# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-palmer-2nd-earl-of-selborne
# Generated: 2026-09-07T05:36:43.994Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-palmer-2nd-earl-of-selborne"
name: "William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne"
slug: "william-palmer-2nd-earl-of-selborne"
description: "William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne, styled Viscount Wolmer between 1882 and 1895, was a British politician and colonial administrator, who served as High Commissioner for Southern Africa."
tagline: "British politician (1859-1942)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Palmer%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Selborne.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1859-10-17"
deathDate: "1942-02-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.03
  momentum:             2.778630557535223
  historical:           9.62196
  currentAttention:     2.252252252252252
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Palmer, 2:e earl av Selborne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Palmer%2C_2de_Graaf_van_Selborne"
    title: "William Palmer, 2de Graaf van Selborne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "وليام بالمر (دبلوماسى من المملكه المتحده لبريطانيا العظمى و ايرلاندا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Palmer%2C_2._hrab%C4%9B_ze_Selborne"
    title: "William Palmer, 2. hrabě ze Selborne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Palmer%2C_2._Earl_of_Selborne"
    title: "William Palmer, 2. Earl of Selborne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Palmer%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Selborne"
    title: "William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Palmer_(2e_comte_de_Selborne)"
    title: "William Palmer (2e comte de Selborne)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Palmer%2C_II_conte_di_Selborne"
    title: "William Palmer, II conte di Selborne"
    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%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC_(%E7%AC%AC2%E4%BB%A3%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E4%BC%AF%E7%88%B5)"
    title: "ウィリアム・パーマー (第2代セルボーン伯爵)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Palmer_(2._hrabia_Selborne)"
    title: "William Palmer (2. hrabia Selborne)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC%2C_2-%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD"
    title: "Палмер, Уильям, 2-й граф Селборн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3643409"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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