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Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle

1693 - 1768

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Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (21 July 1693 – 17 November 1768) was an English Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain, and whose official life extended throughout the Whig supremacy of the 18th century. He is commonly known as the Duke of Newcastle. A protégé of Robert Walpole, he served under him for more than 20 years until 1742. He held power with his brother, prime minister Henry Pelham, until 1754. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle is the 6,522nd most popular politician (up from 8,105th in 2019), the 1,464th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,609th in 2019) and the 260th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle ranks 6,522 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro, John Parricida, Viktor Chernov, Perictione, and Urus Khan. After him are Injong of Goryeo, Nikos Christodoulides, Pierre-Jules Hetzel, Lucius Licinius Crassus, Sineperver Sultan, and Charles Francis Adams Sr..

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Among people born in 1693, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle ranks 6. Before him are Pope Clement XIII, Anna of Russia, James Bradley, John Harrison, and Anne Sophie Reventlow. After him are Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg, Georg Rafael Donner, Abul Khair Khan, Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin, and John Lombe. Among people deceased in 1768, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle ranks 8. Before him are Marie Leszczyńska, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Nicola Porpora, Laurence Sterne, Georg Brandt, and Joseph-Nicolas Delisle. After him are Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Francesco Maria Veracini, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, François de Cuvilliés, and Michel Blavet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle ranks 1,464 out of 8,785. Before him are Kim Wilde (1960), Ethel Smyth (1858), Edmund Leighton (1852), Alison Steadman (1946), Kate Beckinsale (1973), and William Walton (1902). After him are Steven Berkoff (1937), Honor Blackman (1925), David Goodall (1914), Rod Evans (1947), Paul Di'Anno (1958), and David Hemmings (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle ranks 260. Before him are Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883), Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (1000), George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784), Alexander I of Scotland (1078), Catherine Ashton (1956), and John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (1860). After him are Henry Pelham (1694), Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1375), Peter Robinson (1948), John Hawkwood (1320), Godwin, Earl of Wessex (1001), and Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (1287).

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