# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-macdonnell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:27:17.434Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-macdonnell"
name: "Richard MacDonnell"
slug: "richard-macdonnell"
description: "Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell was an Anglo-Irish lawyer, judge and colonial governor. His posts as governor included Governor of the British Settlements in West Africa, Governor of Saint Vincent, Governor of South Australia, Governor of Nova Scotia and Governor of Hong Kong. Several places around the world are named for him, including MacDonnell Road in Hong Kong and the MacDonnell Ranges and Sir Richard Peninsula in Australia."
tagline: "Former Governor of the Gambia, South Australia, Nova Scotia, and Hong Kong (1814-1881)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Graves_MacDonnell.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1814-09-03"
deathDate: "1881-02-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.756985333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BA%A5%E7%95%B6%E5%A5%B4"
    title: "麥當奴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ريتشارد ماكدونيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Graves_MacDonnell"
    title: "Richard Graves MacDonnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Graves_MacDonnell"
    title: "Richard Graves MacDonnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Graves_MacDonnell"
    title: "Richard Graves MacDonnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Graves_MacDonnell"
    title: "Richard Graves MacDonnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Макдоннелл, Ричард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Graves_MacDonnell"
    title: "Richard Graves MacDonnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Graves_MacDonnell"
    title: "Richard Graves MacDonnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BA%A5%E7%95%B6%E5%A5%B4"
    title: "麥當奴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q337005"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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