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Charles Elliot

1801 - 1875

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Admiral Sir Charles Elliot (15 August 1801 – 9 September 1875) was a British Royal Navy officer, diplomat, and colonial administrator. He became the first Administrator of Hong Kong in 1841 while serving as both Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China. He was a key founder in the establishment of Hong Kong as a British colony. Born in Dresden, Saxony, Elliot joined the Royal Navy in 1815 and served as a midshipman in the bombardment of Algiers against Barbary pirates the following year. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 17 in 2024). Charles Elliot is the 11,745th most popular politician (down from 10,328th in 2024), the 3,462nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,017th in 2019) and the 992nd most popular German Politician.

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Among politicians, Charles Elliot ranks 11,745 out of 19,576. Before him are Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Margaret of Thuringia, David Komnenos, Roland Dumas, and Fazıl Küçük. After him are Xhafer Ypi, Alexander Miasnikian, R. Budd Dwyer, Antonio Ascari, José Joaquín de Herrera, and Franjo Rački.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Charles Elliot ranks 54. Before him are Christian Dietrich Grabbe, Hippolyte Bayard, Joseph Ludwig Raabe, Pedro Santana, Kristjan Jaak Peterson, and Coenraad Johannes van Houten. After him are Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, Wilhem de Haan, Atanasio Aguirre, Evangelos Damaskos, Jan Kalivoda, and Edward William Lane. Among people deceased in 1875, Charles Elliot ranks 50. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Richard Christopher Carrington, Prosper Guéranger, Georg Herwegh, Princess Alexandra of Bavaria, and Charles Kingsley. After him are Johann Karl Rodbertus, Francisco Coll Guitart, Atanasio Aguirre, Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, Maria Röhl, and Isidore Pils.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Charles Elliot ranks 3,464 out of 7,253. Before him are Otto Pfister (1937), Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1300), Nick Heidfeld (1977), Ludowika Jakobsson (1884), Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1620), and Margaret of Thuringia (1449). After him are Johannes Cocceius (1603), Jürgen Schult (1960), Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1825), Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt (1652), Ingrid Caven (1938), and Cilly Aussem (1909).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Charles Elliot ranks 992. Before him are Manfred Weber (1972), Princess Amelia of Great Britain (1711), Franz Blücher (1896), Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1300), Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1620), and Margaret of Thuringia (1449). After him are Karl Kaufmann (1900), Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1832), Rudolph Augustus, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1627), John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1654), Prince Arnulf of Bavaria (1852), and Tino Chrupalla (1975).

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