Sir Roger Newdigate
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Sir Roger Newdigate was an 18th-century British politician and classical scholar best known as the founder and namesake of Oxford University's prestigious Newdigate Prize for English verse.
All labels observed (1)
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| Sir Roger Newdigate canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7596243 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Roger Newdigate Context triple: [Newdigate Prize, namedAfter, Sir Roger Newdigate]
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A.
Sir Edward Dacre
Sir Edward Dacre was an English figure best known as the founder of Emanuel School in London.
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B.
Viscount Borodale
Viscount Borodale is a hereditary title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom associated with the Beatty family, notably linked to the descendants of Admiral David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty.
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Baron Settrington
Baron Settrington is a British peerage title historically associated with the Lennox family, notably borne as a subsidiary title by the Dukes of Richmond.
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D.
Sir Roger Manwood
Sir Roger Manwood was a prominent 16th-century English judge and politician who served as Chief Baron of the Exchequer and was known for his legal and civic influence in Kent.
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E.
Lord Bosham
Lord Bosham is a recurring aristocratic character in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, known for his comic entanglements within the eccentric British upper-class world surrounding Blandings.
- 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: Sir Roger Newdigate Target entity description: Sir Roger Newdigate was an 18th-century British politician and classical scholar best known as the founder and namesake of Oxford University's prestigious Newdigate Prize for English verse.
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A.
Sir Edward Dacre
Sir Edward Dacre was an English figure best known as the founder of Emanuel School in London.
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B.
Viscount Borodale
Viscount Borodale is a hereditary title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom associated with the Beatty family, notably linked to the descendants of Admiral David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty.
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C.
Baron Settrington
Baron Settrington is a British peerage title historically associated with the Lennox family, notably borne as a subsidiary title by the Dukes of Richmond.
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D.
Sir Roger Manwood
Sir Roger Manwood was a prominent 16th-century English judge and politician who served as Chief Baron of the Exchequer and was known for his legal and civic influence in Kent.
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E.
Lord Bosham
Lord Bosham is a recurring aristocratic character in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, known for his comic entanglements within the eccentric British upper-class world surrounding Blandings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British politician
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classical scholar ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith | University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1719-05-30 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Arbury, Warwickshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | annual Newdigate Prize poem at Oxford University ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1806-11-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University College, Oxford
NERFINISHED
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Westminster School ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Newdigate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
classical studies
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politics ⓘ |
| givenName | Roger ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationOfResidence | Arbury Hall, country house in Warwickshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| inceptionOfNewdigatePrize | 1806 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding the Newdigate Prize
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patronage of English verse at Oxford ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legacy | encouragement of English verse composition at Oxford ⓘ |
| memberOf | Parliament of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Sir Roger Newdigate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namesakeOf | Newdigate Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | baronet ⓘ |
| notableWork | improvements and Gothic alterations at Arbury Hall ⓘ |
| owned | Arbury Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermEnd | 1786 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermStart | 1742 ⓘ |
| patronOf |
architecture
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poetry ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Arbury, Warwickshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Arbury, Warwickshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Tory ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of Parliament for Middlesex
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Member of Parliament for Oxford University ⓘ |
| precededBy | Sir Richard Newdigate, 1st Baronet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Church of England ⓘ |
| residence | Arbury Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Francis Newdigate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | 2nd Baronet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sir Roger Newdigate Description of subject: Sir Roger Newdigate was an 18th-century British politician and classical scholar best known as the founder and namesake of Oxford University's prestigious Newdigate Prize for English verse.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.