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Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham

1455 - 1483

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Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (4 September 1455 – 2 November 1483), was an English nobleman known as the namesake of Buckingham's rebellion, a failed but significant collection of uprisings in England and parts of Wales against Richard III of England in October 1483. He was executed without trial for his role in the uprisings. Stafford is also one of the primary suspects in the disappearance (and presumed murder) of Richard's nephews, the Princes in the Tower. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham is the 11,037th most popular politician (down from 10,775th in 2019), the 2,486th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,231st in 2019) and the 388th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham ranks 11,037 out of 19,576. Before him are Vicente López y Planes, Olga Benário Prestes, Andrew Moray, Judith, Duchess of Bavaria, Vitaly Vorotnikov, and Aristodemus of Cumae. After him are Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp, Gavin Newsom, Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg, Augusto B. Leguía, Jeanine Áñez, and Kim Hwang-sik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1455, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham ranks 13. Before him are John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, George, Duke of Bavaria, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, Antonio da Sangallo the Elder, Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis, and Jean Hey. After him are Francesco Alidosi, and Tullio Lombardo. Among people deceased in 1483, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham ranks 10. Before him are Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, Charlotte of Savoy, Francis Phoebus of Navarre, Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine, Margaret of Bourbon, and Fernando II, Duke of Braganza. After him are Elizabeth of Nevers, and Pedro Pardo de Cela.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham ranks 2,487 out of 8,785. Before him are Demetrios Petrokokkinos (1878), Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1874), Venetia Burney (1918), Barbara Castle (1910), Tommy Lawrence (1940), and Andrew Moray (1265). After him are Ken Annakin (1914), J. F. C. Fuller (1878), Dion Fortune (1890), Geraldine James (1950), Benedict Biscop (628), and Frederick Holman (1885).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham ranks 388. Before him are Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516), Tessa Jowell (1947), Demetrios Petrokokkinos (1878), Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1874), Barbara Castle (1910), and Andrew Moray (1265). After him are Sadiq Khan (1970), Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840), Joseph Lancaster (1778), William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748), James Harrington (1611), and Francis Pym (1922).

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