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Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne

1845 - 1927

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Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, (14 January 1845 – 3 June 1927), was a British statesman who served successively as Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. In 1917, during the First World War, he wrote the "Lansdowne letter", advocating in vain a compromise peace. A millionaire, he had the distinction of having held senior positions in Liberal and Conservative Party governments. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne is the 14,417th most popular politician (down from 14,262nd in 2019), the 3,631st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,464th in 2019) and the 498th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne ranks 14,417 out of 19,576. Before him are Redha Malek, Irina Khakamada, Cherie Blair, Franjo Gregurić, Sponsianus, and Ahmose Inhapy. After him are Pietro Barbolano, Giovanni Amendola, Sergey Ling, Konstantios Doukas, Gaëtan de Rochebouët, and José Manuel Pando.

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Among people born in 1845, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne ranks 89. Before him are Antonio Maceo Grajales, Edward Douglass White, Zygmunt Gorazdowski, Ragna Nielsen, Edmund Reitter, and José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco. After him are Herbert Giles, Archibald Sayce, Hermann Bollé, Facundo Machaín, George Kennan, and Johann Berger. Among people deceased in 1927, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne ranks 113. Before him are Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, Klaus Berntsen, János Csernoch, Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, and Fernand de Langle de Cary. After him are Ricardo Güiraldes, Wang Guowei, Sam Warner, Otto Blehr, Leonard Nelson, and Feliciano Viera.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne ranks 3,632 out of 8,785. Before him are Winston Graham (1908), W. D. Ross (1877), Dorian Yates (1962), Prince George of Cambridge (2013), Cherie Blair (1954), and George Finlay (1799). After him are Nat Lofthouse (1925), Jean Shrimpton (1942), Richard de Bury (1287), Michael Ruse (1940), Adrian Edmondson (1957), and Robert Bolt (1924).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne ranks 498. Before him are Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1402), Stafford Cripps (1889), Ceol of Wessex (600), Ruth Williams Khama (1923), William Martin (1767), and Cherie Blair (1954). After him are Andrew Fisher (1862), Lady Arbella Stuart (1575), Joseph Cook (1860), Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593), Alan Bullock (1914), and Philip Hammond (1955).

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