# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sir-william-temple-1st-baronet
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:43:33.080Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sir-william-temple-1st-baronet"
name: "Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet"
slug: "sir-william-temple-1st-baronet"
description: "Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet was an English diplomat, politician and writer. An important diplomat, he was recalled in 1679, and for a brief period was a leading advisor to Charles II of England, with whom he then fell out. Temple subsequently retired to the countryside, and thereafter occupied himself with gardening and writing. He is best remembered today for two aspects of his life after retirement: a passage on the designs of Chinese gardens, written without ever having seen one, and for employing a young Jonathan Swift as his secretary. The first is sometimes given as an early indication of the English landscape garden style, praising irregularity in design."
tagline: "English statesman and essayist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_Wm_Temple.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1628-04-25"
deathDate: "1699-01-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.06
  momentum:             0.4539722572509458
  historical:           14.89651066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Temple (poliitikko)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "സർ വില്യം ടെമ്പിൾ"
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    title: "Темпл, Уильям, 1-й баронет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Temple (diplomat)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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