Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet
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Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet, was an 18th-century British lawyer, landowner, and politician whose family rose to prominence in the British aristocracy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4286859 — 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: Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet Context triple: [Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne, father, Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet]
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A.
Sir Matthew Holworthy
Sir Matthew Holworthy was a 17th-century English merchant and philanthropist known for his substantial benefactions to educational institutions, including Harvard University.
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B.
Sir William Hotham
Sir William Hotham was a British Royal Navy officer and administrator who rose to senior command and later held high-level governmental naval posts in the early 19th century.
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C.
William Lambton
William Lambton was a British army officer and surveyor best known for initiating and leading the early phases of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in the early 19th century.
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D.
Sir James Thornton
Sir James Thornton was an architect known for his work on the historic English country house Belvoir Castle.
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E.
Sir Marmaduke Langdale
Sir Marmaduke Langdale was a prominent Royalist cavalry commander during the English Civil Wars, noted for his leadership in several key engagements against Parliamentary forces.
- 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: Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet Target entity description: Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet, was an 18th-century British lawyer, landowner, and politician whose family rose to prominence in the British aristocracy.
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A.
Sir Matthew Holworthy
Sir Matthew Holworthy was a 17th-century English merchant and philanthropist known for his substantial benefactions to educational institutions, including Harvard University.
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B.
Sir William Hotham
Sir William Hotham was a British Royal Navy officer and administrator who rose to senior command and later held high-level governmental naval posts in the early 19th century.
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C.
William Lambton
William Lambton was a British army officer and surveyor best known for initiating and leading the early phases of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in the early 19th century.
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D.
Sir James Thornton
Sir James Thornton was an architect known for his work on the historic English country house Belvoir Castle.
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E.
Sir Marmaduke Langdale
Sir Marmaduke Langdale was a prominent Royalist cavalry commander during the English Civil Wars, noted for his leadership in several key engagements against Parliamentary forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British politician
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baronet ⓘ human ⓘ landowner ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| aristocraticFamilyRise | His family rose to prominence in the British aristocracy ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 18th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| familyName | Lamb ⓘ |
| givenName | Matthew ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne
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William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| landOwnership | British landed estate holder ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalProfession | barrister ⓘ |
| memberOf |
House of Commons of Great Britain
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Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ |
| nobilityStatus | British baronet ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Baronet ⓘ |
| notableFamily |
Lamb family
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Melbourne family ⓘ |
| occupation |
landowner
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lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Member of Parliament ⓘ |
| socialClass |
aristocracy
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gentry ⓘ |
| sphereOfActivity |
British politics
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English law ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet Description of subject: Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet, was an 18th-century British lawyer, landowner, and politician whose family rose to prominence in the British aristocracy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.