# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-elwes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:50:28.593Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-elwes"
name: "John Elwes"
slug: "john-elwes"
description: "John Elwes MP was a member of parliament (MP) in Great Britain for Berkshire (1772–1784) and an eccentric miser, suggested to be an inspiration for the character of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. Dickens made reference to Elwes in Bleak House (1853) – along with another notable 18th century miser, Daniel Dancer – and in his 1865 novel, Our Mutual Friend. Elwes was also believed to inspire William Harrison Ainsworth to create the character of John Scarfe in his 1842 novel The Miser's Daughter."
tagline: "British politician, eccentric and miser, died 1789"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_elwes.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1714-04-07"
deathDate: "1789-11-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.854648
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Elwes_(politician)"
    title: "John Elwes (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Elwes_(pol%C3%ADtico)"
    title: "John Elwes (político)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Elwes_(homme_politique)"
    title: "John Elwes (homme politique)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Elwes"
    title: "John Elwes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Elwes"
    title: "John Elwes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15452710"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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