Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos
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Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos, was an 18th-century British nobleman and politician who inherited the Chandos dukedom and its considerable estates, including the famed Cannons house, from his father.
All labels observed (1)
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| Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8339261 — 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: Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos Context triple: [James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, child, Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos]
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James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, was an influential early 18th-century English nobleman and arts patron renowned for his lavish estate at Cannons and his support of composers such as George Frideric Handel.
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Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, was a prominent early 19th-century British aristocrat and politician who amassed vast wealth and influence before dying heavily in debt.
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William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire, was an English nobleman and politician of the early 17th century who sat in the House of Commons and later the House of Lords, helping to consolidate the influence of the Cavendish family.
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William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire, was an influential English nobleman and politician best known for helping to orchestrate the Glorious Revolution of 1688 that brought William III and Mary II to the throne.
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William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire, was an English nobleman and politician of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who helped establish the prominence of the Cavendish family in national affairs.
- 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: Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos Target entity description: Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos, was an 18th-century British nobleman and politician who inherited the Chandos dukedom and its considerable estates, including the famed Cannons house, from his father.
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A.
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, was an influential early 18th-century English nobleman and arts patron renowned for his lavish estate at Cannons and his support of composers such as George Frideric Handel.
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B.
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, was a prominent early 19th-century British aristocrat and politician who amassed vast wealth and influence before dying heavily in debt.
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William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire, was an English nobleman and politician of the early 17th century who sat in the House of Commons and later the House of Lords, helping to consolidate the influence of the Cavendish family.
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D.
William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire, was an influential English nobleman and politician best known for helping to orchestrate the Glorious Revolution of 1688 that brought William III and Mary II to the throne.
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E.
William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire, was an English nobleman and politician of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who helped establish the prominence of the Cavendish family in national affairs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British nobleman
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human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1708-03-17 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Cannons, Little Stanmore, Middlesex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St Lawrence, Little Stanmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Henry Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Brydges, Marquess of Carnarvon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1771-11-28 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Shaw House, Berkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
New College, Oxford
NERFINISHED
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Winchester College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Brydges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldTitle |
Baron Chandos of Sudeley
NERFINISHED
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Earl of Carnarvon NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquess of Carnarvon NERFINISHED ⓘ Viscount Wilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | His Grace ⓘ |
| inheritedFrom | James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inheritsEstate | Cannons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inheritsTitle | Duke of Chandos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
House of Commons of Great Britain
NERFINISHED
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House of Lords ⓘ |
| mother | Cassandra Willoughby, Duchess of Chandos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Brydges family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Duke of Chandos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEstate | Cannons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ordinalOfTitle | 2nd Duke of Chandos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parliamentaryFaction | Tory ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermEnd | 1747 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermStart | 1734 ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire
NERFINISHED
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Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports NERFINISHED ⓘ Member of Parliament for Hereford ⓘ Member of Parliament for Steyning ⓘ |
| religion | Church of England ⓘ |
| residence |
Cannons, Little Stanmore
NERFINISHED
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Shaw House, Berkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Anne Wells
NERFINISHED
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Elizabeth Major NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady Mary Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos Description of subject: Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos, was an 18th-century British nobleman and politician who inherited the Chandos dukedom and its considerable estates, including the famed Cannons house, from his father.
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