James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale
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James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale was an 18th-century British landowner and politician who amassed vast estates and wielded significant influence in northern England and national politics.
All labels observed (1)
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| James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17594005 — 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: James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale Context triple: [Lowther family, notableMember, James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale]
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James Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale
James Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale, was a British peer and Conservative politician from the influential Lowther family who held several regional and national offices in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale
William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale, was a prominent late 18th- and early 19th-century British Tory politician and aristocrat who held several high offices and wielded significant regional and national influence.
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C.
William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale
William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale was a 19th-century British Conservative politician and nobleman who held several prominent regional and national offices.
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D.
Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale was a prominent British aristocrat and sportsman, famed as the flamboyant "Yellow Earl" and an influential patron of boxing and horse racing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale
Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale was a 19th-century British peer and Conservative politician who held several regional and national offices and was influential in Cumbrian and Westmorland affairs.
- 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: James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale Target entity description: James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale was an 18th-century British landowner and politician who amassed vast estates and wielded significant influence in northern England and national politics.
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A.
James Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale
James Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale, was a British peer and Conservative politician from the influential Lowther family who held several regional and national offices in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale
William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale, was a prominent late 18th- and early 19th-century British Tory politician and aristocrat who held several high offices and wielded significant regional and national influence.
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C.
William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale
William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale was a 19th-century British Conservative politician and nobleman who held several prominent regional and national offices.
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D.
Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale was a prominent British aristocrat and sportsman, famed as the flamboyant "Yellow Earl" and an influential patron of boxing and horse racing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale
Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale was a 19th-century British peer and Conservative politician who held several regional and national offices and was influential in Cumbrian and Westmorland affairs.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.