Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
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Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, was an early 18th-century English peer and nobleman who inherited the Buckingham and Normanby titles from his father, John Sheffield.
All labels observed (1)
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| Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14448108 — 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: Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby Context triple: [John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, child, Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby]
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John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, was an English nobleman, politician, and writer of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who served under multiple monarchs and authored influential literary works.
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William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford
William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford, was a prominent 17th-century English nobleman and politician who played a significant role in the political and military affairs of the Stuart period.
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Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave
Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave, was an English nobleman and statesman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who held high office under Queen Elizabeth I and King James I.
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Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland
Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland, was a 19th-century British naval officer, diplomat, and Conservative politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty and was a prominent member of the aristocratic Percy family.
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Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland
Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland, was a 19th-century British peer and Conservative politician who held several prominent regional and national offices within the United Kingdom.
- 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: Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby Target entity description: Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, was an early 18th-century English peer and nobleman who inherited the Buckingham and Normanby titles from his father, John Sheffield.
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A.
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, was an English nobleman, politician, and writer of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who served under multiple monarchs and authored influential literary works.
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B.
William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford
William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford, was a prominent 17th-century English nobleman and politician who played a significant role in the political and military affairs of the Stuart period.
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C.
Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave
Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave, was an English nobleman and statesman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who held high office under Queen Elizabeth I and King James I.
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D.
Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland
Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland, was a 19th-century British naval officer, diplomat, and Conservative politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty and was a prominent member of the aristocratic Percy family.
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E.
Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland
Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland, was a 19th-century British peer and Conservative politician who held several prominent regional and national offices within the United Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
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