# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-jervois
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:08:54.699Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-jervois"
name: "William Jervois"
slug: "william-jervois"
description: "Lieutenant-General Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois was a British military engineer and diplomat. After joining the British Army in 1839, he saw service, as a second captain, in South Africa. In 1858, as a major, he was appointed Secretary of a Royal Commission set up to examine the state and efficiency of British land-based fortifications against naval attack; and this led to further work in Canada and South Australia. From 1875 to 1888 he was, consecutively, Governor of the Straits Settlements, Governor of South Australia and Governor of New Zealand."
tagline: "British Army general (1821–1897)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Jervois.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1821-09-10"
deathDate: "1897-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.680814666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Jervois"
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    title: "William Jervois"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump