# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-emerson-tennent
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:39:44.853Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-emerson-tennent"
name: "James Emerson Tennent"
slug: "james-emerson-tennent"
description: "Sir James Emerson Tennent, 1st Baronet, FRS was a Conservative Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for the Irish seats of Belfast and of Lisburn, and a resident Colonial Secretary in Ceylon. Opposed to the restoration of a parliament in Dublin, his defence of Ireland's union with Great Britain emphasised what he conceived as the liberal virtues of British imperial administration. In Ceylon, his policies in support the growing plantation and wage economy met with peasant resistance in the Matale Rebellion of 1848. In recognition of his encyclopedic surveys of the colony, in 1862 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society."
tagline: "Irish politician and traveller (1804–1869)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JamesEmersonTennent..jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1804-04-07"
deathDate: "1869-03-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.540353333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Эмерсон Теннент, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "چيمس اميرسون تينينت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Emerson_Tennent"
    title: "James Emerson Tennent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Emerson_Tennent"
    title: "James Emerson Tennent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Emerson_Tennent"
    title: "James Emerson Tennent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Emerson_Tennent"
    title: "James Emerson Tennent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Emerson_Tennent"
    title: "James Emerson Tennent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3161065"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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