Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue (1783–1861)
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Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue (1783–1861), was a British peer and Whig politician who served as Lord Lieutenant of Devon and held several prominent court and governmental positions in the early 19th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue (1783–1861) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9268090 — 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: Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue (1783–1861) Context triple: [Fortescue family, notableMember, Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue (1783–1861)]
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A.
Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue (1753–1841)
Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue (1753–1841), was a British peer and Whig politician who served as Lord Lieutenant of Devon and played a prominent role in late 18th- and early 19th-century British public life.
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B.
Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon
Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon, was a 17th-century English nobleman and politician who held a prominent aristocratic title and participated in the political life of Stuart England.
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C.
Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon
Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon, was an 18th-century British peer and politician who served as a Member of Parliament before inheriting his earldom.
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D.
2nd Earl of Selborne
The 2nd Earl of Selborne, William Palmer, was a British Conservative politician and colonial administrator who notably served as High Commissioner for Southern Africa and First Lord of the Admiralty in the early 20th century.
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E.
Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon
Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, was a 16th-century English nobleman and courtier who played a prominent role in Tudor politics and was closely connected to the royal family.
- 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: Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue (1783–1861) Target entity description: Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue (1783–1861), was a British peer and Whig politician who served as Lord Lieutenant of Devon and held several prominent court and governmental positions in the early 19th century.
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A.
Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue (1753–1841)
Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue (1753–1841), was a British peer and Whig politician who served as Lord Lieutenant of Devon and played a prominent role in late 18th- and early 19th-century British public life.
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B.
Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon
Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon, was a 17th-century English nobleman and politician who held a prominent aristocratic title and participated in the political life of Stuart England.
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C.
Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon
Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon, was an 18th-century British peer and politician who served as a Member of Parliament before inheriting his earldom.
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D.
2nd Earl of Selborne
The 2nd Earl of Selborne, William Palmer, was a British Conservative politician and colonial administrator who notably served as High Commissioner for Southern Africa and First Lord of the Admiralty in the early 20th century.
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E.
Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon
Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, was a 16th-century English nobleman and courtier who played a prominent role in Tudor politics and was closely connected to the royal family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British peer
ⓘ
Whig politician ⓘ human ⓘ |
| aristocraticFamily | Fortescue family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1783-02-13 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1861-09-14 ⓘ |
| familyName | Fortescue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Hugh ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | Earl ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | 2nd Earl Fortescue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
service as Lord Lieutenant of Devon
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service as a Whig politician in the early 19th century ⓘ |
| occupation |
nobleman
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politician ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Earl Fortescue
NERFINISHED
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Lord Lieutenant of Devon NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household in the British Royal Household NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household in the Court NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household in the Court of St James's NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household in the Court of the British King NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household in the Court of the British Monarch ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household in the Court of the British Queen NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household in the Court of the British Royal Family NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household in the Court of the British Royal Household NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household in the Court of the British Royal Household and Court NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household in the Court of the British Royal Household and King NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household in the Court of the British Royal Household and Monarch NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household in the Court of the British Royal Household and Queen NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household in the Court of the British Royal Household and Sovereign ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household in the Court of the British Sovereign NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household in the Court of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household in the Royal Household NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household in the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household to George IV ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household to Queen Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household to William IV ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household to the King ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household to the Queen ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household to the Sovereign NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of Barnstaple (borough) (MP) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of Devon (peerage office) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of Lostwithiel (MP) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of North Devon (MP) ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of Tavistock (MP) ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Devon NERFINISHED ⓘ Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue (1783–1861) Description of subject: Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue (1783–1861), was a British peer and Whig politician who served as Lord Lieutenant of Devon and held several prominent court and governmental positions in the early 19th century.
Referenced by (1)
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