Sir Samuel Romilly
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Sir Samuel Romilly was a prominent English legal reformer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, best known for his efforts to humanize the criminal law and reduce the use of the death penalty.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samuel Romilly | 1 |
| Sir Samuel Romilly canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4291860 — 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 Samuel Romilly Context triple: [Corpus, hasNotableAlumni, Sir Samuel Romilly]
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A.
Sir Samuel Eyre
Sir Samuel Eyre was an English judge of the late 17th century who served as a Justice of the King’s Bench.
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B.
Viscount Goschen
Viscount Goschen is a hereditary title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom associated with the Goschen family, notably held by politicians and public servants.
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C.
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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D.
Sir Frederick Pollock
Sir Frederick Pollock was a prominent English jurist and legal historian known for his influential writings on common law and his role in modernizing legal scholarship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
James Fitzjames Stephen
James Fitzjames Stephen was a 19th-century English judge, legal historian, and writer known for his influential works on criminal law and evidence.
- 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 Samuel Romilly Target entity description: Sir Samuel Romilly was a prominent English legal reformer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, best known for his efforts to humanize the criminal law and reduce the use of the death penalty.
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A.
Sir Samuel Eyre
Sir Samuel Eyre was an English judge of the late 17th century who served as a Justice of the King’s Bench.
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B.
Viscount Goschen
Viscount Goschen is a hereditary title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom associated with the Goschen family, notably held by politicians and public servants.
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C.
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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D.
Sir Frederick Pollock
Sir Frederick Pollock was a prominent English jurist and legal historian known for his influential writings on common law and his role in modernizing legal scholarship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
James Fitzjames Stephen
James Fitzjames Stephen was a 19th-century English judge, legal historian, and writer known for his influential works on criminal law and evidence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British politician
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Member of Parliament ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ legal reformer ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
early 19th century
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late 18th century ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | self-inflicted wound ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | England ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1757-03-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1818-11-02 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
French Protestant school in London
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Gray's Inn ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Huguenot descent ⓘ |
| father | Peter Romilly ⓘ |
| hasChild |
John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly
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several other children ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for more humane punishments
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campaigning to reform English criminal law ⓘ efforts to reduce use of the death penalty ⓘ opposition to the Bloody Code ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| memberOf | Whig Party ⓘ |
| mother | Marguerite Garnault ⓘ |
| movement | penal reform ⓘ |
| name |
Samuel Romilly
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linked to:
Sir Samuel Romilly
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| nobleTitle | Knight Bachelor ⓘ |
| notableWork | Observations on the Criminal Law of England ⓘ |
| occupation |
barrister
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legal writer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| parliamentaryDebut | 1806 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London
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linked to:
London, England
Westminster ⓘ
linked to:
City of Westminster
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| placeOfDeath |
London
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linked to:
London, England
|
| positionHeld |
Member of Parliament for Arundel
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Member of Parliament for Horsham ⓘ Member of Parliament for Queenborough ⓘ Member of Parliament for Wareham ⓘ Member of Parliament for Westminster ⓘ Solicitor General for England and Wales ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestantism
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linked to:
Protestant Christianity
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Anne Garbett ⓘ |
| wasCalledToTheBar | 1783 ⓘ |
| workedOn |
reform of laws on capital punishment for minor offences
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reform of laws on theft ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sir Samuel Romilly Description of subject: Sir Samuel Romilly was a prominent English legal reformer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, best known for his efforts to humanize the criminal law and reduce the use of the death penalty.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sir Samuel Romilly