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James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose

1612 - 1650

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James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612 – 21 May 1650) was a Scottish nobleman, poet, soldier and later viceroy and captain general of Scotland. Montrose initially joined the Covenanters in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, but subsequently supported King Charles I as the English Civil War developed. From 1644 to 1646, and again in 1650, he fought in the civil war in Scotland on behalf of the King. He is referred to as the Great Montrose. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose is the 7,211th most popular politician (up from 16,902nd in 2019), the 1,614th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,266th in 2019) and the 284th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ranks 7,211 out of 19,576. Before him are Bethuel, Samuel Noah Kramer, Lucius Verginius Rufus, Manuel Doukas, Jonas Gahr Støre, and Suchinda Kraprayoon. After him are García Íñiguez of Pamplona, Ariston of Sparta, Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre, John Breckinridge, Archduchess Adelheid of Austria, and Bagrat V of Georgia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1612, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ranks 17. Before him are Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma, Claude Françoise de Lorraine, Margherita de' Medici, Şehzade Bayezid, and Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. After him are Janusz Radziwiłł, John Albert Vasa, Frans Post, Louis, Duke of Vendôme, Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz, and August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. Among people deceased in 1650, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ranks 10. Before him are Christoph Scheiner, Tukaram, Matthäus Merian, Bernhardus Varenius, Hanzade Sultan, and Cristóvão Ferreira. After him are Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, Catalina de Erauso, Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg, Manuel Cardoso, İbrahim Peçevi, and Jean Rotrou.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ranks 1,614 out of 8,785. Before him are Colin Dexter (1930), Michael Redgrave (1908), Chris Patten (1944), Olaf Stapledon (1886), Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (1505), and Alan Shearer (1970). After him are Edward Waring (1736), David Byron (1947), Ellie Goulding (1986), Harold Lowe (1882), Betty Boothroyd (1929), and Alexander McDonnell (1798).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ranks 284. Before him are Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673), Thomas Gresham (1519), Rishi Sunak (1980), David Trimble (1944), Denis Thatcher (1915), and Chris Patten (1944). After him are Betty Boothroyd (1929), William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759), George Grenville (1712), Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836), Katharine, Duchess of Kent (1933), and Spencer Perceval (1762).

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