stanford (1852), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), Kevin of Glendalough (498), and Dan O'Herlihy (1919).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ranks 23. Before him are Arthur Griffith (1871), Constantine III of Scotland (971), John Boland (1870), Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760), Douglas Hyde (1860), and Daniel O'Connell (1775). After him are Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751), Charles Stewart Parnell (1846), Pat Cox (1952), John Bruton (1947), Edward Bruce (1275), and Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880).

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