# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-ritchie-1st-baron-ritchie-of-dundee
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:04:34.417Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-ritchie-1st-baron-ritchie-of-dundee"
name: "Charles Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee"
slug: "charles-ritchie-1st-baron-ritchie-of-dundee"
description: "Charles Thomson Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee, was a Scottish businessman and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 until 1905 when he was raised to the peerage. He served as Home Secretary from 1900 to 1902 and as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1902 to 1903."
tagline: "British politician (1838–1906)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Thomson_Ritchie_headshot.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1838-11-19"
deathDate: "1906-01-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.211916
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ritchie%2C_1%3Ae_baron_Ritchie_av_Dundee"
    title: "Charles Ritchie, 1:e baron Ritchie av Dundee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Thomson_Ritchie"
    title: "Charles Thomson Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ritchie%2C_1._Baron_Ritchie_of_Dundee"
    title: "Charles Ritchie, 1. Baron Ritchie of Dundee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ritchie%2C_1st_Baron_Ritchie_of_Dundee"
    title: "Charles Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ritchie_(1er_baron_Ritchie_de_Dundee)"
    title: "Charles Ritchie (1er baron Ritchie de Dundee)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolus_Ritchie"
    title: "Carolus Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ritchie"
    title: "Charles Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B7%2C_1-%D0%B9_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Ритчи, Чарльз, 1-й барон Ритчи Дандийский"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q669029"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump