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John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth

1751 - 1834

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John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (5 October 1751 – 14 February 1834) was a British official of the East India Company who served as Governor-General of Bengal from 1793 to 1798. In 1798 he was created Baron Teignmouth in the Peerage of Ireland. Shore was the first president of the British and Foreign Bible Society. A close friend of the orientalist Sir William Jones (1746–1794), Shore edited a memoir of Jones's life in 1804, containing many of Jones's letters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth is the 16,525th most popular politician (down from 15,842nd in 2019), the 4,927th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,411th in 2019) and the 593rd most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth ranks 16,525 out of 19,576. Before him are Hugh Gaitskell, Kathy Hochul, Robert Elswit, George Clymer, Uri Ariel, and David Choquehuanca. After him are Éric Dupond-Moretti, William Pinkney, José María Campo Serrano, John McEwen, Türkân Akyol, and Thae Yong-ho.

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Among people born in 1751, John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth ranks 32. Before him are William Roxburgh, Johan Henric Kellgren, Corona Schröter, John Abbot, Henry Dearborn, and George Montagu. After him are Pratap Singh Shah, Benjamin Stoddert, and Benjamin Williams. Among people deceased in 1834, John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth ranks 44. Before him are Gamzat-bek, Thomas Say, George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, Pierre Adet, and William H. Crawford. After him is Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth ranks 4,928 out of 8,785. Before him are Kenneth McAlpine (1920), Archie Stark (1897), Norma Varden (1898), David Storey (1933), Hugh Gaitskell (1906), and Cosmo Gordon Lang (1864). After him are Charles Sheffield (1935), John Butler Yeats (1839), Richard Overy (1947), O. T. Fagbenle (1980), Malcolm Muggeridge (1903), and Derek Bailey (1930).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth ranks 593. Before him are John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680), Michael Foot (1913), David Owen (1938), Arthur Whitten Brown (1886), John Ballance (1839), and Hugh Gaitskell (1906). After him are Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814), Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868), Robert Morris (1734), William Paterson (1745), Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801), and Cadwallon ap Cadfan (591).

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