# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-dowdeswell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:01:17.733Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-dowdeswell"
name: "William Dowdeswell"
slug: "william-dowdeswell"
description: "William Dowdeswell PC was a British politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and later leader of the Rockinghamite faction in the House of Commons."
tagline: "British politician (1721-1775)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/William_Dowdeswell_from_The_State_Nursery_%28BM_J%2C1.25%29_%28cropped%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1721-03-12"
deathDate: "1775-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39
  momentum:             0.09345794392523364
  historical:           5.674442666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dowdeswell_(politician%2C_born_1721)"
    title: "William Dowdeswell (politician, born 1721)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2_(%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%2C_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AD%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%A7)"
    title: "উইলিয়াম ডাউডেসওয়েল (রাজনীতিবিদ, জন্ম ১৭২১)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dowdeswell"
    title: "William Dowdeswell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dowdeswell"
    title: "William Dowdeswell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dowdeswell"
    title: "William Dowdeswell"
    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%80%E3%82%A6%E3%82%BA%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB_(%E8%B2%A1%E5%8B%99%E5%A4%A7%E8%87%A3)"
    title: "ウィリアム・ダウズウェル (財務大臣)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2484094"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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