# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-george-fairfax
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:10:41.245Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-george-fairfax"
name: "William George Fairfax"
slug: "william-george-fairfax"
description: "Sir William George Fairfax was a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy and the progenitor of the Fairfax Baronets. His most notable service was as Admiral Adam Duncan's flag captain on board HMS Venerable during the Battle of Camperdown on 11 October 1797."
tagline: "British Royal Navy officer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vice-Admiral_Sir_William_Fairfax%2C_(1739-1813)%2C_by_William_Grimaldi_(1751-1830).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1739-03-08"
deathDate: "1813-11-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.83
  momentum:             0.7368421052631579
  historical:           1.537005333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  34
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_George_Fairfax"
    title: "William George Fairfax"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8009784"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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