Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland
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Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland, was a British diplomat and peer who served as the final holder of the Portland dukedom in the 20th century.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 9th Duke of Portland | 2 |
| Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland canonical | 1 |
| Victor Frederick William Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3296994 — 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: Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland Context triple: [Duke of Portland, lastHolder, Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland]
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A.
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland
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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B.
William Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland
William Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland was an 18th-century British nobleman and politician who rose to prominence as a leading Whig peer and influential landowner.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire
Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire, was a prominent British aristocrat and politician who modernized the Chatsworth estate and served as a senior figure in the postwar Conservative Party.
- 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: Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland Target entity description: Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland, was a British diplomat and peer who served as the final holder of the Portland dukedom in the 20th century.
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A.
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland
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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B.
William Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland
William Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland was an 18th-century British nobleman and politician who rose to prominence as a leading Whig peer and influential landowner.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire
Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire, was a prominent British aristocrat and politician who modernized the Chatsworth estate and served as a senior figure in the postwar Conservative Party.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British diplomat
ⓘ
British peer ⓘ Duke of Portland ⓘ human ⓘ |
| aristocraticTitleJurisdiction | Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName |
Cavendish-Bentinck
ⓘ
linked to:
Bentinck family
|
| givenName | Victor ⓘ |
| hasHonorificPrefix | His Grace ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
The Duke of Portland
ⓘ
linked to:
Duke of Portland
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOfNobleFamily |
Cavendish-Bentinck family
ⓘ
linked to:
Bentinck family
|
| nobleRank | duke ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Duke of Portland ⓘ |
| nobleTitleStatus | extinct dukedom ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the final holder of the Portland dukedom ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
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peer ⓘ |
| ordinalInTitle | 9th Duke of Portland ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
British ambassador
ⓘ
diplomat in the British Foreign Service ⓘ |
| residence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| titleHeld | 9th Duke of Portland ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland Description of subject: Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland, was a British diplomat and peer who served as the final holder of the Portland dukedom in the 20th century.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland
linked to: Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland
linked to: Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland