# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-caine
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:55:06.139Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-caine"
name: "William Caine"
slug: "william-caine"
description: "William Caine was the first head of the Hong Kong Police Force, Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1846 to 1854. He attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel prior to his secretary appointment. Caine was also the acting Governor of Hong Kong between May and September 1859."
tagline: "British colonial administrator (1798-1871)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Captain_William_Caine.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1799-03-17"
deathDate: "1871-09-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.489958666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "ויליאם קיין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "وليام كين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Caine_(Hong_Kong)"
    title: "William Caine (Hong Kong)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E5%A0%85"
    title: "威廉·堅"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Caine_(Hong_Kong)"
    title: "William Caine (Hong Kong)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A0%85_(%E7%B6%93%E6%AD%B7%E5%8F%B8)"
    title: "堅 (經歷司)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q877000"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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