Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham
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Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham, was a British aristocrat, cricketer, and Governor-General of New Zealand in the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
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| Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11670479 — 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: Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham Context triple: [Viscount Cobham, hasTitleHolder, Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham]
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Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham
Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, was a British aristocrat and politician who served as Governor-General of New Zealand in the mid-20th century.
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Charles Lyttelton, 8th Viscount Cobham
Charles Lyttelton, 8th Viscount Cobham, was a British aristocrat, politician, and cricketer who served as Governor-General of New Zealand from 1957 to 1962.
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John Lyttelton, 9th Viscount Cobham
John Lyttelton, 9th Viscount Cobham, was a British peer and Conservative politician who served as a Member of Parliament before inheriting the Cobham viscountcy.
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John Lyttelton, 11th Viscount Cobham
John Lyttelton, 11th Viscount Cobham, was a British peer and Conservative politician who served in the House of Lords and was a member of the prominent Lyttelton family.
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Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham
Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, was an influential early 18th-century British soldier and Whig politician renowned for his military service in the War of the Spanish Succession and for developing the celebrated landscape gardens at Stowe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham Target entity description: Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham, was a British aristocrat, cricketer, and Governor-General of New Zealand in the mid-20th century.
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A.
Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham
Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, was a British aristocrat and politician who served as Governor-General of New Zealand in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Charles Lyttelton, 8th Viscount Cobham
Charles Lyttelton, 8th Viscount Cobham, was a British aristocrat, politician, and cricketer who served as Governor-General of New Zealand from 1957 to 1962.
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C.
John Lyttelton, 9th Viscount Cobham
John Lyttelton, 9th Viscount Cobham, was a British peer and Conservative politician who served as a Member of Parliament before inheriting the Cobham viscountcy.
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D.
John Lyttelton, 11th Viscount Cobham
John Lyttelton, 11th Viscount Cobham, was a British peer and Conservative politician who served in the House of Lords and was a member of the prominent Lyttelton family.
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E.
Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham
Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, was an influential early 18th-century British soldier and Whig politician renowned for his military service in the War of the Spanish Succession and for developing the celebrated landscape gardens at Stowe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British aristocrat
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Governor-General of New Zealand ⓘ cricketer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| battingStyle | right-handed batsman ⓘ |
| bowlingStyle | right-arm fast-medium ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Hagley, Worcestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1909-08-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1977-03-19 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Eton College
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Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| father | John Lyttelton, 9th Viscount Cobham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Charles John Lyttelton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governorGeneralOf | New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honour |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order ⓘ Knight of the Garter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
first-class cricket career in England
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vice-regal patronage of sport in New Zealand ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Lords ⓘ |
| militaryService | British Army ⓘ |
| monarchDuringTerm | Elizabeth II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Violet Yolande Leonard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Lyttelton family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 8 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| placeOfDeath | Stone, Worcestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedFor |
Cambridge University Cricket Club
NERFINISHED
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Marylebone Cricket Club NERFINISHED ⓘ Worcestershire County Cricket Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Conservative Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor-General of New Zealand
NERFINISHED
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President of the Marylebone Cricket Club ⓘ |
| precededBy | Willoughby Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| residence | Hagley Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signature | signature of Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham ⓘ |
| sport | cricket ⓘ |
| spouse | Elizabeth Alison Makeig-Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Bernard Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termEnd | 1962-09-13 ⓘ |
| termStart | 1957-09-05 ⓘ |
| title | 12th Viscount Cobham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham Description of subject: Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham, was a British aristocrat, cricketer, and Governor-General of New Zealand in the mid-20th century.
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