William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale
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William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale was a 19th-century British Conservative politician and nobleman who held several prominent regional and national offices.
All labels observed (1)
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| William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13650473 — 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: William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale Context triple: [Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland, officeHeldBy, William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale]
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William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale
William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale, was a prominent late 18th- and early 19th-century British Tory politician and aristocrat who held several high offices and wielded significant regional and national influence.
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B.
The Earl of Lonsdale
The Earl of Lonsdale is a celebrated portrait painting by Irish artist Sir William Orpen, depicting the aristocratic British sportsman and peer Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale.
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C.
Henry Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood
Henry Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood, was an 18th-century British landowner, politician, and wealthy West Indies plantation owner who founded the Lascelles family’s prominence at Harewood in Yorkshire.
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D.
Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood
Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood was an 18th–19th century British peer and politician who became the first Earl of Harewood and a prominent member of the Yorkshire aristocracy.
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E.
Baron Lansdowne
Baron Lansdowne is a hereditary noble title in the British peerage historically associated with the influential Lansdowne family.
- 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: William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale Target entity description: William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale was a 19th-century British Conservative politician and nobleman who held several prominent regional and national offices.
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A.
William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale
William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale, was a prominent late 18th- and early 19th-century British Tory politician and aristocrat who held several high offices and wielded significant regional and national influence.
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B.
The Earl of Lonsdale
The Earl of Lonsdale is a celebrated portrait painting by Irish artist Sir William Orpen, depicting the aristocratic British sportsman and peer Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale.
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C.
Henry Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood
Henry Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood, was an 18th-century British landowner, politician, and wealthy West Indies plantation owner who founded the Lascelles family’s prominence at Harewood in Yorkshire.
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D.
Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood
Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood was an 18th–19th century British peer and politician who became the first Earl of Harewood and a prominent member of the Yorkshire aristocracy.
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E.
Baron Lansdowne
Baron Lansdowne is a hereditary noble title in the British peerage historically associated with the influential Lansdowne family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.