# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-maxwell-5th-earl-of-nithsdale
# Generated: 2026-08-16T10:20:44.226Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-maxwell-5th-earl-of-nithsdale"
name: "William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale"
slug: "william-maxwell-5th-earl-of-nithsdale"
description: "William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, was a Roman Catholic member of the Scottish nobility who took part in the Jacobite rising of 1715. He was attainted with his titles forfeited. However, Lord Nithsdale made a celebrated escape from the Tower of London by changing clothes with his wife's maid the day before he was due to be executed. The lordship of Herries of Terregles was later restored to his descendants and remains extant."
tagline: "Scottish noble"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/John_Baptist_de_Medina_%281659-1710%29_-_William%2C_5th_Earl_of_Nithsdale_-_PCF2_-_Traquair_House.jpg/330px-John_Baptist_de_Medina_%281659-1710%29_-_William%2C_5th_Earl_of_Nithsdale_-_PCF2_-_Traquair_House.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1676"
deathDate: "1744-03-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.9
  momentum:             3.529411764705882
  historical:           7.220736
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Максвел, Уильям, 5-й граф Нитсдейл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "وليام ماكسويل خامس ايرل نيثسدال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Maxwell"
    title: "William Maxwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Maxwell%2C_5._Earl_of_Nithsdale"
    title: "William Maxwell, 5. Earl of Nithsdale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Maxwell%2C_5th_Earl_of_Nithsdale"
    title: "William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Maxwell_(5e_comte_de_Nithsdale)"
    title: "William Maxwell (5e comte de Nithsdale)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Maxwell%2C_V_conte_di_Nithsdale"
    title: "William Maxwell, V conte di Nithsdale"
    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%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB_(%E7%AC%AC5%E4%BB%A3%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B9%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E4%BC%AF%E7%88%B5)"
    title: "ウィリアム・マクスウェル (第5代ニスデール伯爵)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8015262"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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