Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet
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Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet was a prominent 17th-century English landowner and politician from the influential Seymour family, who served in the House of Commons and held significant local authority in Devon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8491424 — 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 Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet Context triple: [Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet of Berry Pomeroy, father, Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet]
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A.
Sir Edward Harley
Sir Edward Harley was a 17th-century English politician and landowner, notable as a member of the influential Harley family that played a prominent role in British public life.
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B.
Sir Edward Burgh
Sir Edward Burgh was the first husband of Catherine Parr, who later became the sixth wife of King Henry VIII of England.
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C.
Sir Edward Osborne, 1st Baronet
Sir Edward Osborne, 1st Baronet was an English politician and landowner of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, notable as a member of the prominent Osborne family closely connected to the English aristocracy and government.
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D.
Thomas Savile
Thomas Savile was a member of the English Savile family, likely a contemporary relative of the scholar and diplomat Henry Savile.
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E.
Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley
Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley, was an influential English lawyer and statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and later as Lord Chancellor under Queen Elizabeth I and King James I.
- 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 Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet Target entity description: Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet was a prominent 17th-century English landowner and politician from the influential Seymour family, who served in the House of Commons and held significant local authority in Devon.
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A.
Sir Edward Harley
Sir Edward Harley was a 17th-century English politician and landowner, notable as a member of the influential Harley family that played a prominent role in British public life.
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B.
Sir Edward Burgh
Sir Edward Burgh was the first husband of Catherine Parr, who later became the sixth wife of King Henry VIII of England.
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C.
Sir Edward Osborne, 1st Baronet
Sir Edward Osborne, 1st Baronet was an English politician and landowner of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, notable as a member of the prominent Osborne family closely connected to the English aristocracy and government.
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D.
Thomas Savile
Thomas Savile was a member of the English Savile family, likely a contemporary relative of the scholar and diplomat Henry Savile.
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E.
Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley
Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley, was an influential English lawyer and statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and later as Lord Chancellor under Queen Elizabeth I and King James I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English politician
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baronet ⓘ human ⓘ landowner ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1633-09-10 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Popham Seymour
NERFINISHED
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Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1708-02-17 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Exeter College, Oxford
NERFINISHED
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Lincoln's Inn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Seymour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Edward ⓘ |
| memberOf | Seymour family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Anne Portman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | 3rd Baronet Seymour of Berry Pomeroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading Tory politician in the late 17th century
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opposition to the Court party under Charles II ⓘ prominent landowner in Devon and Wiltshire ⓘ role in the Exclusion Crisis ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTerm |
Member of Parliament for Devon
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Member of Parliament for Exeter ⓘ Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn ⓘ Member of Parliament for Hindon ⓘ Member of Parliament for Totnes ⓘ Member of Parliament in the Cavalier Parliament ⓘ Member of Parliament in the Convention Parliament of 1660 ⓘ Member of Parliament in the Parliament of 1685–1687 ⓘ Member of Parliament in the Parliament of 1689–1690 ⓘ Member of Parliament in the Parliament of 1690–1695 ⓘ Member of Parliament in the Parliament of 1695–1698 ⓘ Member of Parliament in the Parliament of 1698–1700 ⓘ Member of Parliament in the Parliament of 1701 ⓘ Member of Parliament in the Parliament of 1702–1705 ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Tory ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Custos Rotulorum of Devon
NERFINISHED
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Deputy Lieutenant of Devon ⓘ Justice of the Peace ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Devon NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord of the Admiralty NERFINISHED ⓘ Member of the House of Commons of England ⓘ Speaker of the House of Commons of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Treasurer of the Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Berry Pomeroy Castle
NERFINISHED
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Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Margaret Wale 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: Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet Description of subject: Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet was a prominent 17th-century English landowner and politician from the influential Seymour family, who served in the House of Commons and held significant local authority in Devon.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet of Berry Pomeroy
subject surface form:
Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet of Berry Pomeroy