# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-lyne
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:59:08.166Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-lyne"
name: "William Lyne"
slug: "william-lyne"
description: "Sir William John Lyne KCMG was an Australian politician who served as Premier of New South Wales from 1899 to 1901, and later as a federal cabinet minister under Edmund Barton and Alfred Deakin. He is best known as the subject of the so called \"Hopetoun Blunder\", unexpectedly being asked to serve as the first Prime Minister of Australia but proving unable to form a government."
tagline: "Australian politician (1844-1913)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Williamlyne.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1844-04-06"
deathDate: "1913-08-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.076566666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lyne"
    title: "William Lyne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام لين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام لين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lyne"
    title: "William Lyne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lyne"
    title: "William Lyne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lyne"
    title: "William Lyne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lyne"
    title: "William Lyne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lyne"
    title: "William Lyne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lyne"
    title: "William Lyne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1158950"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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