Richard Edgcumbe
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Richard Edgcumbe was the name of several prominent English politicians and noblemen, notably members of the Edgcumbe family who served in Parliament and held peerage titles from the 16th to 19th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
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| Richard Edgcumbe canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18711777 — 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: Richard Edgcumbe Context triple: [Richard Edgecombe, hasSpellingVariant, Richard Edgcumbe]
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A.
Sir William St Loe
Sir William St Loe was a 16th-century English courtier and landowner who served as Captain of the Guard to Queen Elizabeth I and became notably wealthy and influential through his marriage to Bess of Hardwick.
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B.
John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester
John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester, was a prominent 16th-century English nobleman and statesman who held high offices under multiple Tudor monarchs, including Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I.
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C.
William Dorrington
William Dorrington was a Jacobite military officer who served as a senior commander in the Irish Williamite War, notably leading forces at major engagements such as the Battle of Aughrim.
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D.
Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon
Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon was a British royal and grandson of Queen Victoria who served as a soldier in World War I and died young in a plane crash.
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E.
Thomas Vereker
Thomas Vereker is a notable individual who shares the Vereker surname, historically associated with Anglo-Irish nobility and public figures.
- 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: Richard Edgcumbe Target entity description: Richard Edgcumbe was the name of several prominent English politicians and noblemen, notably members of the Edgcumbe family who served in Parliament and held peerage titles from the 16th to 19th centuries.
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A.
Sir William St Loe
Sir William St Loe was a 16th-century English courtier and landowner who served as Captain of the Guard to Queen Elizabeth I and became notably wealthy and influential through his marriage to Bess of Hardwick.
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B.
John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester
John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester, was a prominent 16th-century English nobleman and statesman who held high offices under multiple Tudor monarchs, including Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I.
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C.
William Dorrington
William Dorrington was a Jacobite military officer who served as a senior commander in the Irish Williamite War, notably leading forces at major engagements such as the Battle of Aughrim.
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D.
Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon
Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon was a British royal and grandson of Queen Victoria who served as a soldier in World War I and died young in a plane crash.
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E.
Thomas Vereker
Thomas Vereker is a notable individual who shares the Vereker surname, historically associated with Anglo-Irish nobility and public figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
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