William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer
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William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer was an English nobleman and politician of the early 17th century, known for his role in the House of Lords during the reign of Charles I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8858484 — 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: William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer Context triple: [Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland, father, William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer]
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George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer
George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer was an 18th-century British Whig politician and nobleman who served as First Lord of the Admiralty and played a key role in naval administration during the French Revolutionary Wars.
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B.
George Spencer
George Spencer was a British aristocrat and politician who became the 5th Duke of Marlborough, a prominent member of the Spencer-Churchill family in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer
John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer was a British aristocrat and landowner best known as the father of Diana, Princess of Wales.
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Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, was an influential early 18th-century British statesman who served as First Lord of the Treasury and played a key role in Whig politics during the reigns of Queen Anne and King George I.
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E.
Baron Spencer of Wormleighton
Baron Spencer of Wormleighton is a hereditary title in the Peerage of England held by the aristocratic Spencer-Churchill family, historically associated with prominent political and social influence.
- 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 Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer Target entity description: William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer was an English nobleman and politician of the early 17th century, known for his role in the House of Lords during the reign of Charles I.
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A.
George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer
George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer was an 18th-century British Whig politician and nobleman who served as First Lord of the Admiralty and played a key role in naval administration during the French Revolutionary Wars.
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B.
George Spencer
George Spencer was a British aristocrat and politician who became the 5th Duke of Marlborough, a prominent member of the Spencer-Churchill family in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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C.
John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer
John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer was a British aristocrat and landowner best known as the father of Diana, Princess of Wales.
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Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, was an influential early 18th-century British statesman who served as First Lord of the Treasury and played a key role in Whig politics during the reigns of Queen Anne and King George I.
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E.
Baron Spencer of Wormleighton
Baron Spencer of Wormleighton is a hereditary title in the Peerage of England held by the aristocratic Spencer-Churchill family, historically associated with prominent political and social influence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baron in the Peerage of England
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English nobleman ⓘ member of the House of Lords ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| activeInPoliticsDuring |
reign of Charles I of England
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reign of James I of England ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
Northamptonshire
NERFINISHED
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Warwickshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1591-10-14 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Althorp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Brington, Northamptonshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Anne Spencer
NERFINISHED
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Elizabeth Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ Penelope Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ William Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1636-12-19 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Wormleighton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Early Stuart period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Robert Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherInLaw | Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| heldTitleFrom | 1627 ⓘ |
| heldTitleUntil | 1636 ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Lords ⓘ |
| monarchDuringService |
Charles I of England
NERFINISHED
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James I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Margaret Willoughby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Spencer family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | Baron ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | 2nd Baron Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parliamentaryChamber | House of Lords of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Baron Spencer of Wormleighton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Robert Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Church of England ⓘ |
| residence |
Althorp
NERFINISHED
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Wormleighton Manor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Thomas Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Penelope Spencer, Baroness Spencer
NERFINISHED
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Penelope Wriothesley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleCreatedForFamily | Baron Spencer of Wormleighton 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 Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer Description of subject: William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer was an English nobleman and politician of the early 17th century, known for his role in the House of Lords during the reign of Charles I.
Referenced by (2)
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