Governor General Lord Stanley of Preston
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Governor General Lord Stanley of Preston was a British statesman who served as Governor General of Canada in the late 19th century and is best known for donating the Stanley Cup, the championship trophy of professional ice hockey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Governor General Lord Stanley of Preston canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6067978 — 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.
Target entity: Governor General Lord Stanley of Preston Context triple: [Sir John Thompson, appointedPrimeMinisterBy, Governor General Lord Stanley of Preston]
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1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
The 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava was a prominent 19th-century British statesman and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada and later as Viceroy of India.
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Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, was a British Liberal politician and colonial administrator who served as Viceroy of India from 1905 to 1910.
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Sir George Frederick Stanley
Sir George Frederick Stanley was a British colonial administrator who served as the Governor of Madras in the early 20th century.
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Viscount Milner
Viscount Milner was a British statesman and colonial administrator influential in South African affairs and imperial policy during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Sir Albert Henry George Grey
Sir Albert Henry George Grey was a British statesman and colonial administrator who served as the 9th Governor General of Canada from 1904 to 1911.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Governor General Lord Stanley of Preston Target entity description: Governor General Lord Stanley of Preston was a British statesman who served as Governor General of Canada in the late 19th century and is best known for donating the Stanley Cup, the championship trophy of professional ice hockey.
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A.
1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
The 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava was a prominent 19th-century British statesman and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada and later as Viceroy of India.
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B.
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, was a British Liberal politician and colonial administrator who served as Viceroy of India from 1905 to 1910.
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Sir George Frederick Stanley
Sir George Frederick Stanley was a British colonial administrator who served as the Governor of Madras in the early 20th century.
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Viscount Milner
Viscount Milner was a British statesman and colonial administrator influential in South African affairs and imperial policy during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Sir Albert Henry George Grey
Sir Albert Henry George Grey was a British statesman and colonial administrator who served as the 9th Governor General of Canada from 1904 to 1911.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British politician
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Governor General of Canada ⓘ human ⓘ |
| appointedAs | Governor General of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1841-01-15 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfDonation | 1892 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1908-06-14 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Holwood, Kent, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| donated | Stanley Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1893-09-18 ⓘ |
| familyName | Stanley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfActivity |
British politics
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Canadian public life ⓘ |
| founded | Stanley Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Frederick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNamesake |
Stanley Cup
NERFINISHED
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Stanley Park, Blackpool NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Park, Vancouver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Lord ⓘ |
| knownFor |
donating the Stanley Cup
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serving as Governor General of Canada ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ |
| monarchDuringTerm | Queen Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | 16th Earl of Derby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | establishment of the Stanley Cup as a challenge trophy for ice hockey in Canada ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
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statesman ⓘ |
| parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented |
North Lancashire
NERFINISHED
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Preston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor General of Canada
NERFINISHED
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Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ President of the Board of Trade of the United Kingdom ⓘ Secretary of State for the Colonies of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| residence |
Holwood House
NERFINISHED
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Rideau Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sportAssociatedWith | ice hockey ⓘ |
| spouse | Lady Constance Villiers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1888-06-11 ⓘ |
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Subject: Governor General Lord Stanley of Preston Description of subject: Governor General Lord Stanley of Preston was a British statesman who served as Governor General of Canada in the late 19th century and is best known for donating the Stanley Cup, the championship trophy of professional ice hockey.
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