# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-ley-1st-earl-of-marlborough
# Generated: 2026-08-16T11:22:30.252Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-ley-1st-earl-of-marlborough"
name: "James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough"
slug: "james-ley-1st-earl-of-marlborough"
description: "James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1622. He was Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland and then in England, and was Lord High Treasurer from 1624 to 1628. On 31 December 1624, James I created him  Baron Ley, of Ley in the County of Devon, and on 5 February 1626, Charles I created him Earl of Marlborough. Both titles became extinct upon the death of the 4th Earl of Marlborough in 1679."
tagline: "English politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Ley%2C_1st_Earl_of_Marlborough.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1552"
deathDate: "1629"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.78
  momentum:             1.06145251396648
  historical:           4.807128000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ley%2C_1st_Earl_of_Marlborough"
    title: "James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ley_(1er_comte_de_Marlborough)"
    title: "James Ley (1er comte de Marlborough)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ley%2C_Marlborough_1._gr%C3%B3fja"
    title: "James Ley, Marlborough 1. grófja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_1-%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Лей, Джеймс, 1-й граф Мальборо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_1-%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Джеймс Лей, 1-й граф Мальборо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6138037"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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