William Widdrington, 1st Baron Widdrington
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William Widdrington, 1st Baron Widdrington, was a 17th-century English nobleman and Royalist supporter during the English Civil War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sir William Widdrington | 1 |
| William Widdrington, 1st Baron Widdrington canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18683872 — 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 Widdrington, 1st Baron Widdrington Context triple: [Widdrington, hasNotableBearer, William Widdrington, 1st Baron Widdrington]
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William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington
William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington, was an English Jacobite nobleman and military leader who played a prominent role in the 1715 uprising against the Hanoverian monarchy.
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Samuel Edward Widdrington
Samuel Edward Widdrington was a 19th-century British naval officer and writer on Spain whose name was given to the conifer genus Widdringtonia.
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Sir William Worthy
Sir William Worthy is a central laird-like figure in Allan Ramsay’s pastoral drama "The Gentle Shepherd," representing the benevolent, aristocratic ideal within the play’s Scottish rural setting.
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William Dorrington
William Dorrington was a Jacobite military officer who served as a senior commander in the Irish Williamite War, notably leading forces at major engagements such as the Battle of Aughrim.
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Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville
Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville, was an early 18th-century British peer and politician who served as a prominent Whig statesman and held several important offices under King George I.
- 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 Widdrington, 1st Baron Widdrington Target entity description: William Widdrington, 1st Baron Widdrington, was a 17th-century English nobleman and Royalist supporter during the English Civil War.
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A.
William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington
William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington, was an English Jacobite nobleman and military leader who played a prominent role in the 1715 uprising against the Hanoverian monarchy.
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B.
Samuel Edward Widdrington
Samuel Edward Widdrington was a 19th-century British naval officer and writer on Spain whose name was given to the conifer genus Widdringtonia.
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C.
Sir William Worthy
Sir William Worthy is a central laird-like figure in Allan Ramsay’s pastoral drama "The Gentle Shepherd," representing the benevolent, aristocratic ideal within the play’s Scottish rural setting.
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D.
William Dorrington
William Dorrington was a Jacobite military officer who served as a senior commander in the Irish Williamite War, notably leading forces at major engagements such as the Battle of Aughrim.
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E.
Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville
Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville, was an early 18th-century British peer and politician who served as a prominent Whig statesman and held several important offices under King George I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: William Widdrington, 1st Baron Widdrington