Lord Denning

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English judge King's Counsel Life peer Master of the Rolls alumnus of Magdalen College, Oxford alumnus of the University of Oxford author human judge jurist legal writer member of the Privy Council

Lord Denning was a prominent 20th-century English judge and Master of the Rolls, renowned for his influential and often controversial judgments that shaped modern common law.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Master of the Rolls	17
Lord Denning canonical	3
Baron Denning	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1252729 — 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: Lord Denning
Context triple: [Magna Carta Memorial, unveiledBy, Lord Denning]

A. Viscount Goschen
Viscount Goschen is a hereditary title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom associated with the Goschen family, notably held by politicians and public servants.
B. Roy Kirk
Roy Kirk is a fictional character from the Star Trek universe, known for his role in the backstory of the Earth probe Nomad in the original series episode "The Changeling."
C. Lord Irwin
Lord Irwin, later known as Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, was a British Conservative politician and statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1926 to 1931 and later as Foreign Secretary during the critical pre–World War II years.
D. Lewis Vernon Harcourt
Lewis Vernon Harcourt was a British Liberal politician and colonial administrator who served as Secretary of State for the Colonies in the early 20th century.
E. John Robarts
John Robarts was a prominent Canadian politician who served as the 17th Premier of Ontario from 1961 to 1971.
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: Lord Denning
Target entity description: Lord Denning was a prominent 20th-century English judge and Master of the Rolls, renowned for his influential and often controversial judgments that shaped modern common law.

A. Viscount Goschen
Viscount Goschen is a hereditary title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom associated with the Goschen family, notably held by politicians and public servants.
B. Roy Kirk
Roy Kirk is a fictional character from the Star Trek universe, known for his role in the backstory of the Earth probe Nomad in the original series episode "The Changeling."
C. Lord Irwin
Lord Irwin, later known as Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, was a British Conservative politician and statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1926 to 1931 and later as Foreign Secretary during the critical pre–World War II years.
D. Lewis Vernon Harcourt
Lewis Vernon Harcourt was a British Liberal politician and colonial administrator who served as Secretary of State for the Colonies in the early 20th century.
E. John Robarts
John Robarts was a prominent Canadian politician who served as the 17th Premier of Ontario from 1961 to 1971.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English judge ⓘ King's Counsel ⓘ Life peer ⓘ Master of the Rolls ⓘ alumnus of Magdalen College, Oxford ⓘ alumnus of the University of Oxford ⓘ author ⓘ human ⓘ judge ⓘ jurist ⓘ legal writer ⓘ member of the Privy Council ⓘ
birthName	Alfred Thompson Denning ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
educatedAt	Andover Grammar School ⓘ Magdalen College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Denning ⓘ
fieldOfWork	administrative law ⓘ civil procedure ⓘ common law ⓘ contract law ⓘ equity ⓘ tort law ⓘ
givenName	Alfred ⓘ
honorificPrefix	The Right Honourable ⓘ
honorificSuffix	DL ⓘ OM ⓘ PC ⓘ
knownFor	expansive view of judicial discretion ⓘ influence on Commonwealth jurisprudence ⓘ plain English judicial writing style ⓘ
memberOf	House of Lords ⓘ Privy Council ⓘ surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
militaryConflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War
militaryService	British Army ⓘ
notableFor	controversial public statements ⓘ development of modern administrative law ⓘ development of modern contract law ⓘ development of modern equity and trusts ⓘ influential judgments in English common law ⓘ judicial activism ⓘ
notableWork	Candler v Crane, Christmas & Co ⓘ Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd ⓘ D & C Builders Ltd v Rees ⓘ Denning Report on the Profumo affair ⓘ Miller v Jackson ⓘ Schorsch Meier GmbH v Hennin ⓘ Spartan Steel & Alloys Ltd v Martin & Co (Contractors) Ltd ⓘ
occupation	barrister ⓘ judge ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ
peerage	Life peerage in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld	High Court judge of England and Wales ⓘ Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ Lord Denning self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Master of the Rolls President of the Court of Appeal, Civil Division ⓘ
title	Lord Denning self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Baron Denning

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