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Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet

1628 - 1699

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Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (25 April 1628 – 27 January 1699) was an English diplomat, politician and writer. An important diplomat, he was recalled in 1679, and for a brief period was a leading advisor to Charles II of England, with whom he then fell out. Temple subsequently retired to the countryside, and thereafter occupied himself with gardening and writing. He is best remembered today for two aspects of his life after retirement: a passage on the designs of Chinese gardens, written without ever having seen one, and for employing a young Jonathan Swift as his secretary. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet is the 14,975th most popular politician (down from 14,225th in 2019), the 3,941st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,437th in 2019) and the 521st most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet ranks 14,975 out of 19,576. Before him are Anbasa ibn Suhaym al-Kalbi, Francisco Antonino Vidal, Naram-Sin of Assyria, Zababa-shuma-iddin, Govind Ballabh Pant, and Ernst Wetter. After him are Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Károly Kárpáti, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Take Ionescu, Mikhail Solomentsev, and S. Yizhar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1628, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet ranks 17. Before him are Carlo Cignani, Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Lucrezia Barberini, Alvise II Mocenigo, Robert Cambert, and David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl.  Among people deceased in 1699, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet ranks 14. Before him are Marco d'Aviano, Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, Lucrezia Barberini, Patrick Gordon, Mary Beale, and François Le Fort. After him is Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet ranks 3,942 out of 8,785. Before him are David MacMillan (1968), Ian Abercrombie (1934), Henry Daniell (1894), Peter Whitehead (1914), Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer (1897), and Grace Chisholm Young (1868). After him are Robert Lindsay (1890), Wilfrid Hyde-White (1903), Michael Winner (1935), Billy Hughes (1862), Ælfric of Eynsham (955), and Fred Frith (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet ranks 521. Before him are Jack Straw (1946), Cenwalh of Wessex (601), Margaret Beckett (1943), Alicia Moreau de Justo (1885), Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871), and Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880). After him are Billy Hughes (1862), Zac Goldsmith (1975), Prince Frederick of Great Britain (1750), Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887), Grantley Goulding (1874), and Hywel Dda (880).

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