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Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet

1715 - 1774

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Major-General Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (c. 1715 – 11 July 1774), was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Ireland known for his military and governance work in British colonial America. As a young man, Johnson moved to the Province of New York to manage an estate purchased by his uncle, Royal Navy officer Peter Warren, which was located in territory of the Mohawk, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League, or Haudenosaunee. Johnson learned the Mohawk language and Iroquois customs, and was appointed the British agent to the Iroquois. Johnson commanded Iroquois and colonial militia forces against the French and their allies during the French and Indian War (1754–1763). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet is the 7,836th most popular politician (up from 16,391st in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 293rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet ranks 7,836 out of 19,576. Before him are Blanche of Lancaster, William A. Wheeler, Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Poul Schlüter, and Anaximenes of Lampsacus. After him are Emperor Gong of Jin, Walter Lini, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, Mihail Kogălniceanu, Dawoud Rajiha, and Nikos Sampson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1715, Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet ranks 6. Before him are Peter II of Russia, Claude Adrien Helvétius, Robert-François Damiens, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, and Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues. After him are Georg Christoph Wagenseil, William Watson, Dorothea Erxleben, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Charles, Prince of Soubise, and Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau. Among people deceased in 1774, Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet ranks 12. Before him are Niccolò Jommelli, Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken, Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken, Jacques-François Blondel, Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, and Oliver Goldsmith. After him are Florian Leopold Gassmann, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, Johann Friedrich Agricola, Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg, Anna Morandi Manzolini, and Johan Peter Falk.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet ranks 99 out of 549. Before him are Edward Carson (1854), Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair (1116), Maureen O'Sullivan (1911), James Barry (1795), Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785), and John Banville (1945). After him are Christy Brown (1932), Andrew Graham (1815), Pierce Butler (1744), Edward England (1685), Saint Kilian (640), and James Hoban (1762).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet ranks 18. Before him are Malcolm II of Scotland (954), Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110), Brian Boru (941), Edward Carson (1854), Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair (1116), and Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785). After him are Pierce Butler (1744), Douglas Hyde (1860), Eliza Lynch (1833), Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (1769), Edmund the Martyr (841), and William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737).

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