John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare
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John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare, was an English nobleman and politician of the early 17th century who rose to prominence under the Stuart monarchy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare canonical | 1 |
| John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4258836 — 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: John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare Context triple: [Denzil Holles, father, John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare]
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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.
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B.
1st Baron Holles
1st Baron Holles was an English statesman and leading parliamentary opponent of Charles I who played a prominent role in the political conflicts leading up to and following the English Civil War.
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C.
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, was an English nobleman, politician, and courtier of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, notable as the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth I’s chief minister William Cecil, Lord Burghley.
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D.
Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington
Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, was a prominent late 17th-century English admiral and politician who played a key role in the Royal Navy during the Nine Years’ War.
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E.
2nd Earl of Guilford
The 2nd Earl of Guilford is the British noble title held by Frederick North, the Prime Minister of Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War.
- 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: John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare Target entity description: John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare, was an English nobleman and politician of the early 17th century who rose to prominence under the Stuart monarchy.
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A.
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.
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B.
1st Baron Holles
1st Baron Holles was an English statesman and leading parliamentary opponent of Charles I who played a prominent role in the political conflicts leading up to and following the English Civil War.
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C.
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, was an English nobleman, politician, and courtier of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, notable as the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth I’s chief minister William Cecil, Lord Burghley.
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D.
Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington
Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, was a prominent late 17th-century English admiral and politician who played a key role in the Royal Navy during the Nine Years’ War.
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E.
2nd Earl of Guilford
The 2nd Earl of Guilford is the British noble title held by Frederick North, the Prime Minister of Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English nobleman
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member of the English Parliament ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | Stuart dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1564-05-09 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St Mary’s Church, Nottingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Arabella Holles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles NERFINISHED ⓘ Eleanor Holles NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Holles NERFINISHED ⓘ John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| creationAsEarlDate | 1624 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1637-10-02 ⓘ |
| elevationToPeerageAs | Baron Haughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevationToPeerageDate | 1605 ⓘ |
| era | early modern period ⓘ |
| familyName | Holles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Denzil Holles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Holles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchDuringCareer |
Charles I of England
NERFINISHED
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James I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Eleanor Sheffield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | earl ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Baron Haughton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Earl of Clare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | rise to prominence under the Stuart monarchy ⓘ |
| notableRelative | Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parliamentaryServicePeriod |
early 17th century
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late 16th century ⓘ |
| parliamentOf | Parliament of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Justice of the Peace for Nottinghamshire
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Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire ⓘ Member of Parliament for Mitchell ⓘ Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
England
NERFINISHED
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Nottinghamshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Church of England ⓘ |
| residence | Haughton Hall, Nottinghamshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Anne Stanhope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleCreatedBy | James I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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.
Input
Subject: John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare Description of subject: John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare, was an English nobleman and politician of the early 17th century who rose to prominence under the Stuart monarchy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare