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Prince William, Duke of Cumberland

1721 - 1765

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Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (15 April 1721 [N.S.] – 31 October 1765) was the third and youngest son of George II of Great Britain and Ireland and his wife, Caroline of Ansbach. He was Duke of Cumberland from 1726. He is best remembered for his role in putting down the Jacobite Rising at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, which made him popular in certain parts of Britain. He is often referred to by the nickname given to him by his Tory opponents: 'Butcher' Cumberland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prince William, Duke of Cumberland is the 7,767th most popular politician (down from 7,218th in 2019), the 1,725th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,423rd in 2019) and the 297th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland ranks 7,767 out of 19,576. Before him are Henk Sneevliet, Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, Chaka of Bulgaria, Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria, Jean Duvieusart, and Roman Malinovsky. After him are Birsa Munda, Arturo Frondizi, Andronikos I of Trebizond, René Pleven, Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, and Hans Globke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1721, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland ranks 10. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken, Johann Kirnberger, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach, and Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano. After him are Tobias Smollett, Samuel von Brukenthal, Joseph de Guignes, Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud, Anna Dorothea Therbusch, and Frederick Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. Among people deceased in 1765, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland ranks 12. Before him are Muhammad bin Saud, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Charles-André van Loo, and Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia. After him are Carl Alexander Clerck, Edward Young, Johan Agrell, Johann Melchior Molter, Mir Jafar, and William Stukeley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland ranks 1,725 out of 8,785. Before him are Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), John Newton (1725), Christine McVie (1943), Harriet Martineau (1802), Edward Gordon Craig (1872), and Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770). After him are Matthew Flinders (1774), John Charles (1931), Steven Gerrard (1980), Elizabeth Blount (1500), James Murray (1837), and Paul Radmilovic (1886).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland ranks 297. Before him are Fletcher Christian (1764), Joan of Kent (1328), Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (1783), Penda of Mercia (606), Edward Balliol (1283), and Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770). After him are Paul Radmilovic (1886), Blanche of Lancaster (1345), Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766), Jeffrey Archer (1940), William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw (1918), and Lord Guildford Dudley (1536).

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