# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-george-dodson-1st-baron-monk-bretton
# Generated: 2026-08-16T09:18:54.157Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-george-dodson-1st-baron-monk-bretton"
name: "John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton"
slug: "john-george-dodson-1st-baron-monk-bretton"
description: "John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton, PC, known before 1884 as John George Dodson, was a British Liberal politician. He was Chairman of Ways and Means between 1865 and 1872 and later held office under William Ewart Gladstone as Financial Secretary to the Treasury, President of the Local Government Board and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. In 1884 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Monk Bretton."
tagline: "British Liberal politician (1825-1897)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_George_Dodson%2C_1st_Baron_Monk_Bretton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1825-10-18"
deathDate: "1897-05-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.5
  momentum:             0.5208333333333334
  historical:           5.003636
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dodson%2C_1._Baron_Monk_Bretton"
    title: "John Dodson, 1. Baron Monk Bretton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_George_Dodson%2C_1st_Baron_Monk_Bretton"
    title: "John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_George_Dodson"
    title: "John George Dodson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_George_Dodson"
    title: "John George Dodson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dodson%2C_1%3Ae_baron_Monk_Bretton"
    title: "John Dodson, 1:e baron Monk Bretton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q338252"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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