Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
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Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, was an 18th-century British statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1768 to 1770 during the early reign of King George III.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9153735 — 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)
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Target entity: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton Context triple: [FitzRoy family, hasNotableMember, Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton]
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William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton
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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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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Alfred FitzRoy, 8th Duke of Grafton
Alfred FitzRoy, 8th Duke of Grafton was a British aristocrat and peer who held the ducal title in the prominent FitzRoy family during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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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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Hugh Denis Charles FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton
Hugh Denis Charles FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton, was a British aristocrat and landowner who served as a senior peer and held various ceremonial and local public roles within 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)
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Target entity: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton Target entity description: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, was an 18th-century British statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1768 to 1770 during the early reign of King George III.
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A.
William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton
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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B.
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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C.
Alfred FitzRoy, 8th Duke of Grafton
Alfred FitzRoy, 8th Duke of Grafton was a British aristocrat and peer who held the ducal title in the prominent FitzRoy family during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
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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E.
Hugh Denis Charles FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton
Hugh Denis Charles FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton, was a British aristocrat and landowner who served as a senior peer and held various ceremonial and local public roles within the United Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British politician
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Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ duke ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Townshend Acts controversy
NERFINISHED
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Wilkesite agitation in Britain ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Euston Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1735-09-28 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| burialPlace | Euston, Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
NERFINISHED
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Lord Charles FitzRoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Henry FitzRoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1811-03-14 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Euston Hall, Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Peterhouse, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
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Westminster School ⓘ |
| familyName | FitzRoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Lord Augustus FitzRoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandfather | Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldPeerage | Peerage of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | House of Stuart (illegitimate branch) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchDuringTerm | George III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Elizabeth Cosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | FitzRoy family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | 3rd Duke of Grafton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership during the period of growing tensions with the American colonies
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serving as Prime Minister of Great Britain during the early reign of George III ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1770-01-28 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1768-10-14 ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
NERFINISHED
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First Lord of the Treasury NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Privy Seal ⓘ Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge ⓘ Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds ⓘ Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ |
| precededBy | William Pitt the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Church of England ⓘ |
| signature | Signature of Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ⓘ |
| spouse |
Anne Liddell
NERFINISHED
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Elizabeth Wrottesley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Lord North NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton Description of subject: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, was an 18th-century British statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1768 to 1770 during the early reign of King George III.
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