Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper
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Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper was a 17th-century English nobleman and colonial governor of Virginia known for his role in the proprietary administration of the colony.
All labels observed (1)
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| Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23397649 — 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 Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper Context triple: [Colepeper family, hasMember, Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper]
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A.
John Colepeper, 1st Baron Colepeper
John Colepeper, 1st Baron Colepeper, was a prominent 17th-century English statesman and Royalist politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and a key adviser to King Charles I during the English Civil War.
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B.
Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham
Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham, was a 19th-century British lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom.
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C.
Peter Clavering-Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper
Peter Clavering-Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper, was a British peer and Whig politician of the early 19th century who served as Lord Lieutenant of Kent and was connected to prominent political circles through his marriage to Emily Lamb.
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D.
Charles Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley
Charles Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley was a 19th-century British Whig politician and peer who served as a Member of Parliament before being elevated to the House of Lords.
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E.
Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley
Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley, was an influential English lawyer and statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and later as Lord Chancellor under Queen Elizabeth I and King James I.
- 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 Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper Target entity description: Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper was a 17th-century English nobleman and colonial governor of Virginia known for his role in the proprietary administration of the colony.
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A.
John Colepeper, 1st Baron Colepeper
John Colepeper, 1st Baron Colepeper, was a prominent 17th-century English statesman and Royalist politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and a key adviser to King Charles I during the English Civil War.
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B.
Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham
Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham, was a 19th-century British lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom.
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C.
Peter Clavering-Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper
Peter Clavering-Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper, was a British peer and Whig politician of the early 19th century who served as Lord Lieutenant of Kent and was connected to prominent political circles through his marriage to Emily Lamb.
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D.
Charles Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley
Charles Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley was a 19th-century British Whig politician and peer who served as a Member of Parliament before being elevated to the House of Lords.
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E.
Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley
Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley, was an influential English lawyer and statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and later as Lord Chancellor under Queen Elizabeth I and King James I.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.