Benedict Swingate Calvert
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Benedict Swingate Calvert was an 18th-century Maryland planter and politician, an illegitimate son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, who became a prominent colonial official.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Benedict Swingate Calvert canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9610112 — 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: Benedict Swingate Calvert Context triple: [Eleanor Calvert, father, Benedict Swingate Calvert]
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A.
Leonard Calvert
Leonard Calvert was the first proprietary governor of Maryland and a key colonial leader who helped establish one of the earliest English settlements in North America.
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B.
Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore
Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore was an 18th-century British nobleman and proprietary governor of Maryland, overseeing the colony during a period of political and religious tension prior to the American Revolution.
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C.
Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore
Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, was an 18th-century British nobleman and last proprietary governor of the Maryland colony, known for his extravagant lifestyle and controversial reputation.
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D.
Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore
Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore was an English nobleman and proprietary governor of Maryland who played a key role in the colony’s early 18th-century political and religious affairs.
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E.
Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, was an English nobleman and colonial proprietor best known for founding and governing the Province of Maryland as a haven for English Catholics in the 17th century.
- 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: Benedict Swingate Calvert Target entity description: Benedict Swingate Calvert was an 18th-century Maryland planter and politician, an illegitimate son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, who became a prominent colonial official.
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A.
Leonard Calvert
Leonard Calvert was the first proprietary governor of Maryland and a key colonial leader who helped establish one of the earliest English settlements in North America.
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B.
Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore
Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore was an 18th-century British nobleman and proprietary governor of Maryland, overseeing the colony during a period of political and religious tension prior to the American Revolution.
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C.
Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore
Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, was an 18th-century British nobleman and last proprietary governor of the Maryland colony, known for his extravagant lifestyle and controversial reputation.
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D.
Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore
Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore was an English nobleman and proprietary governor of Maryland who played a key role in the colony’s early 18th-century political and religious affairs.
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E.
Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, was an English nobleman and colonial proprietor best known for founding and governing the Province of Maryland as a haven for English Catholics in the 17th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial official
ⓘ
colonial politician ⓘ person ⓘ planter ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Province of Maryland proprietary administration ⓘ |
| birthDate | circa 1722 ⓘ |
| child |
Benedict Calvert Jr.
ⓘ
Charles Calvert ⓘ
linked to:
Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore
Eleanor Calvert ⓘ several other children ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| deathDate | January 9, 1788 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
England (as a youth)
ⓘ
linked to:
England
|
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Calvert ⓘ |
| father | Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore ⓘ |
| fullName | Benedict Swingate Calvert ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Benedict ⓘ |
| governedBy | proprietary government of Maryland ⓘ |
| heritage | illegitimate son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Calvert family ⓘ |
| mother | unidentified woman ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Calvert family ⓘ |
| notableEvent | marriage of daughter Eleanor Calvert to John Parke Custis ⓘ |
| notableWork | development and management of Mount Airy plantation ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
planter ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| owned |
Mount Airy plantation
ⓘ
linked to:
Mount Airy Plantation
enslaved people ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | probably England ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Mount Airy, Prince George's County, Maryland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Mount Airy, Prince George's County, Maryland ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Loyalist sympathies during the American Revolution ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
clerk of the Maryland Council
ⓘ
judge of the Land Office of Maryland ⓘ member of the Governor's Council of Maryland ⓘ surveyor of customs for the Patuxent district ⓘ |
| relative |
George Washington
ⓘ
John Parke Custis ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| residence |
Prince George's County, Maryland
ⓘ
linked to:
Prince George’s County, Maryland
Province of Maryland ⓘ |
| socialStatus | colonial elite ⓘ |
| spouse | Elizabeth Calvert ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Benedict Swingate Calvert Description of subject: Benedict Swingate Calvert was an 18th-century Maryland planter and politician, an illegitimate son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, who became a prominent colonial official.
Referenced by (2)
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