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Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby

1841 - 1908

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Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (15 January 1841 – 14 June 1908), known as Hon. Frederick Stanley until 1886 and Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886–1893, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Colonial Secretary from 1885 to 1886 and Governor General of Canada from 1888 to 1893. An avid sportsman, he built Stanley House Stables in England and is famous in North America for presenting Canada with the Stanley Cup, the championship trophy in ice hockey. Stanley was also one of the original inductees of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby is the 14,712th most popular politician (up from 15,206th in 2019), the 3,779th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,009th in 2019) and the 512th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby ranks 14,712 out of 19,576. Before him are Gerhard Stoltenberg, Nebkaure Khety, Jüri Jaakson, Arturo Armando Molina, Zlatko Mateša, and Ankhesenpepi I. After him are Michel Maffesoli, Željko Šturanović, Archibald Sayce, Juan Orlando Hernández, Joseph von Radowitz, and Kristi Noem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby ranks 88. Before him are Tang Jingsong, Anselmo Lorenzo, Paul Eyschen, Manuel Candamo, Hugo Gyldén, and Alfred Cogniaux. After him are Adolfo Farsari, Giuseppe Pitrè, Chrétien Waydelich, Mary Arthur McElroy, Gaudenzio Marconi, and Julio Herrera y Obes. Among people deceased in 1908, Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby ranks 89. Before him are Rūdolfs Blaumanis, Simo Matavulj, Nozu Michitsura, Hashimoto Gahō, Lorenz Frølich, and Svatopluk Čech. After him are John Evans, Walter Leistikow, Henry Clifton Sorby, Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević, Marco Aurelio Soto, and Charles Augustus Young.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby ranks 3,780 out of 8,785. Before him are Murray Rose (1939), Aaron Arrowsmith (1750), Steve Coogan (1965), Rowan Williams (1950), Andy Goldsworthy (1956), and Barry Flanagan (1941). After him are Archibald Sayce (1845), John Ireland (1879), Stephen Hendry (1969), Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899), Algernon Sidney (1623), and Jack Straw (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby ranks 512. Before him are Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374), Jack McConnell (1960), Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341), John Negroponte (1939), John Julius Norwich (1929), and Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (1355). After him are Archibald Sayce (1845), Algernon Sidney (1623), Jack Straw (1946), Cenwalh of Wessex (601), Margaret Beckett (1943), and Alicia Moreau de Justo (1885).

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