The Duke of Grafton

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British statesman Prime Minister of Great Britain human nobleman

The Duke of Grafton was an 18th-century British statesman who served as Prime Minister during the early reign of King George III and the turbulent years leading up to the American Revolution.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Duke of Grafton	37
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton	8
3rd Duke of Grafton	3
The Duke of Grafton canonical	2
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton	1
Dukes of Grafton	1
His Grace The Duke of Grafton	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T91237 — 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: The Duke of Grafton
Context triple: [William Pitt the Elder, successorAsPrimeMinister, The Duke of Grafton]

A. Duke of Cumberland
The Duke of Cumberland was a British royal prince and military commander known for his controversial leadership in mid-18th-century European and Jacobite conflicts.
B. Duke of York
The Duke of York is a hereditary title in the British royal family traditionally granted to the second son of the reigning monarch.
C. James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, was an Anglo-French soldier and illegitimate son of King James II of England who became a prominent marshal in the French army during the War of the Spanish Succession.
D. Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, was a British royal prince, the third son of King George V, who served as a senior member of the royal family and briefly as Governor-General of Australia.
E. Duke of Hamilton
The Duke of Hamilton is the premier ducal title in the Peerage of Scotland, traditionally held by the head of the influential Hamilton family and historically associated with high rank and political prominence in Scottish nobility.
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: The Duke of Grafton
Target entity description: The Duke of Grafton was an 18th-century British statesman who served as Prime Minister during the early reign of King George III and the turbulent years leading up to the American Revolution.

A. Duke of Cumberland
The Duke of Cumberland was a British royal prince and military commander known for his controversial leadership in mid-18th-century European and Jacobite conflicts.
B. Duke of York
The Duke of York is a hereditary title in the British royal family traditionally granted to the second son of the reigning monarch.
C. James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, was an Anglo-French soldier and illegitimate son of King James II of England who became a prominent marshal in the French army during the War of the Spanish Succession.
D. Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, was a British royal prince, the third son of King George V, who served as a senior member of the royal family and briefly as Governor-General of Australia.
E. Duke of Hamilton
The Duke of Hamilton is the premier ducal title in the Peerage of Scotland, traditionally held by the head of the influential Hamilton family and historically associated with high rank and political prominence in Scottish nobility.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British statesman ⓘ Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ human ⓘ nobleman ⓘ
child	General Sir Henry FitzRoy ⓘ George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton ⓘ Lord Charles FitzRoy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1735-09-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1811-03-14 ⓘ
educatedAt	Peterhouse, Cambridge ⓘ Westminster School ⓘ
endTime	1811-03-14 ⓘ
familyName	FitzRoy ⓘ
father	Lord Augustus FitzRoy ⓘ
fullName	Augustus Henry FitzRoy ⓘ linked to: Lord Augustus FitzRoy
givenName	Augustus ⓘ
memberOf	House of Lords ⓘ Privy Council of Great Britain ⓘ linked to: Privy Council
monarchDuringTerm	George III ⓘ linked to: George III of the United Kingdom
mother	Elizabeth Cosby ⓘ
nobleTitle	3rd Duke of Grafton ⓘ linked to: The Duke of Grafton
notableEvent	Oversaw government during the lead-up to the American Revolution ⓘ
notableFor	Serving as Prime Minister under King George III in the late 1760s ⓘ
notableWork	Leadership during early years of the American colonial crisis ⓘ
officeContested	Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge ⓘ Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds ⓘ
parliamentaryGroup	Whig ⓘ linked to: Whig Party
placeOfBirth	England ⓘ London ⓘ linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath	England ⓘ Euston Hall ⓘ linked to: Euston Hall, Suffolk Suffolk ⓘ
positionHeld	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ⓘ First Lord of the Treasury ⓘ Lord Privy Seal ⓘ Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ Member of Parliament ⓘ Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ
precededBy	The Earl of Chatham ⓘ linked to: John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham
religion	Church of England ⓘ
residence	Euston Hall ⓘ linked to: Euston Hall, Suffolk
spouse	Anne Liddell ⓘ Elizabeth Wrottesley ⓘ
startTime	1735-09-28 ⓘ
succeededBy	Lord North ⓘ
termEnd	1770-01-28 ⓘ
termStart	1768-10-14 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Pitt the Elder → successorAsPrimeMinister → The Duke of Grafton ⓘ

Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton → nobleTitle → 3rd Duke of Grafton ⓘ

subject linked to: The Duke of Grafton (de facto), The Marquess of Rockingham (de jure predecessor in office sequence)