# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-forsyth-baron-forsyth-of-drumlean
# Generated: 2026-08-16T10:05:07.438Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-forsyth-baron-forsyth-of-drumlean"
name: "Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean"
slug: "michael-forsyth-baron-forsyth-of-drumlean"
description: "Michael Bruce Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean, is a British financier and politician, who has held the office of Lord Speaker, the presiding officer of the House of Lords, since February 2026. Formerly affiliated with the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirling from 1983 to 1997 and served in the cabinet of John Major as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1995 to 1997."
tagline: "Scottish politician and banker (born 1954)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Forsyth_of_Drumlean_crop_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1954-10-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.870678666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Forsyth_(baron_Forsyth_de_Drumlean)"
    title: "Michael Forsyth (baron Forsyth de Drumlean)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Forsyth"
    title: "Michael Forsyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Forsyth%2C_Baron_Forsyth_of_Drumlean"
    title: "Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9C%8D%E5%8F%B8%E5%AF%8C"
    title: "霍司富"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82"
    title: "Майкл Форсайт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Forsyth"
    title: "Michael Forsyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q334357"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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