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John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll

1680 - 1743

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Field Marshal John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, 1st Duke of Greenwich, (10 October 1680 – 4 October 1743), styled Lord Lorne from 1680 to 1703, was a British army officer and politician. He served on the continent in the Nine Years' War and fought at the Siege of Kaiserswerth during the War of the Spanish Succession. He then went on to serve as a brigade commander during the later battles of the War of the Spanish Succession, and was subsequently given command of all British forces in Spain at the instigation of the Harley Ministry. After conducting a successful evacuation of the troops from Spain, he became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll is the 16,430th most popular politician (down from 15,983rd in 2024), the 4,844th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,535th in 2019) and the 585th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll ranks 16,436 out of 19,576. Before him are Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Nazi-Maruttash, Ute Bock, José Ruperto Monagas, Dmytro Firtash, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Billy Cunningham, Andrii Sybiha, David Bernhardt, Piyassili, and Yekta Uzunoglu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1680, John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll ranks 20. Before him are John Machin, Ephraim Chambers, Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Angelo Maria Querini, Philippe Néricault Destouches, and Bulleh Shah.  Among people deceased in 1743, John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll ranks 18. Before him are Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans, Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Jai Singh II, Jean-Baptiste Du Halde, Ogata Kenzan, and Mikhail Zemtsov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll ranks 4,846 out of 8,785. Before him are Kathryn Beaumont (1938), Sam Brown (1964), Graham Potter (1975), John Wain (1925), George Goulding (1884), Balfour Stewart (1828), and Mick Avory (1944). After him are Clodagh Rodgers (1947), John Goodall (1863), Alistair Overeem (1980), William Duesbury (1725), and George Henry Lewes (1817).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll ranks 585. Before him are Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860), Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831), Aneurin Bevan (1897), Reggie Pridmore (1886), Matt Hancock (1978), and Donald Dewar (1937). After him are Michael Foot (1913), David Owen (1938), Arthur Whitten Brown (1886), John Ballance (1839), Hugh Gaitskell (1906), and John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (1751).

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