# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/grey-ruthven-2nd-earl-of-gowrie
# Generated: 2026-08-16T10:12:17.570Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/grey-ruthven-2nd-earl-of-gowrie"
name: "Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie"
slug: "grey-ruthven-2nd-earl-of-gowrie"
description: "Alexander Patrick Greysteil Hore-Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie,, usually known as Grey Gowrie or Lord Gowrie, was an Irish-born British hereditary peer, politician, and businessman. Lord Gowrie was also the hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Ruthven in Scotland. He was educated at Eton and Oxford, and held posts in academia for a period, in the US and London, including time working with poet Robert Lowell and at Harvard University."
tagline: "Earl of Gowrie (1939–2021)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Grey_Gowrie.jpeg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1939-11-26"
deathDate: "2021-09-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.74
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.350577333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Ruthven_(2._hrabia_Gowrie)"
    title: "Alexander Ruthven (2. hrabia Gowrie)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A"
    title: "غراي غوري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جرى روثڤين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Ruthven%2C_2._Earl_of_Gowrie"
    title: "Grey Ruthven, 2. Earl of Gowrie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Gowrie"
    title: "Grey Gowrie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Ruthven"
    title: "Grey Ruthven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Gowrie"
    title: "Grey Gowrie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5608241"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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