# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-bethell-1st-baron-westbury
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:03:59.247Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-bethell-1st-baron-westbury"
name: "Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury"
slug: "richard-bethell-1st-baron-westbury"
description: "Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury, was a British lawyer, judge and Liberal politician. He served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain between 1861 and 1865. He was knighted in 1852 and raised to the peerage in 1861."
tagline: "British politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Bethell%2C_1st_Baron_Westbury_by_Michele_Gordigiani.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1800-06-30"
deathDate: "1873-07-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.008243999999999
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Bethell%2C_1st_Baron_Westbury"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%84_(%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%89)"
    title: "ريتشارد بيثيل (قاضى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bethell%2C_1._Baron_Westbury"
    title: "Richard Bethell, 1. Baron Westbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bethell%2C_1st_Baron_Westbury"
    title: "Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bethell_(1er_baron_Westbury)"
    title: "Richard Bethell (1er baron Westbury)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bethell"
    title: "Richard Bethell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bethell%2C_1%3Ae_baron_Westbury"
    title: "Richard Bethell, 1:e baron Westbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Betel%2C_Vestberining_1-Baroni"
    title: "Richard Betel, Vestberining 1-Baroni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6237389"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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