# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sir-charles-sedley-5th-baronet
# Generated: 2026-08-15T21:44:33.732Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sir-charles-sedley-5th-baronet"
name: "Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet"
slug: "sir-charles-sedley-5th-baronet"
description: "Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet was a British nobleman dramatist, and politician. He is chiefly remembered for his sharp wit and notorious profligacy, which made him a prominent figure in Restoration society. Sedley wrote plays, poetry, and essays, and his flamboyant lifestyle and literary output earned him both admiration and scandal during his lifetime."
tagline: "English politician (1639-1701)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SirCharlesSedley5thBt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1639-03-05"
deathDate: "1701-08-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.8
  momentum:             4.714875401314782
  historical:           9.615984000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1789569/"
    handle:    "nm1789569"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6b604595-f3f9-4eaf-805d-3e28a2b46ed3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sedley"
    title: "Charles Sedley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Charles_Sedley%2C_5th_Baronet"
    title: "Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sedley"
    title: "Charles Sedley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sedley_(5e_baronnet)"
    title: "Charles Sedley (5e baronnet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sedley%2C_V_baronetto"
    title: "Charles Sedley, V baronetto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sedley"
    title: "Charles Sedley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sedley"
    title: "Charles Sedley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sedley"
    title: "Charles Sedley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sedley"
    title: "Charles Sedley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Sedley"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1066050"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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