# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-nassau-de-zuylestein-4th-earl-of-rochford
# Generated: 2026-08-16T08:41:57.257Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-nassau-de-zuylestein-4th-earl-of-rochford"
name: "William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford"
slug: "william-nassau-de-zuylestein-4th-earl-of-rochford"
description: "William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, KG, PC was a British courtier, diplomat and statesman of Anglo-Dutch descent. He occupied senior ambassadorial posts at Madrid and Paris, and served as Secretary of State in both the Northern and Southern Departments. He is credited with the earliest-known introduction of the Lombardy poplar to England in 1754."
tagline: "British diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Nassau.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1717-09-17"
deathDate: "1781-09-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.745825333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nassau_de_Zuylestein"
    title: "William Nassau de Zuylestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nassau_de_Zuylestein%2C_4th_Earl_of_Rochford"
    title: "William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nassau_de_Zuylestein"
    title: "William Nassau de Zuylestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nassau_de_Zuylestein"
    title: "William Nassau de Zuylestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_Enrico_di_Nassau-Zuylestein%2C_IV_conte_di_Rochford"
    title: "Guglielmo Enrico di Nassau-Zuylestein, IV conte di Rochford"
    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%8A%E3%83%83%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3_(%E7%AC%AC4%E4%BB%A3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E4%BC%AF%E7%88%B5)"
    title: "ウィリアム・ナッソー・ド・ザイレステイン (第4代ロッチフォード伯爵)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nassau_de_Zuylestein_(1717-1781)"
    title: "William Nassau de Zuylestein (1717-1781)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump