2nd Earl of Shelburne
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The 2nd Earl of Shelburne was a British statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1782 to 1783 and played a key role in negotiating the end of the American Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2nd Earl of Shelburne canonical | 1 |
| The Earl of Shelburne | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10853321 — 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: 2nd Earl of Shelburne Context triple: [William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, nobleTitle, 2nd Earl of Shelburne]
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John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne
John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne, was an 18th-century Irish-born British peer and politician who established the Shelburne title later held by his more famous son, the future Prime Minister William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne.
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Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst
Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst was a prominent British politician and statesman of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, serving as Foreign Secretary and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst was a prominent British Tory politician and statesman who served as Foreign Secretary and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies during the early 19th century.
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Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, was an 18th-century British Whig statesman who twice served as Prime Minister of Great Britain and was known for his opposition to royal influence and support for American colonial grievances.
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Viscount Pitt
Viscount Pitt is a British noble title historically associated with the prominent 18th-century statesman William Pitt the Elder.
- 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: 2nd Earl of Shelburne Target entity description: The 2nd Earl of Shelburne was a British statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1782 to 1783 and played a key role in negotiating the end of the American Revolutionary War.
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A.
John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne
John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne, was an 18th-century Irish-born British peer and politician who established the Shelburne title later held by his more famous son, the future Prime Minister William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne.
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B.
Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst
Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst was a prominent British politician and statesman of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, serving as Foreign Secretary and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies during the Napoleonic Wars.
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C.
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst was a prominent British Tory politician and statesman who served as Foreign Secretary and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies during the early 19th century.
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D.
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, was an 18th-century British Whig statesman who twice served as Prime Minister of Great Britain and was known for his opposition to royal influence and support for American colonial grievances.
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E.
Viscount Pitt
Viscount Pitt is a British noble title historically associated with the prominent 18th-century statesman William Pitt the Elder.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British prime minister
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British statesman ⓘ human ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
1st Marquess of Lansdowne
NERFINISHED
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The Earl of Shelburne NERFINISHED ⓘ William Petty-FitzMaurice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1737-05-02 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Bowood House, Wiltshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
John Petty, 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lord Henry Petty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Seven Years' War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1805-05-07 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Berkeley Square, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Christ Church, Oxford
ⓘ
University of Leiden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Petty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | John FitzMaurice, 1st Earl of Shelburne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Most Honourable ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | PC ⓘ |
| memberOf |
House of Lords
ⓘ
Privy Council of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| monarchDuringTerm | George III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Arabella Denny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | 2nd Earl of Shelburne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | helped negotiate the end of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| notableFor | reorganizing British policy after the loss of the American colonies ⓘ |
| notableWork | negotiation of the 1783 Treaty of Paris ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1783-04-02 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1782-07-04 ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Whig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Home Secretary of Great Britain
NERFINISHED
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Leader of the House of Lords ⓘ Member of the House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ Prime Minister of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Secretary of State for the Southern Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Marquess of Rockingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Bowood House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signature | Signature of William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne.svg ⓘ |
| spouse |
Louisa FitzPatrick
NERFINISHED
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Sophia Carteret NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy | The Duke of Portland 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: 2nd Earl of Shelburne Description of subject: The 2nd Earl of Shelburne was a British statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1782 to 1783 and played a key role in negotiating the end of the American Revolutionary War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Earl of Shelburne