# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sir-james-cockburn-8th-baronet
# Generated: 2026-08-15T21:57:04.327Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sir-james-cockburn-8th-baronet"
name: "Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet"
slug: "sir-james-cockburn-8th-baronet"
description: "Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet was a British politician who represented Linlithgow Burghs in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1772 to 1784. He was also a director of the East India Company."
tagline: "British politician"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1729"
deathDate: "1804-07-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.98
  momentum:             15
  historical:           2.406192
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  41
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_James_Cockburn%2C_8th_Baronet"
    title: "Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cockburn_(8e_baronnet)"
    title: "James Cockburn (8e baronnet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7527392"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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