# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-pakenham
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:07:09.985Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-pakenham"
name: "Richard Pakenham"
slug: "richard-pakenham"
description: "Sir Richard Pakenham PC was a British diplomat of Anglo-Irish background. He served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1843 until 1847, during which time he unsuccessfully worked to prevent the U.S. annexation of Texas and California by establishing British forces there instead."
tagline: "British diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Parkham%2C_British_Minister_to_the_U._States%2C_by_John_Plumbe%2C_Jr.%2C_from_the_National_Plumbeotype_Gallery%2C_1847%2C_lithograph_on_paper%2C_from_the_National_Portrait_Gallery_-_NPG-NPG_78_84_RParkham-000001.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1797-05-19"
deathDate: "1868-10-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.93
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.671382666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Richard Pakenham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "ريتشارد پاكينهام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pakenham"
    title: "Richard Pakenham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pakenham"
    title: "Richard Pakenham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pakenham"
    title: "Richard Pakenham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%82%B1%E3%83%8A%E3%83%A0"
    title: "リチャード・パケナム"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3431093"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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