Viscount Hereford
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Viscount Hereford is the oldest extant viscountcy in the Peerage of England, historically associated with the Devereux family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Viscount Hereford canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18141870 — 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: Viscount Hereford Context triple: [Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford, nobleTitle, Viscount Hereford]
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A.
Viscount Woodstock
Viscount Woodstock is a courtesy title traditionally used by the heir apparent to the Duke of Portland in the British peerage.
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B.
Viscount Cranborne
Viscount Cranborne was a British Conservative politician and aristocrat who held several senior government posts, including key roles in imperial and foreign affairs, during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Viscount Cranborne
Viscount Cranborne is the courtesy title traditionally borne by the heir apparent to the Marquess of Salisbury in the British peerage.
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D.
Viscount Bridport
Viscount Bridport is a British peerage title historically associated with the naval commander Alexander Hood and his descendants.
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E.
Viscount Sunbury
Viscount Sunbury is a British noble title historically associated with the Montagu-Dunk family, notably borne by George Montagu-Dunk before he became the 2nd Earl of Halifax.
- 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: Viscount Hereford Target entity description: Viscount Hereford is the oldest extant viscountcy in the Peerage of England, historically associated with the Devereux family.
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A.
Viscount Woodstock
Viscount Woodstock is a courtesy title traditionally used by the heir apparent to the Duke of Portland in the British peerage.
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B.
Viscount Cranborne
Viscount Cranborne was a British Conservative politician and aristocrat who held several senior government posts, including key roles in imperial and foreign affairs, during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Viscount Cranborne
Viscount Cranborne is the courtesy title traditionally borne by the heir apparent to the Marquess of Salisbury in the British peerage.
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D.
Viscount Bridport
Viscount Bridport is a British peerage title historically associated with the naval commander Alexander Hood and his descendants.
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E.
Viscount Sunbury
Viscount Sunbury is a British noble title historically associated with the Montagu-Dunk family, notably borne by George Montagu-Dunk before he became the 2nd Earl of Halifax.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.