# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-goldsmith-baron-goldsmith
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:16:40.488Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-goldsmith-baron-goldsmith"
name: "Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith"
slug: "peter-goldsmith-baron-goldsmith"
description: "Peter Henry Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith, is a British barrister who served as Attorney General for England and Wales and Attorney General for Northern Ireland from 2001 and 2007. His resignation, announced on 22 June 2007, took effect on 27 June, the same day that Prime Minister Tony Blair stepped down. Goldsmith was the longest serving Labour attorney general. He is currently a partner and head of European litigation practice at US law firm Debevoise & Plimpton and Vice Chairperson of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre."
tagline: "British barrister (born 1950)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter_Goldsmith_Crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1950-01-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "بيتر جولدسميث"
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    title: "Peter Goldsmith, Barwn Goldsmith"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Goldsmith%2C_Baron_Goldsmith"
    title: "Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith"
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    title: "Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith"
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    title: "Peter Goldsmith"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump