# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-henry-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:03:09.940Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-henry-smith"
name: "William Henry Smith"
slug: "william-henry-smith"
description: "William Henry Smith, FRS was an English bookseller, newsagent and politician. As head of the family firm W H Smith, he expanded the firm and introduced the practice of selling books and newspapers at railway stations. He was elected a Member of Parliament in 1868 and rose to the position of First Lord of the Admiralty less than ten years later. Because of his lack of naval experience, he was perceived as a model for the character Sir Joseph Porter in H.M.S. Pinafore. In the mid-1880s, he was twice Secretary of State for War, and later First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons, among other posts."
tagline: "English bookseller, newsagent and politician (1825–1891)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Henry_Smith_(1825%E2%80%931891).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1825-06-24"
deathDate: "1891-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.14
  momentum:             10
  historical:           8.074694666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Smith_(politiker)"
    title: "William Henry Smith (politiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87_%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7)"
    title: "وليام هنرى سميث (سياسى من المملكه المتحده لبريطانيا العظمى و ايرلاندا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Smith"
    title: "William Henry Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Smith_(Politiker%2C_1825)"
    title: "William Henry Smith (Politiker, 1825)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Smith_(English_politician)"
    title: "William Henry Smith (English politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Smith_(1825-1891)"
    title: "William Henry Smith (1825-1891)"
    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%98%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B9_(1825-1891)"
    title: "ウィリアム・ヘンリー・スミス (1825-1891)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Smith"
    title: "William Henry Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8_(1825%E2%80%941891)"
    title: "Смит, Уильям Генри (1825—1891)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176472"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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