William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland
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William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, was a British aristocrat and landowner who served as a prominent peer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was the father of the society hostess and patron of the arts Lady Ottoline Morrell.
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2696292 — 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)
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Target entity: William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland Context triple: [Ottoline Morrell, father, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland]
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George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, was a British peer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries who inherited the Grafton dukedom and sat in the House of Lords.
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William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, was an 18th-century British statesman who briefly served as Prime Minister and was a prominent member of the Whig aristocracy.
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Duke of Portland
The Duke of Portland was a title in the British peerage most notably held by William Cavendish-Bentinck, a prominent 18th–19th century statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, was an 18th-century British aristocrat and politician best known for his influential role in high society and his marriage to the celebrated socialite Georgiana Spencer.
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Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, was a prominent 19th-century British statesman and aristocrat who held senior political offices including Leader of the Liberal Party and later the Liberal Unionists.
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- 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: William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland Target entity description: William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, was a British aristocrat and landowner who served as a prominent peer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was the father of the society hostess and patron of the arts Lady Ottoline Morrell.
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George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, was a British peer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries who inherited the Grafton dukedom and sat in the House of Lords.
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William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, was an 18th-century British statesman who briefly served as Prime Minister and was a prominent member of the Whig aristocracy.
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Duke of Portland
The Duke of Portland was a title in the British peerage most notably held by William Cavendish-Bentinck, a prominent 18th–19th century statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, was an 18th-century British aristocrat and politician best known for his influential role in high society and his marriage to the celebrated socialite Georgiana Spencer.
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Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, was a prominent 19th-century British statesman and aristocrat who held senior political offices including Leader of the Liberal Party and later the Liberal Unionists.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Subject: William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland Description of subject: William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, was a British aristocrat and landowner who served as a prominent peer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was the father of the society hostess and patron of the arts Lady Ottoline Morrell.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland
Duke of Portland
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heldBy
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William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland
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linked to: William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland
William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland
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William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland
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William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland
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father
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William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland
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