# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-wedgwood-benn-1st-viscount-stansgate
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:24:02.363Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-wedgwood-benn-1st-viscount-stansgate"
name: "William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate"
slug: "william-wedgwood-benn-1st-viscount-stansgate"
description: "William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate, was a British Liberal politician who later joined the Labour Party. A decorated Royal Air Force officer, he was Secretary of State for India between 1929 and 1931 and Secretary of State for Air between 1945 and 1946. He was the father of Tony Benn and the paternal grandfather of Hilary Benn."
tagline: "British politician (1877-1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Wedgwood_Benn_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1877-05-10"
deathDate: "1960-11-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.452133333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC%2C_1-%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82"
    title: "Бенн, Уильям, 1-й виконт Стэнсгейт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام ويدجود بين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Benn%2C_1._Viscount_Stansgate"
    title: "William Benn, 1. Viscount Stansgate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wedgwood_Benn%2C_1st_Viscount_Stansgate"
    title: "William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wedgwood_Benn_(1er_vicomte_Stansgate)"
    title: "William Wedgwood Benn (1er vicomte Stansgate)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wedgwood_Benn"
    title: "William Wedgwood Benn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Benn"
    title: "William Benn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q677902"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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