# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbara-castle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:20:10.409Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbara-castle"
name: "Barbara Castle"
slug: "barbara-castle"
description: "Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, Baroness Castle was a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1979, making her one of the longest-serving female MPs in British history. Regarded as one of the most significant Labour Party politicians, Castle developed a close political partnership with Prime Minister Harold Wilson and held several roles in the Cabinet. She is the first and, to date, the only woman to have held the office of First Secretary of State."
tagline: "British politician (1910–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1657543218962_NP0238_Barbara_CASTLE_001_MOBILE.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1910-10-06"
deathDate: "2002-05-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
  historical:           16.89332266666667
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump