William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland
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William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, was a Dutch-born English statesman and close confidant of King William III who became a leading political figure in late 17th-century Britain.
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| William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14788356 — 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 Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland Context triple: [Earl of Portland, hasHolder, William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland]
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William Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland
William Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland was an 18th-century British nobleman and politician who rose to prominence as a leading Whig peer and influential landowner.
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William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland
William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland, was a British aristocrat and politician who served as Lord Privy Seal and held several other high offices in the 19th-century UK government.
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William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, was a British aristocrat and landowner who served as a prominent peer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was the father of the society hostess and patron of the arts Lady Ottoline Morrell.
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William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland
William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland, was a reclusive 19th-century British aristocrat famed for his eccentric lifestyle and the extensive network of underground tunnels he had constructed on his estate at Welbeck Abbey.
- 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 Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland Target entity description: William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, was a Dutch-born English statesman and close confidant of King William III who became a leading political figure in late 17th-century Britain.
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A.
William Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland
William Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland was an 18th-century British nobleman and politician who rose to prominence as a leading Whig peer and influential landowner.
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B.
William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland
William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland, was a British aristocrat and politician who served as Lord Privy Seal and held several other high offices in the 19th-century UK government.
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C.
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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D.
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, was a British aristocrat and landowner who served as a prominent peer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was the father of the society hostess and patron of the arts Lady Ottoline Morrell.
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E.
William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland
William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland, was a reclusive 19th-century British aristocrat famed for his eccentric lifestyle and the extensive network of underground tunnels he had constructed on his estate at Welbeck Abbey.
- F. None of above. chosen
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