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William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

1720 - 1764

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William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (8 May 1720 – 2 October 1764), styled Lord Cavendish before 1729, and Marquess of Hartington between 1729 and 1755, was a British Whig statesman and nobleman who was briefly nominal Prime Minister of Great Britain. He was the first son of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire and his wife, Catherine Hoskins. He is also a great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of King Charles III through the king's maternal great-grandmother. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire is the 7,021st most popular politician (up from 7,665th in 2019), the 1,579th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,523rd in 2019) and the 275th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire ranks 7,021 out of 19,576. Before him are Michael I Komnenos Doukas, Sadyr Japarov, Ruth Dreifuss, Baldwin III, Count of Flanders, Diponegoro, and Yesü Möngke. After him are Tiberius Claudius Narcissus, Tiridates III of Parthia, Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex, John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, Sooronbay Jeenbekov, and Eugen Ehrlich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1720, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire ranks 15. Before him are Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, Honoré III, Prince of Monaco, Charles Bonnet, Vilna Gaon, James Hargreaves, and Heraclius II of Georgia. After him are Balaji Baji Rao, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Johann Schobert, Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, Johann Friedrich Agricola, and Maximilian Hell. Among people deceased in 1764, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire ranks 11. Before him are Christian Goldbach, Pietro Locatelli, Jean-Marie Leclair, Johann Mattheson, Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Erik Pontoppidan. After him are Francesco Algarotti, Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Picander, Semyon Chelyuskin, Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, and Nathaniel Bliss.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire ranks 1,579 out of 8,785. Before him are Clive Burr (1957), Ginger Baker (1939), Alexander of Hales (1175), John Connelly (1938), John Entwistle (1944), and Dick McTaggart (1935). After him are John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404), Ceawlin of Wessex (600), Tim Hunt (1943), Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673), Thomas Gresham (1519), and Bill Ward (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire ranks 275. Before him are Sid Watkins (1928), Constantine II of Scotland (801), Jeremy Hunt (1966), Warren Hastings (1732), Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565), and Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773). After him are John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404), Ceawlin of Wessex (600), Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673), Thomas Gresham (1519), Rishi Sunak (1980), and David Trimble (1944).

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