Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet
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Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, was an English nobleman and politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who held several regional and court offices and sat in the House of Lords.
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| Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13650469 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet Context triple: [Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland, officeHeldBy, Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet]
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Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester
Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester was a British Whig politician and nobleman who served in several key governmental roles in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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B.
Sir Thomas Osborne
Sir Thomas Osborne was a prominent 17th-century English statesman who served as a leading minister under Charles II and later became the 1st Duke of Leeds.
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel, was a prominent 17th-century English nobleman, art collector, and patron of the arts whose extensive collections greatly influenced the development of art and culture in England.
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D.
George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich
George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich, was a prominent English Royalist general and politician during the English Civil War, noted for his leadership in several key campaigns on behalf of King Charles I.
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E.
Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham
Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham, was an 18th-century British nobleman and army officer noted for his principled opposition to British policies toward the American colonies, which earned him commemoration in several American place names.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet Target entity description: Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, was an English nobleman and politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who held several regional and court offices and sat in the House of Lords.
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A.
Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester
Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester was a British Whig politician and nobleman who served in several key governmental roles in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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B.
Sir Thomas Osborne
Sir Thomas Osborne was a prominent 17th-century English statesman who served as a leading minister under Charles II and later became the 1st Duke of Leeds.
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C.
Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel, was a prominent 17th-century English nobleman, art collector, and patron of the arts whose extensive collections greatly influenced the development of art and culture in England.
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D.
George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich
George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich, was a prominent English Royalist general and politician during the English Civil War, noted for his leadership in several key campaigns on behalf of King Charles I.
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E.
Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham
Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham, was an 18th-century British nobleman and army officer noted for his principled opposition to British policies toward the American colonies, which earned him commemoration in several American place names.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.