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Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon

1866 - 1941

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Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (12 September 1866 – 12 August 1941), styled as the Earl of Willingdon between 1931 and 1936, was a British Liberal politician and administrator who served as Governor General of Canada and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India. Freeman-Thomas was born in England and educated at Eton College and then the University of Cambridge before serving for 15 years in the Sussex Artillery. He then entered the diplomatic and political fields, acting as aide-de-camp to his father-in-law when the latter was Governor of Victoria and, in 1900, was elected to the British House of Commons. He thereafter occupied a variety of government posts, including secretary to the British prime minister and, after being raised to the peerage as Lord Willingdon, as Lord-in-waiting to King George V. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon is the 15,513th most popular politician (down from 15,011th in 2019), the 4,274th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,884th in 2019) and the 538th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon ranks 15,512 out of 19,576. Before him are Thomas Mifflin, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Panagiotis Pipinelis, Sun Chunlan, and Sotsha Dlamini. After him are V. Volodarsky, Zlatko Tomčić, John Langdon, Artashumara, Gediminas Vagnorius, Isaak Zelensky, and Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela.

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Among people born in 1866, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon ranks 139. Before him are Albertson Van Zo Post, Nina Bang, Oskar Messter, Fred Karno, Harry Davenport, and Józef Pankiewicz. After him are Ndre Mjeda, Matthew Henson, George Milne, 1st Baron Milne, Gustav de Vries, Ernest Mangnall, and Miina Sillanpää. Among people deceased in 1941, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon ranks 182. Before him are Masha Bruskina, Victorino Márquez Bustillos, Herbert Adamski, Noël Liétaer, Fred Karno, and Karel Kašpar. After him are Aleksander Prystor, František Křižík, Hugh Walpole, Wilhelm Leichum, Friedrich Engel, and Élie Blanchard.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon ranks 4,275 out of 8,785. Before him are Ramsey Campbell (1946), Anthony de la Roché (1700), Aneirin (525), Catherine McCormack (1972), David Gregory (1659), and Tommy Green (1894). After him are Russell Brand (1975), Acker Bilk (1929), Bill Paterson (1945), Edgar Wright (1974), George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800), and Anita Roddick (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon ranks 538. Before him are Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849), Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741), William Warham (1450), Tommy Douglas (1904), Stephen Gardiner (1497), and Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea (1810). After him are Jill Evans (1959), Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778), Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733), Amlaíb Cuarán (1000), Rhys ap Gruffydd (1132), and Michael Heseltine (1933).

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