# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-maitland-8th-earl-of-lauderdale
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:33:24.317Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-maitland-8th-earl-of-lauderdale"
name: "James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale"
slug: "james-maitland-8th-earl-of-lauderdale"
description: "James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale, was Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, a Scottish representative peer in the House of Lords. and a writer on political economy."
tagline: "British diplomat (1759-1839)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Maitland%2C_8th_Earl_of_Lauderdale_by_Thomas_Gainsborough.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1759-01-26"
deathDate: "1839-09-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.956985333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Maitland%2C_8-a_grafo_de_Lauderdale"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump