# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-x-merriman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:46:06.532Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-x-merriman"
name: "John X. Merriman"
slug: "john-x-merriman"
description: "John Xavier Merriman was a South African politician who served as the eleventh Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1908 to 1910. He was the last prime minister of the Cape Colony before the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910. During his political career he became the longest-serving member of the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope, serving a total of 42 years as member of Aliwal North, Wodehouse, Namaqualand, and Victoria West between 1869 and 1910."
tagline: "South African politician (1841-1926)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_X_Merriman_-_P_Lewsen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1841"
deathDate: "1926-08-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.287618666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_X._Merriman"
    title: "John X. Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_X._Merriman"
    title: "John X. Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_X._Merriman"
    title: "John X. Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BA%A6%E7%BF%B0%C2%B7%E5%93%88%E7%BB%B4%E5%B0%94%C2%B7%E6%A2%85%E9%87%8C%E6%9B%BC"
    title: "约翰·哈维尔·梅里曼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_X._Merriman"
    title: "John X. Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_X._Merriman"
    title: "John X. Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1800483"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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