# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-grenfell-1st-baron-desborough
# Generated: 2026-08-15T21:18:37.020Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-grenfell-1st-baron-desborough"
name: "William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough"
slug: "william-grenfell-1st-baron-desborough"
description: "William Henry Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough was a British athlete, sportsman, public servant and politician. He sat in the House of Commons first for the Liberal Party and then for the Conservatives between 1880 and 1905 when he was raised to the peerage. He also was President of the Thames Conservancy Board for thirty-two years."
tagline: "British athlete and politician (1855-1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Henry_Grenfell_1921.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1855-10-30"
deathDate: "1945-01-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.6
  momentum:             1.019108280254777
  historical:           6.352017333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Grenfell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84_%2C_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "وليام جرينفيل , بارون ديسبورو الاول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "উইলিয়াম গ্রেনফেল, ১ম ব্যারন ডেসবরো"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Grenfell%2C_1._Baron_Desborough"
    title: "William Grenfell, 1. Baron Desborough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Grenfell%2C_1st_Baron_Desborough"
    title: "William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Grenfell"
    title: "William Grenfell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Grenfell"
    title: "William Grenfell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333887"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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