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Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge

1774 - 1850

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Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (Adolphus Frederick; 24 February 1774 – 8 July 1850) was the tenth child and seventh son of King George III of the United Kingdom and Queen Charlotte. He held the title of Duke of Cambridge from 1801 until his death. From 1816 to 1837, he served as Viceroy of the Kingdom of Hanover on behalf of his elder brothers King George IV and King William IV. Adolphus married Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel in 1818, with whom he had three children: Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, Princess Augusta of Cambridge and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge is the 6,033rd most popular politician (down from 5,529th in 2019), the 1,357th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,101st in 2019) and the 249th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge ranks 6,033 out of 19,576. Before him are Petre Roman, Peter II, Duke of Bourbon, Bolesław V the Chaste, Malcolm II of Scotland, Herman VI, Margrave of Baden, and Acamas. After him are Gjorge Ivanov, Stefan Branković, Madame Nhu, Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, Ariaramnes, and Mahamadou Issoufou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1774, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge ranks 12. Before him are Francis Beaufort, Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Gaspare Spontini, Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands, and Pierre-Narcisse Guérin. After him are William Henry, Christian Leopold von Buch, Charles Bell, Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, and André Marie Constant Duméril. Among people deceased in 1850, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge ranks 21. Before him are Robert Peel, Nikolaus Lenau, Adam Oehlenschläger, Wilhelm Beer, Józef Bem, and Germain Henri Hess. After him are Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, Vincent Pallotti, Jean-Pierre Boyer, William Sturgeon, Carl Sigismund Kunth, and John C. Calhoun.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge ranks 1,357 out of 8,785. Before him are E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902), Thomas Browne (1605), Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689), Mark Hollis (1955), Paul Grice (1913), and Ciarán Hinds (1953). After him are Clive Owen (1964), William Smith (1769), William Henry (1774), W. Montgomery Watt (1909), Adam Sedgwick (1785), and Samuel Wallis (1728).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge ranks 249. Before him are Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (1473), Louis Lucien Bonaparte (1813), Lord Randolph Churchill (1849), Arthur Phillip (1738), Olave Baden-Powell (1889), and John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1462). After him are Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763), Jeremy Corbyn (1949), Henry Tingle Wilde (1872), Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799), Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883), and Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (1000).

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