John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly
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John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly, was a prominent 19th-century British judge and politician who served as Master of the Rolls and played a key role in legal reform.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Romilly | 1 |
| John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17609847 — 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: John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly Context triple: [Sir Samuel Romilly, hasChild, John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly]
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A.
Sir Samuel Romilly
Sir Samuel Romilly was a prominent English legal reformer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, best known for his efforts to humanize the criminal law and reduce the use of the death penalty.
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B.
Edward Maitland
Edward Maitland was a 19th-century English writer and Christian mystic known for his spiritualist works and collaboration with Anna Kingsford on esoteric and theosophical subjects.
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C.
James Fitzjames Stephen
James Fitzjames Stephen was a 19th-century English judge, legal historian, and writer known for his influential works on criminal law and evidence.
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D.
John Somers, 1st Baron Somers
John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, was a prominent English Whig statesman and Lord Chancellor who played a key role in the Glorious Revolution and the development of constitutional monarchy in Britain.
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E.
Charles Metcalfe
Charles Metcalfe was a 19th-century British colonial administrator who served in several high-ranking imperial posts, including governorships in India and British North America.
- 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: John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly Target entity description: John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly, was a prominent 19th-century British judge and politician who served as Master of the Rolls and played a key role in legal reform.
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A.
Sir Samuel Romilly
Sir Samuel Romilly was a prominent English legal reformer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, best known for his efforts to humanize the criminal law and reduce the use of the death penalty.
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B.
Edward Maitland
Edward Maitland was a 19th-century English writer and Christian mystic known for his spiritualist works and collaboration with Anna Kingsford on esoteric and theosophical subjects.
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C.
James Fitzjames Stephen
James Fitzjames Stephen was a 19th-century English judge, legal historian, and writer known for his influential works on criminal law and evidence.
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D.
John Somers, 1st Baron Somers
John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, was a prominent English Whig statesman and Lord Chancellor who played a key role in the Glorious Revolution and the development of constitutional monarchy in Britain.
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E.
Charles Metcalfe
Charles Metcalfe was a 19th-century British colonial administrator who served in several high-ranking imperial posts, including governorships in India and British North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly