Lord North

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British politician Prime Minister of Great Britain human

Lord North was an 18th-century British prime minister best known for leading Britain during the American Revolutionary War and overseeing policies that contributed to the loss of the American colonies.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Lord North canonical	7
Frederick North, Lord North	6
Frederick North	1
The Lord North	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British politician ⓘ Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ human ⓘ
birthName	Lord North self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Frederick North
burialPlace	All Saints Church, Wroxton ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: American War of Independence
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1732-04-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1792-08-05 ⓘ
education	Eton College ⓘ Trinity College, Oxford ⓘ
era	18th century ⓘ
familyName	North ⓘ
father	Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford ⓘ
givenName	Frederick ⓘ
honorificTitle	Lord North self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Lord North
knownFor	close political relationship with King George III ⓘ defeat at the Battle of Yorktown consequences ⓘ
legislativeAction	Intolerable Acts ⓘ surface form: Coercive Acts Tea Act ⓘ surface form: Tea Act 1773
memberOfParliamentFor	Banbury ⓘ
monarch	George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: George III
mother	Lucy Montagu ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
nobleTitle	2nd Earl of Guilford ⓘ
notableEvent	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
notableFor	policies contributing to the loss of the American colonies ⓘ
notableWork	leadership of Britain during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
parliamentaryBody	House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
placeOfBirth	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
placeOfDeath	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
politicalAlignment	Tory ⓘ
positionHeld	Chancellor of the Exchequer ⓘ Home Secretary ⓘ Leader of the House of Commons ⓘ Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ
predecessor	The Duke of Grafton ⓘ surface form: Duke of Grafton
profession	statesman ⓘ
reasonForResignation	British defeats in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
religion	Church of England ⓘ
residence	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
spouse	Anne Speke ⓘ
successor	Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ surface form: Marquess of Rockingham
termEnd	1782-03-20 ⓘ
termStart	1770-01-28 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Lord of the Admiralty → officeHeldBy → Lord North ⓘ

The Duke of Grafton (de facto), The Marquess of Rockingham (de jure predecessor in office sequence) → succeededBy → Lord North ⓘ

subject surface form: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

Lord North → honorificTitle → Lord North self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Lord North

Lord North → birthName → Lord North self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frederick North

Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain → officeHolder → Lord North ⓘ

The Duke of Grafton → succeededBy → Lord North ⓘ

Trinity College, Oxford → hasNotableAlumni → Lord North ⓘ

Townshend Acts era → hasKeyFigure → Lord North ⓘ

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham → predecessorInSecondTermAsPrimeMinister → Lord North ⓘ