11th Earl of Derby
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The 11th Earl of Derby, Edward Stanley, was an English nobleman and politician from the influential Stanley family, prominent in 18th-century British aristocratic and public life.
All labels observed (1)
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| 11th Earl of Derby canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7740328 — 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: 11th Earl of Derby Context triple: [Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby, nobleTitle, 11th Earl of Derby]
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12th Earl of Derby
The 12th Earl of Derby was an 18th-century British nobleman and racehorse owner whose name was given to the famous Epsom Derby horse race.
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14th Earl of Derby
The 14th Earl of Derby is a hereditary title in the British peerage historically associated with the influential Smith-Stanley family and their political prominence in 19th-century Britain.
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C.
16th Earl of Derby
The 16th Earl of Derby was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada in the late 19th century.
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D.
5th Earl of Derby
The 5th Earl of Derby was an English nobleman of the late 16th century, Ferdinando Stanley, known for his prominent role in Elizabethan politics and his family’s close connection to the English throne.
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E.
4th Earl of Derby
The 4th Earl of Derby was an English noble title in the Peerage of England held by Henry Stanley, a prominent aristocrat and landowner of the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
- 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: 11th Earl of Derby Target entity description: The 11th Earl of Derby, Edward Stanley, was an English nobleman and politician from the influential Stanley family, prominent in 18th-century British aristocratic and public life.
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A.
12th Earl of Derby
The 12th Earl of Derby was an 18th-century British nobleman and racehorse owner whose name was given to the famous Epsom Derby horse race.
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B.
14th Earl of Derby
The 14th Earl of Derby is a hereditary title in the British peerage historically associated with the influential Smith-Stanley family and their political prominence in 19th-century Britain.
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C.
16th Earl of Derby
The 16th Earl of Derby was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada in the late 19th century.
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D.
5th Earl of Derby
The 5th Earl of Derby was an English nobleman of the late 16th century, Ferdinando Stanley, known for his prominent role in Elizabethan politics and his family’s close connection to the English throne.
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E.
4th Earl of Derby
The 4th Earl of Derby was an English noble title in the Peerage of England held by Henry Stanley, a prominent aristocrat and landowner of the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British peer
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human ⓘ nobleman ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
18th century
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early 19th century ⓘ |
| aristocraticTitleHolderOf | Derby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1752-09-27 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| burialPlace | Ormskirk Parish Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Charlotte Stanley
NERFINISHED
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Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth Henrietta Stanley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1834-10-21 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Knowsley Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Eton College
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Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| familyName | Stanley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Edward ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Privy Council of Great Britain
NERFINISHED
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Stanley family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Morley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | Earl ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Earl of Derby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
association with the naming of the Epsom Derby
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patronage of horse racing ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of The Oaks estate at Carshalton ⓘ |
| ordinalNumber | 11 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryGroup | Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
NERFINISHED
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Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord of the Bedchamber NERFINISHED ⓘ Member of Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ Privy Counsellor ⓘ |
| religion | Church of England ⓘ |
| residence |
Derby House, London
NERFINISHED
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Knowsley Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ The Oaks, Carshalton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Elizabeth Farren
NERFINISHED
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Elizabeth Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 11th Earl of Derby Description of subject: The 11th Earl of Derby, Edward Stanley, was an English nobleman and politician from the influential Stanley family, prominent in 18th-century British aristocratic and public life.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.