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Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex

1773 - 1843

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Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (27 January 1773 – 21 April 1843), was the sixth son and ninth child of King George III and his queen consort, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He was the only surviving son of George III who did not pursue an army or navy career. A Whig, he was known for his liberal views, which included reform of Parliament, abolition of the slave trade, Catholic Emancipation, and the removal of existing civil restrictions on Jews and Dissenters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2024). Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex is the 6,946th most popular politician (down from 6,522nd in 2024), the 1,561st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,289th in 2019) and the 273rd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex ranks 6,946 out of 19,576. Before him are Johannes Steinhoff, Edvard Eriksen, Yōsuke Matsuoka, Lucjan Żeligowski, Francisco de Paula Santander, and Gulzarilal Nanda. After him are Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Quli Qutb Shah, Théophile Delcassé, Ahmed Izzet Pasha, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, and Spytihněv I, Duke of Bohemia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1773, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex ranks 20. Before him are James Mill, Amschel Mayer Rothschild, Henri Gatien Bertrand, Frédéric Cuvier, Tokugawa Ienari, and George Cayley. After him are Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt, Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, Hussein Dey, Étienne Maurice Gérard, Robert Surcouf, and Thomas Horsfield. Among people deceased in 1843, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex ranks 12. Before him are Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark, Joseph Lanner, Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, Theodoros Kolokotronis, John Armstrong Jr., and Marie Anne Lenormand. After him are Robert Southey, Peter Wittgenstein, Sequoyah, Charles Macintosh, Alexis Bouvard, and Casimir Delavigne.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex ranks 1,561 out of 8,785. Before him are Guy Pearce (1967), Warren Hastings (1732), Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565), Edward Lear (1812), Emily Watson (1967), and Thomas Cole (1801). After him are William McDougall (1871), Alun Armstrong (1946), John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), Mary Ann Nichols (1845), and Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (1480).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex ranks 273. Before him are George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737), Sid Watkins (1928), Constantine II of Scotland (801), Jeremy Hunt (1966), Warren Hastings (1732), and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565). After him are William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720), John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404), Ceawlin of Wessex (600), Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673), Thomas Gresham (1519), and Rishi Sunak (1980).

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