# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-augustus-selwyn
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:32:37.428Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-augustus-selwyn"
name: "George Augustus Selwyn"
slug: "george-augustus-selwyn"
description: "George Augustus Selwyn of Matson House, Gloucestershire, was an English Member of Parliament. A renowned eccentric with an affinity for macabre and cross-dressing, he was later described as \"a necrophiliac, gay transvestite, [who] sat mute, loved, and undisturbed in the House of Commons for 44 years\"."
tagline: "British politician (1719–1791)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Augustus_Selwyn_(1865).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1719-08-11"
deathDate: "1791-01-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.807596
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Selwyn_(politician)"
    title: "George Selwyn (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Augustus_Selwyn"
    title: "George Augustus Selwyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Selwyn_(politico)"
    title: "George Selwyn (politico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3_(%E6%94%BF%E6%B2%BB%E5%AE%B6)"
    title: "ジョージ・セルウィン (政治家)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Selwyn"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q427554"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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