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Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts

1814 - 1906

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Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (née Burdett; 21 April 1814 – 30 December 1906) was a British philanthropist, the daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet and Sophia, formerly Coutts, daughter of banker Thomas Coutts. In 1837 she became one of the wealthiest women in England when she inherited her grandfather's fortune of around £1.8 million (equivalent to £210,000,000 in 2023) following the death of her stepgrandmother, Harriot Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans. She joined the surnames of her father and grandfather, by royal licence, to become Burdett-Coutts. Edward VII is reported to have described her as "[a]fter my mother, the most remarkable woman in the kingdom". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts is the 16,542nd most popular politician (up from 17,072nd in 2019), the 4,934th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,422nd in 2019) and the 594th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts ranks 16,542 out of 19,576. Before her are Jürgen Trittin, Samium, Folke Rogard, Viktar Babaryka, Aram Sargsyan, and Pavel Ploc. After her are Dimitris Avramopoulos, Tatyana Averina, Sumu-Epuh, István Csurka, Conrad Christensen, and Juan José Ibarretxe.

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Among people born in 1814, Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts ranks 75. Before her are Oskar Kolberg, Juan Rafael Mora Porras, Samuel J. Tilden, Franz von Dingelstedt, George-Étienne Cartier, and Lorenzo Snow. After her are John C. Pemberton, and Cajetan von Felder. Among people deceased in 1906, Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts ranks 76. Before her are Aniceto Arce, Pedro Varela, Simon Gregorčič, José María de Pereda, Walter Buller, and George Holyoake. After her are Oscar Levertin, John Schofield, Richard Seddon, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Eastman Johnson, and Varina Davis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts ranks 4,935 out of 8,785. Before her are Charles Sheffield (1935), John Butler Yeats (1839), Richard Overy (1947), O. T. Fagbenle (1980), Malcolm Muggeridge (1903), and Derek Bailey (1930). After her are Ed Skrein (1983), Judy Parfitt (1935), Sarah Waters (1966), Almroth Wright (1861), Phil Collen (1957), and Gerald Scarfe (1936).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts ranks 594. Before her are Michael Foot (1913), David Owen (1938), Arthur Whitten Brown (1886), John Ballance (1839), Hugh Gaitskell (1906), and John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (1751). After her are Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868), Robert Morris (1734), William Paterson (1745), Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801), Cadwallon ap Cadfan (591), and Douglas Hurd (1930).

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