# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-thornton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:00:43.947Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-thornton"
name: "Edward Thornton"
slug: "edward-thornton"
description: "Sir Edward Thornton, 2nd Count of Cacilhas, was a British diplomat who held posts in Latin America, the Ottoman Empire, the Russian Empire, and served for fourteen years as Minister to the United States."
tagline: "British diplomat (1817-1906)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Thornton.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1817-07-13"
deathDate: "1906-01-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.15
  momentum:             4.119318181818183
  historical:           6.351225333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ادوارد ثورنتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Thornton%2C_2nd_Count_of_Cacilhas"
    title: "Edward Thornton, 2nd Count of Cacilhas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Thornton"
    title: "Edward Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Thornton"
    title: "Edward Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Thornton"
    title: "Edward Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Thornton_(1817%E2%80%931906)"
    title: "Edward Thornton (1817–1906)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5345619"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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