# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-weston-1st-earl-of-portland
# Generated: 2026-08-16T09:36:28.727Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-weston-1st-earl-of-portland"
name: "Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland"
slug: "richard-weston-1st-earl-of-portland"
description: "Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland, KG, was Chancellor of the Exchequer and later Lord Treasurer of England under James I and Charles I, being one of the most influential figures in the early years of Charles I's Personal Rule and the architect of many of the policies that enabled him to rule without raising taxes through Parliament."
tagline: "English politician; (1577-1635)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RichardWeston.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1577-03-01"
deathDate: "1635-03-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.880598666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Weston%2C_I_conte_di_Portland"
    title: "Richard Weston, I conte di Portland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Weston%2C_1st_Earl_of_Portland"
    title: "Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Weston_(1er_comte_de_Portland)"
    title: "Richard Weston (1er comte de Portland)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Weston%2C_B%C3%A1_t%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Bc_th%E1%BB%A9_1_x%E1%BB%A9_Portland"
    title: "Richard Weston, Bá tước thứ 1 xứ Portland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_1-%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4"
    title: "Уэстон, Ричард, 1-й граф Портленд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%96%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Річард Вестон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3934897"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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