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Frederick North, Lord North

1732 - 1792

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Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (13 April 1732 – 5 August 1792), better known by his courtesy title Lord North, which he used from 1752 to 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led the Kingdom of Great Britain through most of the American Revolutionary War. He also held a number of other cabinet posts, including Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer. North's reputation among historians has varied wildly, reaching its lowest point in the late 19th century, when he was depicted as a creature of King George III and an incompetent who lost the American colonies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick North, Lord North is the 1,202nd most popular politician (up from 13,072nd in 2019), the 324th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,929th in 2019) and the 78th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick North, Lord North ranks 1,202 out of 19,576. Before him are Gratian, Zubayr ibn al-Awam, Franklin Pierce, Pietro Badoglio, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, and Louis IV of France. After him are Constantine V, Wang Mang, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Mindaugas, Nikephoros II Phokas, and Eric XIV of Sweden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1732, Frederick North, Lord North ranks 4. Before him are Joseph Haydn, George Washington, and Jean-Honoré Fragonard. After him are Stanisław August Poniatowski, Pierre Beaumarchais, Jacques Necker, Jérôme Lalande, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Johann Christoph Adelung, John Dickinson, and Adélaïde of France. Among people deceased in 1792, Frederick North, Lord North ranks 5. Before him are Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, Gustav III of Sweden, and Maria Luisa of Spain. After him are Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe, Joshua Reynolds, Richard Arkwright, Johann van Beethoven, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, and George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick North, Lord North ranks 324 out of 8,785. Before him are Kate Bush (1958), Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766), Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943), Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1944), Tim Berners-Lee (1955), and Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519). After him are Francis Crick (1916), Ben Kingsley (1943), Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887), Anthony Eden (1897), Edmund Ironside (993), and James Connolly (1868).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Frederick North, Lord North ranks 78. Before him are Henry I of England (1068), Harold Godwinson (1022), Louise, Princess Royal (1867), Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881), Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1944), and Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519). After him are Anthony Eden (1897), Edmund Ironside (993), James Connolly (1868), Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473), Benjamin Disraeli (1804), and Tony Blair (1953).

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