# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-morrison-1st-viscount-dunrossil
# Generated: 2026-08-15T18:28:16.579Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-morrison-1st-viscount-dunrossil"
name: "William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil"
slug: "william-morrison-1st-viscount-dunrossil"
description: "William Shepherd Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, was a British politician. He was a long-serving cabinet minister before serving as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1951 to 1959. He was then appointed as the 14th governor-general of Australia, in office from 1960 until his death in 1961."
tagline: "Governor-General of Australia (1893-1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lord_Dunrossil-02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1893-08-10"
deathDate: "1961-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.775453333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Morrison, 1. Viscount Dunrossil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shepherd_Morrison"
    title: "William Shepherd Morrison"
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    title: "ויליאם מוריסון, ויקונט דונרוסיל הראשון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Morrison, I visconte Dunrossil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Morrison_(wicehrabia)"
    title: "William Morrison (wicehrabia)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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