# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-des-v-ux
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:27:00.962Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-des-v-ux"
name: "William Des Vœux"
slug: "william-des-v-ux"
description: "Sir George William Des Vœux was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of Fiji (1880–1885), Newfoundland (1886–1887), and Hong Kong (1887–1891)."
tagline: "10th Governor of Hong Kong (1834–1909)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_G._William_Des_Voeux.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1834-09-22"
deathDate: "1909-12-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.3
  momentum:             3.098496767094386
  historical:           7.224876
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%B7%E8%BC%94"
    title: "德輔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Des_V%C5%93ux"
    title: "William Des Vœux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Des_V%C5%93ux"
    title: "William Des Vœux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Des_V%C5%93ux"
    title: "William Des Vœux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Des_V%C5%93ux"
    title: "William Des Vœux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ウィリアム・デ・ヴー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Des_V%C5%93ux"
    title: "William Des Vœux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%B7%E8%BC%94"
    title: "德輔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2607839"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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