Lord Goff of Chieveley
E194471
British judge
Fellow of the British Academy
Law Lord
Queen's Counsel
academic
barrister
human
legal scholar
life peer
member of the House of Lords
member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Lord Goff of Chieveley was a prominent British judge and legal scholar, best known for his influential work in the law of restitution and service as a Law Lord in the House of Lords.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lord Goff of Chieveley canonical | 2 |
| Baron Goff of Chieveley | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1424796 — 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 Goff of Chieveley Context triple: [Trinity Hall, Cambridge, hasAlumni, Lord Goff of Chieveley]
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A.
Baron Spencer of Wormleighton
Baron Spencer of Wormleighton is a hereditary title in the Peerage of England held by the aristocratic Spencer-Churchill family, historically associated with prominent political and social influence.
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B.
Lord Chelmsford
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C.
Viscount Lascelles
Viscount Lascelles is a British noble title historically associated with the Lascelles family, notably used as a courtesy title by heirs to the Earldom of Harewood.
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D.
Sir Watkyn Bassett
Sir Watkyn Bassett is a pompous, authoritarian magistrate and recurring antagonist in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster stories, often causing trouble for Bertie Wooster.
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E.
Lord Saville of Newdigate
Lord Saville of Newdigate is a British judge best known for chairing the Bloody Sunday Inquiry into the 1972 shootings in Northern Ireland.
- 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 Goff of Chieveley Target entity description: Lord Goff of Chieveley was a prominent British judge and legal scholar, best known for his influential work in the law of restitution and service as a Law Lord in the House of Lords.
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A.
Baron Spencer of Wormleighton
Baron Spencer of Wormleighton is a hereditary title in the Peerage of England held by the aristocratic Spencer-Churchill family, historically associated with prominent political and social influence.
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B.
Lord Chelmsford
Lord Chelmsford was a British colonial administrator who served as Viceroy of India during World War I and co-authored the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms that reshaped Indian constitutional governance.
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C.
Viscount Lascelles
Viscount Lascelles is a British noble title historically associated with the Lascelles family, notably used as a courtesy title by heirs to the Earldom of Harewood.
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D.
Sir Watkyn Bassett
Sir Watkyn Bassett is a pompous, authoritarian magistrate and recurring antagonist in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster stories, often causing trouble for Bertie Wooster.
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E.
Lord Saville of Newdigate
Lord Saville of Newdigate is a British judge best known for chairing the Bloody Sunday Inquiry into the 1972 shootings in Northern Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British judge
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Fellow of the British Academy ⓘ Law Lord ⓘ Queen's Counsel ⓘ academic ⓘ barrister ⓘ human ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ life peer ⓘ member of the House of Lords ⓘ member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| appointedAsLawLord | 1986 ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
English law of restitution
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common law of unjust enrichment ⓘ |
| birthName | Robert Lionel Goff ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Gareth Jones ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
| dateOfBirth | 1926-11-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2016-08-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Eton College
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New College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ |
| familyName | Goff ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
English private law
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law of restitution ⓘ law of unjust enrichment ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix |
FBA
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PC ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Lincoln's Inn ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Lord Goff of Chieveley
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Baron Goff of Chieveley
|
| notableFor |
developing the modern law of restitution in England
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judicial service in the House of Lords ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Law of Restitution ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Staffordshire
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Stoke-on-Trent ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Benchers of Lincoln's Inn
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surface form:
Bencher of Lincoln's Inn
Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford ⓘ Fellow of New College, Oxford ⓘ Justice of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| retiredAsLawLord | 1998 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lord Goff of Chieveley Description of subject: Lord Goff of Chieveley was a prominent British judge and legal scholar, best known for his influential work in the law of restitution and service as a Law Lord in the House of Lords.
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Baron Goff of Chieveley