William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire
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William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire was a 17th-century English nobleman and politician from the influential Cavendish family, who sat in the House of Lords and helped shape the political fortunes that later elevated his son to the dukedom of Devonshire.
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| William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13245830 — 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: William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire Context triple: [William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, predecessorAsEarlOfDevonshire, William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire]
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William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire, was an English nobleman and politician of the early 17th century who sat in the House of Commons and later the House of Lords, helping to consolidate the influence of the Cavendish family.
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William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire, was an influential English nobleman and politician best known for helping to orchestrate the Glorious Revolution of 1688 that brought William III and Mary II to the throne.
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William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire, was an English nobleman and politician of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who helped establish the prominence of the Cavendish family in national affairs.
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William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, was an 18th-century British Whig politician and nobleman who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and held several high offices under King George II.
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William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire was an early 18th-century English nobleman and Whig politician who served as Lord President of the Council and was a prominent figure in the political life of the Hanoverian court.
- 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: William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire Target entity description: William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire was a 17th-century English nobleman and politician from the influential Cavendish family, who sat in the House of Lords and helped shape the political fortunes that later elevated his son to the dukedom of Devonshire.
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A.
William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire, was an English nobleman and politician of the early 17th century who sat in the House of Commons and later the House of Lords, helping to consolidate the influence of the Cavendish family.
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B.
William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire, was an influential English nobleman and politician best known for helping to orchestrate the Glorious Revolution of 1688 that brought William III and Mary II to the throne.
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C.
William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire, was an English nobleman and politician of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who helped establish the prominence of the Cavendish family in national affairs.
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D.
William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, was an 18th-century British Whig politician and nobleman who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and held several high offices under King George II.
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E.
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire was an early 18th-century English nobleman and Whig politician who served as Lord President of the Council and was a prominent figure in the political life of the Hanoverian court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire
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predecessorAsEarlOfDevonshire
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William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire
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