# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-shirley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:43:44.303Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-shirley"
name: "William Shirley"
slug: "william-shirley"
description: "William Shirley was a British colonial administrator who served as the governor of the British American colonies of Massachusetts Bay and the Bahamas. He is best known for his role in organizing the successful capture of Louisbourg during King George's War, and for his role in managing military affairs during the French and Indian War. He spent most of his years in the colonial administration of British North America working to defeat New France, but his lack of formal military training led to political difficulties and his eventual downfall."
tagline: "British governor of Massachusetts and then of the Bahamas (1694-1771)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Shirley.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1694-12-02"
deathDate: "1771-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.11
  momentum:             0.5401459854014599
  historical:           11.75932533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Shirley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "ويليام شيرلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%89_(%D8%B9%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%89)"
    title: "ويليام شيرلى (عسكرى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shirley"
    title: "William Shirley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shirley"
    title: "William Shirley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shirley"
    title: "William Shirley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "ویلیام شرلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shirley"
    title: "William Shirley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shirley"
    title: "William Shirley"
    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%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ウィリアム・シャーリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%84_%EC%85%9C%EB%A6%AC"
    title: "윌리엄 셜리"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shirley"
    title: "William Shirley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Ширли, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331323"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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