William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington
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William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington, was an English Jacobite nobleman and military leader who played a prominent role in the 1715 uprising against the Hanoverian monarchy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 4th Baron Widdrington | 1 |
| William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2736625 — 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.
Target entity: William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington Context triple: [Battle of Preston (1715), commander, William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington]
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A.
Baron Cavendish of Hardwick
Baron Cavendish of Hardwick is a hereditary title in the British peerage held by a branch of the prominent Cavendish aristocratic family.
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Samuel Edward Widdrington
Samuel Edward Widdrington was a 19th-century British naval officer and writer on Spain whose name was given to the conifer genus Widdringtonia.
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Walter Montagu
Walter Montagu was a 17th-century English courtier, diplomat, and writer who became a Catholic priest and abbot, known for his political influence and religious conversions during the reigns of Charles I and Charles II.
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D.
William Dorrington
William Dorrington was a Jacobite military officer who served as a senior commander in the Irish Williamite War, notably leading forces at major engagements such as the Battle of Aughrim.
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E.
John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland
John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland, was a British nobleman, soldier, and politician best known for his leading role in establishing the Royal Academy of Music in London in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington Target entity description: William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington, was an English Jacobite nobleman and military leader who played a prominent role in the 1715 uprising against the Hanoverian monarchy.
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A.
Baron Cavendish of Hardwick
Baron Cavendish of Hardwick is a hereditary title in the British peerage held by a branch of the prominent Cavendish aristocratic family.
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B.
Samuel Edward Widdrington
Samuel Edward Widdrington was a 19th-century British naval officer and writer on Spain whose name was given to the conifer genus Widdringtonia.
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C.
Walter Montagu
Walter Montagu was a 17th-century English courtier, diplomat, and writer who became a Catholic priest and abbot, known for his political influence and religious conversions during the reigns of Charles I and Charles II.
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D.
William Dorrington
William Dorrington was a Jacobite military officer who served as a senior commander in the Irish Williamite War, notably leading forces at major engagements such as the Battle of Aughrim.
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E.
John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland
John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland, was a British nobleman, soldier, and politician best known for his leading role in establishing the Royal Academy of Music in London in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baron in the Peerage of England
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English nobleman ⓘ Jacobite ⓘ military leader ⓘ |
| allegiance | Jacobite forces ⓘ |
| aristocraticFamily | Widdrington family ⓘ |
| causeOfNotability | leadership in a failed rebellion ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 18th century ⓘ |
| ideology |
legitimism
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royalism ⓘ |
| languageOfUse | English ⓘ |
| movement | Jacobitism ⓘ |
| nobleRank | peer ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Baron Widdrington ⓘ |
| notableFor | participation in the Jacobite rising of 1715 ⓘ |
| opposed |
House of Hanover
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surface form:
Hanoverian monarchy
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| ordinalInTitle |
William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
4th Baron Widdrington
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| participantIn | Jacobite rising of 1715 ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
anti-Hanoverian
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pro-Stuart ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | England ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | Jacobite commander in the 1715 rising ⓘ |
| supportedClaimant | James Francis Edward Stuart ⓘ |
| titleHeldFrom | Baron Widdrington ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington Description of subject: William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington, was an English Jacobite nobleman and military leader who played a prominent role in the 1715 uprising against the Hanoverian monarchy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.