15th Earl of Derby
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The 15th Earl of Derby, Edward Stanley, was a prominent 19th-century British Conservative politician and statesman who served three times as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
All labels observed (1)
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| 15th Earl of Derby canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9908731 — 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: 15th Earl of Derby Context triple: [Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, nobleTitle, 15th Earl of Derby]
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16th Earl of Derby
The 16th Earl of Derby was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada in the late 19th century.
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B.
10th Earl of Derby
The 10th Earl of Derby, James Stanley, was a prominent English nobleman and Royalist supporter during the English Civil War who was executed for his loyalty to King Charles I.
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C.
14th Earl of Derby
The 14th Earl of Derby is a hereditary title in the British peerage historically associated with the influential Smith-Stanley family and their political prominence in 19th-century Britain.
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D.
12th Earl of Derby
The 12th Earl of Derby was an 18th-century British nobleman and racehorse owner whose name was given to the famous Epsom Derby horse race.
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E.
23rd Earl of Derby
The 23rd Earl of Derby is a hereditary British peerage title in the Stanley family, historically associated with significant political influence and extensive landholdings in Lancashire and beyond.
- 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: 15th Earl of Derby Target entity description: The 15th Earl of Derby, Edward Stanley, was a prominent 19th-century British Conservative politician and statesman who served three times as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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A.
16th Earl of Derby
The 16th Earl of Derby was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada in the late 19th century.
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B.
10th Earl of Derby
The 10th Earl of Derby, James Stanley, was a prominent English nobleman and Royalist supporter during the English Civil War who was executed for his loyalty to King Charles I.
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C.
14th Earl of Derby
The 14th Earl of Derby is a hereditary title in the British peerage historically associated with the influential Smith-Stanley family and their political prominence in 19th-century Britain.
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D.
12th Earl of Derby
The 12th Earl of Derby was an 18th-century British nobleman and racehorse owner whose name was given to the famous Epsom Derby horse race.
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E.
23rd Earl of Derby
The 23rd Earl of Derby is a hereditary British peerage title in the Stanley family, historically associated with significant political influence and extensive landholdings in Lancashire and beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British politician
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ human ⓘ member of the House of Lords ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1799-03-29 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Knowsley Hall
NERFINISHED
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Lancashire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (Foreign Secretary) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1869-10-23 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Knowsley Hall
NERFINISHED
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Lancashire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Christ Church, Oxford
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Eton College ⓘ |
| familyName | Smith-Stanley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Edward ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leading the Conservative Party in the mid-19th century
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serving three times as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Conservative Party (UK)
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Whig Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchDuringTerm | Queen Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Charlotte Hornby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | Earl ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Earl of Derby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Reform Act 1867 (as party leader and Prime Minister) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ordinalNumber | 15th Earl of Derby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermEnd |
first term as Prime Minister: 1852-12-17
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second term as Prime Minister: 1859-06-11 ⓘ third term as Prime Minister: 1868-02-25 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermStart |
first term as Prime Minister: 1852-02-23
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second term as Prime Minister: 1858-02-20 ⓘ third term as Prime Minister: 1866-06-28 ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chancellor of the Exchequer
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Chief Secretary for Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Leader of the Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ Leader of the House of Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire NERFINISHED ⓘ Prime Minister of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Secretary of State for War and the Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Earl Russell
NERFINISHED
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Lord John Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ Viscount Palmerston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Church of England ⓘ |
| spouse | Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Benjamin Disraeli
NERFINISHED
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Earl of Aberdeen NERFINISHED ⓘ Viscount Palmerston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 15th Earl of Derby Description of subject: The 15th Earl of Derby, Edward Stanley, was a prominent 19th-century British Conservative politician and statesman who served three times as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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