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Robert Moray

1609 - 1673

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Sir Robert Moray (alternative spellings: Murrey, Murray) FRS (1608 or 1609 – 4 July 1673) was a Scottish soldier, statesman, diplomat, judge, spy, and natural philosopher. He was well known to Charles I and Charles II, and to the French cardinals Richelieu and Mazarin. He attended the meeting of the 1660 committee of 12 on 28 November 1660 that led to the formation of the Royal Society, and was influential in gaining its Royal Charter and formulating its statutes and regulations. He was also one of the founders of modern Freemasonry in Great Britain. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Moray is the 16,058th most popular politician (down from 15,894th in 2019), the 4,584th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,456th in 2019) and the 564th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Robert Moray ranks 16,058 out of 19,576. Before him are Rob Portman, Beornred of Mercia, Cécile Tormay, Habiba Sarābi, Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, and Karel De Gucht. After him are Julio Herrera y Obes, Thomas Massie, Aleksandr Tkachyov, Roger Kolo, Gouverneur Morris, and George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1609, Robert Moray ranks 21. Before him are Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat, Pierre-Paul Riquet, Paul Fleming, Jean Rotrou, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, and Gerrard Winstanley. After him is John Suckling. Among people deceased in 1673, Robert Moray ranks 12. Before him are Semyon Dezhnev, Joan Blaeu, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Regnier de Graaf, Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, and Barent Fabritius.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Moray ranks 4,585 out of 8,785. Before him are Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1983), Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773), Ernest Mangnall (1866), John Foxx (1948), Richard Sinclair (1948), and Belle Moore (1894). After him are Gordon Strachan (1957), Basil Hume (1923), George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784), Barney Greenway (1969), Jonathan Coe (1961), and Jack Grealish (1995).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Robert Moray ranks 564. Before him are Arthur St. Clair (1737), John Francis Davis (1795), John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (1431), John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1690), Lindsay Hoyle (1957), and Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773). After him are George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784), Charles Rosher (1885), John Hunter (1737), Amina J. Mohammed (1961), Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1858), and Patrick McLoughlin (1957).

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