Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield
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Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield, was an 18th-century British peer and politician who held the earldom of Lichfield and was a prominent member of the English aristocracy.
All labels observed (1)
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| Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17108549 — 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 Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield Context triple: [George Anson, sibling, Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield]
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A.
Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield
Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield, was an English nobleman of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who gained prominence through his elevation to the peerage under King Charles II and his close ties to the royal court.
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B.
Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland
Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland was a 17th-century English nobleman and Royalist military commander who was killed fighting for King Charles I during the English Civil War.
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C.
Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester
Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester was a late 17th- to early 18th-century English nobleman and heir apparent to the Dukedom of Beaufort who died before succeeding to the title.
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D.
Henry Benedict Medlicott St John, 5th Viscount Bolingbroke
Henry Benedict Medlicott St John, 5th Viscount Bolingbroke, was a British peer notable as the final appointee to Ireland’s chivalric Order of Saint Patrick.
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E.
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.
- 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 Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield Target entity description: Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield, was an 18th-century British peer and politician who held the earldom of Lichfield and was a prominent member of the English aristocracy.
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A.
Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield
Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield, was an English nobleman of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who gained prominence through his elevation to the peerage under King Charles II and his close ties to the royal court.
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B.
Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland
Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland was a 17th-century English nobleman and Royalist military commander who was killed fighting for King Charles I during the English Civil War.
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C.
Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester
Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester was a late 17th- to early 18th-century English nobleman and heir apparent to the Dukedom of Beaufort who died before succeeding to the title.
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D.
Henry Benedict Medlicott St John, 5th Viscount Bolingbroke
Henry Benedict Medlicott St John, 5th Viscount Bolingbroke, was a British peer notable as the final appointee to Ireland’s chivalric Order of Saint Patrick.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.