Admiral Sir Charles Rowley
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Admiral Sir Charles Rowley was a distinguished early 19th-century British Royal Navy officer who held several important commands and rose to the rank of admiral.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Admiral Sir Charles Rowley canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11044523 — 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: Admiral Sir Charles Rowley Context triple: [West Indies Station, notableCommander, Admiral Sir Charles Rowley]
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A.
Admiral Sir Henry Leach
Admiral Sir Henry Leach was a senior Royal Navy officer and First Sea Lord best known for his decisive role in advocating for and directing the British naval response during the Falklands War.
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B.
Admiral Sir Charles Madden
Admiral Sir Charles Madden was a senior Royal Navy officer who rose to become First Sea Lord and played a key command role in the British fleet during the early 20th century, including World War I.
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C.
Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton
Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton was a senior Royal Navy officer who held key commands in both World Wars, notably overseeing British naval forces in the Indian Ocean during the early years of the Pacific War.
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D.
Vice-Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth
Vice-Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth was a prominent British Royal Navy officer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, best known for his decisive victory over the French fleet at the Battle of San Domingo during the Napoleonic Wars.
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E.
Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor
Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor was a senior Royal Navy officer who rose to the highest seagoing commands during and after the Second World War, ultimately serving as First Sea Lord.
- 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: Admiral Sir Charles Rowley Target entity description: Admiral Sir Charles Rowley was a distinguished early 19th-century British Royal Navy officer who held several important commands and rose to the rank of admiral.
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A.
Admiral Sir Henry Leach
Admiral Sir Henry Leach was a senior Royal Navy officer and First Sea Lord best known for his decisive role in advocating for and directing the British naval response during the Falklands War.
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B.
Admiral Sir Charles Madden
Admiral Sir Charles Madden was a senior Royal Navy officer who rose to become First Sea Lord and played a key command role in the British fleet during the early 20th century, including World War I.
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C.
Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton
Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton was a senior Royal Navy officer who held key commands in both World Wars, notably overseeing British naval forces in the Indian Ocean during the early years of the Pacific War.
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D.
Vice-Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth
Vice-Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth was a prominent British Royal Navy officer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, best known for his decisive victory over the French fleet at the Battle of San Domingo during the Napoleonic Wars.
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E.
Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor
Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor was a senior Royal Navy officer who rose to the highest seagoing commands during and after the Second World War, ultimately serving as First Sea Lord.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy officer
ⓘ
admiral ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1770-12-16 ⓘ |
| conflict |
French Revolutionary Wars
ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1845-10-10 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| era |
19th century
ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Rowley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Sir Joshua Rowley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Baronet ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix |
Admiral
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Sir ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
Admiral of the Blue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Captain ⓘ Rear Admiral ⓘ Vice Admiral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | 1st Baronet Rowley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCommand |
HMS America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
HMS Eagle NERFINISHED ⓘ HMS Prince Regent NERFINISHED ⓘ HMS Unite NERFINISHED ⓘ Portsmouth Station NERFINISHED ⓘ The Nore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | service as First Naval Lord ⓘ |
| occupation |
naval officer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| parliamentaryConstituency |
Kensington
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Taunton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Commander-in-Chief, Nore
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ First Naval Lord NERFINISHED ⓘ Member of Parliament ⓘ |
| relative | Rowley family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEndYear | 1840 ⓘ |
| serviceEntryYear | 1785 ⓘ |
| 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: Admiral Sir Charles Rowley Description of subject: Admiral Sir Charles Rowley was a distinguished early 19th-century British Royal Navy officer who held several important commands and rose to the rank of admiral.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
West Indies Station