Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet
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Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet, was an 18th–19th century British peer and politician who held prominent regional and national roles within the English aristocracy.
All labels observed (2)
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| Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet canonical | 1 |
| Sackville Tufton, 9th Earl of Thanet | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13650470 — 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: Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet Context triple: [Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland, officeHeldBy, Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet]
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A.
Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet
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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B.
James Cecil, 7th Earl of Salisbury
James Cecil, 7th Earl of Salisbury, was a British Conservative politician and aristocrat who was elevated to the peerage as Marquess of Salisbury in the late 18th century.
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C.
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, was an influential early 18th-century British statesman who served as First Lord of the Treasury and played a key role in Whig politics during the reigns of Queen Anne and King George I.
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D.
Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland
Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland, was an 18th-century British Whig politician and statesman who served as Lord Chamberlain and played a significant role in the early Georgian court.
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E.
Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford
Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, was an 18th-century British statesman and nobleman who held high offices including Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Lord Chamberlain.
- 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: Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet Target entity description: Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet, was an 18th–19th century British peer and politician who held prominent regional and national roles within the English aristocracy.
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A.
Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet
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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B.
James Cecil, 7th Earl of Salisbury
James Cecil, 7th Earl of Salisbury, was a British Conservative politician and aristocrat who was elevated to the peerage as Marquess of Salisbury in the late 18th century.
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C.
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, was an influential early 18th-century British statesman who served as First Lord of the Treasury and played a key role in Whig politics during the reigns of Queen Anne and King George I.
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D.
Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland
Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland, was an 18th-century British Whig politician and statesman who served as Lord Chamberlain and played a significant role in the early Georgian court.
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E.
Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford
Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, was an 18th-century British statesman and nobleman who held high offices including Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Lord Chamberlain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sackville Tufton, 9th Earl of Thanet