Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
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Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century English nobleman and statesman who held high offices including Lord High Admiral and Lord President of the Council under several monarchs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13340351 — 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: Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke Context triple: [Earls of Pembroke, hasTitleHolder, Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke]
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Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke
Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke, was an 18th-century British nobleman, soldier, and amateur architect noted for his influential role in the development of Palladian architecture in England.
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B.
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, was an influential early 17th-century English nobleman, courtier, and patron of the arts closely associated with William Shakespeare and the Jacobean literary world.
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C.
Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke
Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, was a prominent 16th-century English nobleman and courtier who rose to high favor under the Tudor monarchs, particularly Henry VIII.
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William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, was a prominent 15th-century Welsh nobleman, soldier, and Yorkist supporter during the Wars of the Roses who rose to great power under King Edward IV.
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E.
Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury
Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury, was an English nobleman of the prominent Talbot family who held one of the oldest earldoms in England during the 18th century.
- 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 Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke Target entity description: Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century English nobleman and statesman who held high offices including Lord High Admiral and Lord President of the Council under several monarchs.
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A.
Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke
Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke, was an 18th-century British nobleman, soldier, and amateur architect noted for his influential role in the development of Palladian architecture in England.
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B.
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, was an influential early 17th-century English nobleman, courtier, and patron of the arts closely associated with William Shakespeare and the Jacobean literary world.
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C.
Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke
Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, was a prominent 16th-century English nobleman and courtier who rose to high favor under the Tudor monarchs, particularly Henry VIII.
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D.
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, was a prominent 15th-century Welsh nobleman, soldier, and Yorkist supporter during the Wars of the Roses who rose to great power under King Edward IV.
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E.
Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury
Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury, was an English nobleman of the prominent Talbot family who held one of the oldest earldoms in England during the 18th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earl of Pembroke
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English nobleman ⓘ human ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 1656 ⓘ |
| child | Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathDate | 22 January 1733 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ |
| era |
early 18th century
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late 17th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Herbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
naval administration
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politics ⓘ royal court service ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Privy Council of England
NERFINISHED
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Royal Society ⓘ |
| monarchServed |
Anne, Queen of Great Britain
NERFINISHED
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George I of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ William III of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Penelope Naunton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Herbert family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
5th Earl of Montgomery
NERFINISHED
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8th Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableResidence | Wilton House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Pembroke’s articles in the 1701 Act of Settlement (as a commissioner) ⓘ |
| parliamentaryRole |
Member of Parliament for Wilton
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Member of the House of Lords ⓘ |
| participatedIn | negotiations leading to the Treaty of Ryswick ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
First Lord of the Admiralty
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Lord High Admiral NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord President of the Council ⓘ Lord Privy Seal ⓘ President of the Royal Society ⓘ |
| religion | Church of England ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Barbara Slingsby
NERFINISHED
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Margaret Sawyer NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Howe 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: Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke Description of subject: Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century English nobleman and statesman who held high offices including Lord High Admiral and Lord President of the Council under several monarchs.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.