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George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney

1737 - 1806

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George Macartney should not be confused with Sir George Macartney, a later British statesman. George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, (14 May 1737 – 31 May 1806) was a British diplomat, politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Grenada, Madras and the Cape Colony. He is often remembered for his observation following Britain's victory in the Seven Years' War and subsequent territorial expansion at the Treaty of Paris that Britain now controlled "a vast Empire, on which the sun never sets". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney is the 6,853rd most popular politician (up from 12,375th in 2019), the 1,532nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,659th in 2019) and the 268th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney ranks 6,853 out of 19,576. Before him are Zahir al-Umar, Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev, Dan White, Nangolo Mbumba, and Emperor Daozong of Liao. After him are Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Mike Dunleavy, Frederick, Duke of Bohemia, Thanom Kittikachorn, Desiderata of the Lombards, and Sahra Wagenknecht.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1737, George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney ranks 15. Before him are Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Marie-Louise O'Murphy, Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Louise of France, Tokugawa Ieharu, and Morten Thrane Brünnich. After him are Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, Princess Augusta of Great Britain, John Hancock, Jacob Philipp Hackert, and Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Among people deceased in 1806, George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney ranks 24. Before him are Claude Nicolas Ledoux, Michel Adanson, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily, Mungo Park, and Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia. After him are Pavel Tsitsianov, Vicente Martín y Soler, John Breckinridge, Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony, Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen, and George Stubbs.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney ranks 1,532 out of 8,785. Before him are Pattie Boyd (1944), Ebenezer Howard (1850), Geezer Butler (1949), Shirley Bassey (1937), Nick Frost (1972), and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence (1867). After him are Jeremy Clarkson (1960), Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (1424), R. G. Collingwood (1889), Robert Harris (1957), Sydney Chaplin (1885), and Edith Cavell (1865).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney ranks 268. Before him are Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1375), Peter Robinson (1948), John Hawkwood (1320), Godwin, Earl of Wessex (1001), Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (1287), and Harthacnut I of Denmark (880). After him are Sid Watkins (1928), Constantine II of Scotland (801), Jeremy Hunt (1966), Warren Hastings (1732), Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565), and Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773).

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