# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-woods
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:20:06.807Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-woods"
name: "William Woods"
slug: "william-woods"
description: "Sir William Woods KH FSA was an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Woods was a bastard of unknown paternity. He used the name and arms of George Woods, a London tailor, but was said to be the son of the Duke of Norfolk. George IV was a close friend. In 1815 Woods was appointed Secretary to the Knights-Commander and Companions of the Order of the Bath, and registrar of the Guelphic Order, and in 1819 he became Bluemantle Pursuivant at the College of Arms. He was appointed Clarenceux King of Arms in 1831, and promoted to Garter in 1838."
tagline: "English officer of arms (1785-1842)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1785-08-17"
deathDate: "1842-07-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.18
  momentum:             7.071428571428571
  historical:           2.202232
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  41
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%82_(%CE%B1%CE%BE%CE%B9%CF%89%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%87%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%B8%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%8E%CE%BD)"
    title: "Γουλιέλμος Γουντς (αξιωματούχος θυρεών)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Woods_(officer_of_arms)"
    title: "William Woods (officer of arms)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8020550"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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