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Edward Bulwer-Lytton

1803 - 1873

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Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (; 25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873) was an English writer and politician. He served as a Whig member of Parliament from 1831 to 1841 and a Conservative from 1851 to 1866. He was Secretary of State for the Colonies from June 1858 to June 1859, choosing Richard Clement Moody as founder of British Columbia. He was created Baron Lytton of Knebworth in 1866. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Bulwer-Lytton is the 1,345th most popular politician (up from 6,059th in 2019), the 355th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,207th in 2019) and the 86th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Edward Bulwer-Lytton ranks 1,345 out of 19,576. Before him are Ion Iliescu, Ptolemy VIII Physcon, Carol II of Romania, Alfonso V of Aragon, Theophilos, and Valdemar II of Denmark. After him are Klement Gottwald, Dzhokhar Dudayev, Robert I of France, Qin Er Shi, Lou Henry Hoover, and Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Edward Bulwer-Lytton ranks 7. Before him are Hector Berlioz, Christian Doppler, Prosper Mérimée, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Justus von Liebig, and Maria Anna of Savoy. After him are Adolphe Adam, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Albrecht von Roon, Flora Tristan, Maria Teresa of Savoy, and Gottfried Semper. Among people deceased in 1873, Edward Bulwer-Lytton ranks 5. Before him are Napoleon III, John Stuart Mill, David Livingstone, and Justus von Liebig. After him are Alessandro Manzoni, Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, John of Saxony, Edwin Landseer, Franz Xaver Winterhalter, and Alexandru Ioan Cuza.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Bulwer-Lytton ranks 355 out of 8,785. Before him are Lady Godiva (990), Syd Barrett (1946), Vivienne Westwood (1941), Frank Williams (1942), John Edward Gray (1800), and Edward Gibbon (1737). After him are George Michael (1963), Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792), Jimmy Page (1944), Henrietta of England (1644), Laurence Olivier (1907), and Ritchie Blackmore (1945).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Edward Bulwer-Lytton ranks 86. Before him are Edmund Ironside (993), James Connolly (1868), Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473), Benjamin Disraeli (1804), Tony Blair (1953), and Edward the Elder (871). After him are Richard of Cornwall (1209), Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), David Lloyd George (1863), Clement Attlee (1883), Ælfweard of Wessex (904), and Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (1945).

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