Francis Maude
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Francis Maude is a British Conservative politician known for serving in several senior government roles, including as a Cabinet Office minister responsible for civil service and public sector reforms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Francis Maude canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2430167 — 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: Francis Maude Context triple: [Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, officeHoldersInclude, Francis Maude]
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A.
Jeremy Hunt
Jeremy Hunt is a British Conservative politician who has served in several senior government roles, including as Chancellor of the Exchequer and former Foreign and Health Secretary.
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B.
Chris Grayling
Chris Grayling is a British Conservative politician and former cabinet minister who served in roles including Justice Secretary and Transport Secretary.
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C.
David Lidington
David Lidington is a British Conservative politician who served as a senior cabinet minister, including as de facto Deputy Prime Minister under Theresa May.
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D.
Sajid Javid
Sajid Javid is a British Conservative politician who has held several senior UK government positions, including Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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E.
Oliver Dowden
Oliver Dowden is a British Conservative Party politician who has held several senior UK government roles, including serving in the Cabinet.
- 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: Francis Maude Target entity description: Francis Maude is a British Conservative politician known for serving in several senior government roles, including as a Cabinet Office minister responsible for civil service and public sector reforms.
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A.
Jeremy Hunt
Jeremy Hunt is a British Conservative politician who has served in several senior government roles, including as Chancellor of the Exchequer and former Foreign and Health Secretary.
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B.
Chris Grayling
Chris Grayling is a British Conservative politician and former cabinet minister who served in roles including Justice Secretary and Transport Secretary.
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C.
David Lidington
David Lidington is a British Conservative politician who served as a senior cabinet minister, including as de facto Deputy Prime Minister under Theresa May.
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D.
Sajid Javid
Sajid Javid is a British Conservative politician who has held several senior UK government positions, including Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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E.
Oliver Dowden
Oliver Dowden is a British Conservative Party politician who has held several senior UK government roles, including serving in the Cabinet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British politician
ⓘ
Conservative Party politician ⓘ human ⓘ |
| appointedToHouseOfLords | 2015 ⓘ |
| birthName | Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1953-07-04 ⓘ |
| education | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| familyName | Maude ⓘ |
| father | Angus Maude ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | Law ⓘ |
| givenName | Francis ⓘ |
| hasChild | four children ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Baron Maude of Horsham ⓘ |
| knownFor |
civil service reform in the United Kingdom
ⓘ
leading UK government digital transformation initiatives ⓘ public sector efficiency and transparency reforms ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ |
| name | Francis Maude self-link ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Life peer ⓘ |
| notableWork | UK civil service reform plan (2012) ⓘ |
| occupation |
barrister
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| officeEndTime |
Minister for the Cabinet Office 2015
ⓘ
Paymaster General 2015 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime |
Minister for the Cabinet Office 2010
ⓘ
Paymaster General 2010 ⓘ |
| oversawOrganization |
UK Government Digital Service
ⓘ
surface form:
Government Digital Service
|
| parliamentaryTermEnd |
Horsham 2015
ⓘ
North Warwickshire 1992 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermStart |
Horsham 1997
ⓘ
North Warwickshire 1983 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Abingdon
ⓘ
surface form:
Abingdon-on-Thames
|
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Conservative Party
ⓘ
Financial Secretary to the Treasury ⓘ Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ Member of the House of Lords ⓘ Minister for the Cabinet Office ⓘ Minister of State for Corporate and Consumer Affairs ⓘ Minister of State for Europe ⓘ Minister of State for Trade ⓘ Paymaster General of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
Paymaster General
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer ⓘ |
| representedConstituency |
Horsham District
ⓘ
surface form:
Horsham
North Warwickshire ⓘ |
| residence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| servedInGovernmentOf |
Cameron–Clegg coalition government
ⓘ
surface form:
Coalition government of David Cameron
Conservative government of John Major ⓘ
surface form:
Government of John Major
Margaret Thatcher government ⓘ
surface form:
Government of Margaret Thatcher
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| spouse | Christina Maude ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Francis Maude Description of subject: Francis Maude is a British Conservative politician known for serving in several senior government roles, including as a Cabinet Office minister responsible for civil service and public sector reforms.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.