Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford
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Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford, was a volatile British naval officer and aristocrat of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, notorious for his duels, erratic behavior, and early death.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9256879 — 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: Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford Context triple: [Baron Camelford, extinctWith, Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford]
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A.
Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford
Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford was an 18th-century British politician and peer, known as a member of the influential Pitt family and for serving in Parliament and holding government office.
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B.
Richard Bellingham
Richard Bellingham was a 17th-century colonial magistrate and politician who served multiple terms as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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C.
Sir William Hotham
Sir William Hotham was a British Royal Navy officer and administrator who rose to senior command and later held high-level governmental naval posts in the early 19th century.
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D.
Sir Samuel Eyre
Sir Samuel Eyre was an English judge of the late 17th century who served as a Justice of the King’s Bench.
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E.
Sir William Springett
Sir William Springett was a 17th-century English Parliamentarian officer whose early death in the Civil War and devout legacy made him a notable ancestor within the prominent Springett 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: Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford Target entity description: Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford, was a volatile British naval officer and aristocrat of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, notorious for his duels, erratic behavior, and early death.
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A.
Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford
Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford was an 18th-century British politician and peer, known as a member of the influential Pitt family and for serving in Parliament and holding government office.
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B.
Richard Bellingham
Richard Bellingham was a 17th-century colonial magistrate and politician who served multiple terms as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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C.
Sir William Hotham
Sir William Hotham was a British Royal Navy officer and administrator who rose to senior command and later held high-level governmental naval posts in the early 19th century.
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D.
Sir Samuel Eyre
Sir Samuel Eyre was an English judge of the late 17th century who served as a Justice of the King’s Bench.
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E.
Sir William Springett
Sir William Springett was a 17th-century English Parliamentarian officer whose early death in the Civil War and devout legacy made him a notable ancestor within the prominent Springett family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British aristocrat
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Royal Navy officer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 29 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St Anne’s Church, Soho (reinterred remains associated) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | wounds from a duel ⓘ |
| conflict | French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1775-02-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1804-03-10 ⓘ |
| describedAs |
notorious duelist
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quarrelsome ⓘ volatile ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Charterhouse School
NERFINISHED
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Naval Academy at Portsmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
early 19th century
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late 18th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Pitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
eccentric and reckless conduct
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frequent involvement in brawls and street fights ⓘ killing a fellow officer in a dispute over command ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | lieutenant ⓘ |
| mother | Anne Pitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Baron Camelford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dueling
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early death ⓘ erratic behavior ⓘ violent temper ⓘ |
| occupation |
aristocrat
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naval officer ⓘ |
| ordinalOfTitle | 2nd Baron Camelford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Boconnoc, Cornwall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Little Holland House, Kensington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
William Pitt the Elder
NERFINISHED
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William Pitt the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Church of England ⓘ |
| residence |
Boconnoc House
NERFINISHED
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| titleCreatedFor | Pitt family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford Description of subject: Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford, was a volatile British naval officer and aristocrat of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, notorious for his duels, erratic behavior, and early death.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.