William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton
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William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton was a 19th-century British peer and politician who held high office as Lord Chamberlain and was a prominent member of the aristocratic FitzRoy family descended from King Charles II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9102894 — 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 FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton Context triple: [Dukes of Grafton family, notableMember, William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton]
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George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, was a British peer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries who inherited the Grafton dukedom and sat in the House of Lords.
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Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton was an 18th-century British nobleman and politician who held high court offices and military commands under the early Hanoverian monarchs.
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Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, was a prominent 17th-century English nobleman, naval officer, and illegitimate son of King Charles II who played a notable role in the military and court life of the Restoration era.
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D.
The Duke of Grafton
The Duke of Grafton was an 18th-century British statesman who served as Prime Minister during the early reign of King George III and the turbulent years leading up to the American Revolution.
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E.
Duke of Portland
The Duke of Portland was a title in the British peerage most notably held by William Cavendish-Bentinck, a prominent 18th–19th century statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 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 FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton Target entity description: William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton was a 19th-century British peer and politician who held high office as Lord Chamberlain and was a prominent member of the aristocratic FitzRoy family descended from King Charles II.
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A.
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, was a British peer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries who inherited the Grafton dukedom and sat in the House of Lords.
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B.
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton was an 18th-century British nobleman and politician who held high court offices and military commands under the early Hanoverian monarchs.
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C.
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, was a prominent 17th-century English nobleman, naval officer, and illegitimate son of King Charles II who played a notable role in the military and court life of the Restoration era.
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D.
The Duke of Grafton
The Duke of Grafton was an 18th-century British statesman who served as Prime Minister during the early reign of King George III and the turbulent years leading up to the American Revolution.
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E.
Duke of Portland
The Duke of Portland was a title in the British peerage most notably held by William Cavendish-Bentinck, a prominent 18th–19th century statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British peer
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human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| aristocraticFamilyOrigin | illegitimate line of King Charles II of England ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | House of Stuart (through illegitimate descent) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| chamber | House of Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Great Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | FitzRoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | FitzRoy family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | FitzRoy family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | Duke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Duke of Grafton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitleInheritedFrom | FitzRoy family line ⓘ |
| notableFamilyConnection | descendant of King Charles II of England ⓘ |
| notableFor |
holding high office as Lord Chamberlain
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membership in the aristocratic FitzRoy family ⓘ |
| occupation |
courtier
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politician ⓘ |
| ordinalInTitle | 6 ⓘ |
| peerage | Peerage of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalSystemContext | United Kingdom parliamentary system ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Lord Chamberlain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realm | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | aristocracy ⓘ |
| style | His Grace ⓘ |
| titleHeld | Lord Chamberlain of the Household 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 FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton Description of subject: William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton was a 19th-century British peer and politician who held high office as Lord Chamberlain and was a prominent member of the aristocratic FitzRoy family descended from King Charles II.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.