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Francis Pym

1922 - 2008

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Francis Leslie Pym, Baron Pym, (13 February 1922 – 7 March 2008) was a British Conservative Party politician who served in various Cabinet positions in the 1970s and 1980s, including Foreign, Defence and Northern Ireland Secretary, and Leader of the House of Commons. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridgeshire (South East Cambridgeshire after 1983) from 1961 to 1987. Pym was made a life peer in 1987. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Pym is the 11,354th most popular politician (up from 17,644th in 2019), the 2,574th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,931st in 2019) and the 394th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Francis Pym ranks 11,354 out of 19,576. Before him are Olga Kameneva, Hugh V, Count of Maine, Elihu Yale, Eberhard of Franconia, Remismund, and Bakili Muluzi. After him are Li Siyuan, Pedro Santana, Yukhym Zvyahilsky, Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, García Jiménez of Pamplona, and Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Francis Pym ranks 204. Before him are Stanley Schachter, Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, Fritz Hollings, William Baumol, Burt Kennedy, and John Edward Williams. After him are Theo Albrecht, Vsevolod Bobrov, Steven Hill, Luiz Bonfá, René Lévesque, and Roland Dumas. Among people deceased in 2008, Francis Pym ranks 147. Before him are Andrew Bertie, Nonna Mordyukova, Robert Mulligan, Adolfo Suárez Rivera, Stan Winston, and Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro. After him are Douglas Bennett, Sven Davidson, Andrew M. Gleason, Ahmed al-Mirghani, Cedella Booker, and Philipp von Boeselager.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis Pym ranks 2,575 out of 8,785. Before him are Midge Ure (1953), Robert Morley (1908), John Kemp Starley (1854), John Burgoyne (1722), William Congreve (1670), and Rebecca Clarke (1886). After him are Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury (1948), John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886), Mick Fleetwood (1947), Jonathan Wild (1683), Prince Maurice of Battenberg (1891), and Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Francis Pym ranks 394. Before him are Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1455), Sadiq Khan (1970), Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840), Joseph Lancaster (1778), William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748), and James Harrington (1611). After him are Prince Maurice of Battenberg (1891), Henry Percy (1364), John Owen (1616), William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773), Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (1182), and Lord Leopold Mountbatten (1889).

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