Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton
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Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton, was a prominent English nobleman and Royalist military commander during the early stages of the English Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10507246 — 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: Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton Context triple: [Henry Compton, father, Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton]
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A.
George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton
George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton, was an 18th-century British peer and politician who held various public offices and sat in the House of Lords.
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B.
Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington
Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, was an 18th-century British statesman who briefly served as Prime Minister of Great Britain under King George II.
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C.
James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton
James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton, was a 17th-century English nobleman and politician who served as a Royalist military commander during the English Civil War.
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D.
George Sondes, 1st Earl of Feversham
George Sondes, 1st Earl of Feversham, was a 17th-century English nobleman and politician who rose to prominence during the reign of Charles II.
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E.
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, was an influential early 18th-century British statesman who served as First Lord of the Treasury and played a key role in Whig politics during the reigns of Queen Anne and King George I.
- 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: Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton Target entity description: Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton, was a prominent English nobleman and Royalist military commander during the early stages of the English Civil War.
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A.
George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton
George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton, was an 18th-century British peer and politician who held various public offices and sat in the House of Lords.
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B.
Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington
Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, was an 18th-century British statesman who briefly served as Prime Minister of Great Britain under King George II.
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C.
James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton
James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton, was a 17th-century English nobleman and politician who served as a Royalist military commander during the English Civil War.
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D.
George Sondes, 1st Earl of Feversham
George Sondes, 1st Earl of Feversham, was a 17th-century English nobleman and politician who rose to prominence during the reign of Charles II.
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E.
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, was an influential early 18th-century British statesman who served as First Lord of the Treasury and played a key role in Whig politics during the reigns of Queen Anne and King George I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English nobleman
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Royalist military commander ⓘ peer of England ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Charles I of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royalists ⓘ |
| battle | Battle of Hopton Heath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1601-05-02 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| child |
Anne Compton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles Compton NERFINISHED ⓘ James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton NERFINISHED ⓘ Spencer Compton (younger son) NERFINISHED ⓘ William Compton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | English Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1643-03-19 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Hopton Heath, Shropshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | Queens' College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Stuart period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Compton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | death in battle ⓘ |
| memberOf | Privy Council of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | commander ⓘ |
| monarchServed | Charles I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Elizabeth Spencer, Countess of Northampton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Compton family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Earl of Northampton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading Royalist forces in the early English Civil War
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loyalty to King Charles I ⓘ |
| ordinalOfTitle | 2nd Earl of Northampton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parliamentaryRole | Member of the House of Lords ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Constable of the Tower of London
NERFINISHED
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Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of the City of Worcester NERFINISHED ⓘ Master of the Robes ⓘ Privy Councillor ⓘ |
| religion | Church of England ⓘ |
| residence | Compton Wynyates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Royalist side in the English Civil War ⓘ |
| spouse |
Mary Beaumont
NERFINISHED
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Mary Beaumont, Countess of Buckingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton Description of subject: Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton, was a prominent English nobleman and Royalist military commander during the early stages of the English Civil War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Henry Compton