William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford
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William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, was an 18th-century British diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary of State and played a key role in foreign policy during the reign of King George III.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8094134 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford Context triple: [Lord Rochford, alsoKnownAs, William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford]
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William Wellesley-Pole
William Wellesley-Pole was a British politician and nobleman of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his senior governmental roles and as a member of the influential Wellesley family that included the Duke of Wellington.
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Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol
Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, was an 18th-century British naval officer, diplomat, and politician known for his service in the Royal Navy and his turbulent personal life.
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James Cecil, 7th Earl of Salisbury
James Cecil, 7th Earl of Salisbury, was a British Conservative politician and aristocrat who was elevated to the peerage as Marquess of Salisbury in the late 18th century.
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D.
Grantham Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond
Grantham Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond, was a prominent 19th-century British peer and aristocrat who held multiple dukedoms and played a leading role in the social and political life of the British nobility.
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E.
Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland
Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland, was an 18th-century British Whig politician and statesman who served as Lord Chamberlain and played a significant role in the early Georgian court.
- 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: William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford Target entity description: William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, was an 18th-century British diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary of State and played a key role in foreign policy during the reign of King George III.
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A.
William Wellesley-Pole
William Wellesley-Pole was a British politician and nobleman of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his senior governmental roles and as a member of the influential Wellesley family that included the Duke of Wellington.
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B.
Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol
Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, was an 18th-century British naval officer, diplomat, and politician known for his service in the Royal Navy and his turbulent personal life.
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C.
James Cecil, 7th Earl of Salisbury
James Cecil, 7th Earl of Salisbury, was a British Conservative politician and aristocrat who was elevated to the peerage as Marquess of Salisbury in the late 18th century.
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D.
Grantham Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond
Grantham Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond, was a prominent 19th-century British peer and aristocrat who held multiple dukedoms and played a leading role in the social and political life of the British nobility.
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E.
Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland
Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland, was an 18th-century British Whig politician and statesman who served as Lord Chamberlain and played a significant role in the early Georgian court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British diplomat
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British politician ⓘ human ⓘ peer of Great Britain ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1717-09-17 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1781-09-28 ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Nassau de Zuylestein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein, 3rd Earl of Rochford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName |
Henry
NERFINISHED
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William ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| languageUsed | English ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchServed |
George II of Great Britain
NERFINISHED
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George III of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Bessy Savage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Nassau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | 4th Earl of Rochford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in British foreign policy during the reign of George III
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service as Secretary of State in the 18th century ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Rochford’s Memoranda on the Policy of France 1763–1766
NERFINISHED
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Rochford’s Memoranda on the Policy of France 1768–1769 NERFINISHED ⓘ Rochford’s Memoranda on the Policy of Spain 1770–1771 NERFINISHED ⓘ Rochford’s Memoranda on the Policy of Spain 1772–1773 NERFINISHED ⓘ Rochford’s Memoranda on the Policy of Spain 1774–1775 NERFINISHED ⓘ Rochford’s Memoranda on the Policy of Spain 1776–1777 NERFINISHED ⓘ Rochford’s Memoranda on the Policy of Spain 1778–1779 NERFINISHED ⓘ Rochford’s Memoranda on the Policy of Spain 1780–1781 NERFINISHED ⓘ Rochford’s Memoranda on the Policy of Spain 1782–1783 NERFINISHED ⓘ Rochford’s Memoranda on the Policy of Spain 1784–1785 NERFINISHED ⓘ Rochford’s Memoranda on the Policy of Spain 1786–1787 NERFINISHED ⓘ Rochford’s Memoranda on the Policy of Spain 1788–1789 NERFINISHED ⓘ Rochford’s Memoranda on the Policy of Spain 1790–1791 NERFINISHED ⓘ Rochford’s Memoranda on the Policy of Spain 1792–1793 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
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statesman ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
British ambassador to France
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British ambassador to Spain ⓘ First Lord of Trade NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ Member of the Privy Council of Great Britain ⓘ Secretary of State for the Northern Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Secretary of State for the Southern Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Vice-Admiral of Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Lucy Younge 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: William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford Description of subject: William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, was an 18th-century British diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary of State and played a key role in foreign policy during the reign of King George III.
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