Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara
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Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara, was a 19th-century British Conservative politician and colonial administrator who served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and later as Governor of Madras.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7577786 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara Context triple: [Bourke, hasNotableBearer, Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara]
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Robert Dillon, 1st Baron Clonbrock
Robert Dillon, 1st Baron Clonbrock, was an 18th-century Irish peer and politician who founded the Clonbrock branch of the Dillon noble family.
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B.
Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy
Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy, was a British peer and politician, notable as the maternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales.
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1st Earl of Iveagh
The 1st Earl of Iveagh, Edward Cecil Guinness, was an Irish businessman and philanthropist from the Guinness brewing family, renowned for his extensive charitable donations and art patronage.
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D.
Augustus Frederick FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster
Augustus Frederick FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster, was a prominent 19th-century Irish peer and landowner who headed one of Ireland’s most influential aristocratic families.
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E.
William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork
William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork, was a senior British Royal Navy admiral who played a prominent role in World War II naval operations.
- 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: Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara Target entity description: Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara, was a 19th-century British Conservative politician and colonial administrator who served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and later as Governor of Madras.
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A.
Robert Dillon, 1st Baron Clonbrock
Robert Dillon, 1st Baron Clonbrock, was an 18th-century Irish peer and politician who founded the Clonbrock branch of the Dillon noble family.
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B.
Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy
Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy, was a British peer and politician, notable as the maternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales.
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C.
1st Earl of Iveagh
The 1st Earl of Iveagh, Edward Cecil Guinness, was an Irish businessman and philanthropist from the Guinness brewing family, renowned for his extensive charitable donations and art patronage.
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D.
Augustus Frederick FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster
Augustus Frederick FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster, was a prominent 19th-century Irish peer and landowner who headed one of Ireland’s most influential aristocratic families.
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E.
William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork
William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork, was a senior British Royal Navy admiral who played a prominent role in World War II naval operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British politician
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baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ colonial administrator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Benjamin Disraeli
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1827-06-11 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| colonialEmpire | British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continentOfOfficeJurisdiction | Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1902-09-03 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| educatedAt |
King's College London
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trinity College Dublin ⓘ University of London ⓘ |
| familyName | Bourke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | 1st Baron Connemara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1863 ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ |
| mother | Anne Charlotte Jocelyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Baron Connemara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitleTerritorialDesignation | of Connemara in the County of Galway ⓘ |
| notableFor |
service as Governor of Madras
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service as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ⓘ |
| occupation |
barrister
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colonial governor ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| officeJurisdiction | Madras Presidency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parliamentaryBody | House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermEnd | 1886 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermStart | 1868 ⓘ |
| peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of Madras
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Member of Parliament ⓘ Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedConstituency |
King's Lynn
NERFINISHED
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Stafford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Lady Susan Charlotte Walpole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termEndAsGovernorOfMadras | 1890 ⓘ |
| termEndAsUnderSecretaryOfStateForForeignAffairs | 1880 ⓘ |
| termStartAsGovernorOfMadras | 1886 ⓘ |
| termStartAsUnderSecretaryOfStateForForeignAffairs | 1874 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara Description of subject: Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara, was a 19th-century British Conservative politician and colonial administrator who served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and later as Governor of Madras.
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