Percy Cox
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Percy Cox was a British colonial administrator and diplomat who played a key role in shaping modern Iraq and the Persian Gulf region in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Percy Cox canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3695785 — 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: Percy Cox Context triple: [British Iraq Mandate, highCommissioner, Percy Cox]
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A.
Bernard Coard
Bernard Coard is a Grenadian politician and former Marxist leader best known for his key role in the 1979–1983 Grenadian Revolution and the internal power struggle that led to the collapse of the revolutionary government.
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B.
Claude Auchinleck
Claude Auchinleck was a senior British Army officer and field marshal best known for his leadership of Allied forces in the Middle East during the early stages of World War II.
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C.
Lloyd Bryce
Lloyd Bryce was an American editor, politician, and diplomat best known for his influential leadership of the North American Review in the late 19th century.
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D.
Herbert Jenkins
Herbert Jenkins was a British publishing company best known for issuing popular fiction, including many works by P. G. Wodehouse.
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E.
Cecil Harcourt-Smith
Cecil Harcourt-Smith was a British archaeologist and museum director best known for his leadership roles at the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in the early 20th century.
- 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: Percy Cox Target entity description: Percy Cox was a British colonial administrator and diplomat who played a key role in shaping modern Iraq and the Persian Gulf region in the early 20th century.
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A.
Bernard Coard
Bernard Coard is a Grenadian politician and former Marxist leader best known for his key role in the 1979–1983 Grenadian Revolution and the internal power struggle that led to the collapse of the revolutionary government.
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B.
Claude Auchinleck
Claude Auchinleck was a senior British Army officer and field marshal best known for his leadership of Allied forces in the Middle East during the early stages of World War II.
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C.
Lloyd Bryce
Lloyd Bryce was an American editor, politician, and diplomat best known for his influential leadership of the North American Review in the late 19th century.
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D.
Herbert Jenkins
Herbert Jenkins was a British publishing company best known for issuing popular fiction, including many works by P. G. Wodehouse.
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E.
Cecil Harcourt-Smith
Cecil Harcourt-Smith was a British archaeologist and museum director best known for his leadership roles at the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British colonial administrator
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diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1864-11-20 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1937-02-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cheltenham College
ⓘ
Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ |
| employer |
British Empire
ⓘ
British Foreign Office ⓘ
linked to:
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
British Indian Army ⓘ |
| familyName | Cox ⓘ |
| fullName | Sir Percy Zachariah Cox ⓘ |
| givenName | Percy ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| influenced |
British policy in the Persian Gulf
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Iraq–Kuwait border delineation ⓘ formation of the Hashemite monarchy in Iraq ⓘ political structure of modern Iraq ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
British Indian Army
ⓘ
Indian Political Service ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Major-General ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
installation of Faisal I as King of Iraq
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mediation of tribal and territorial disputes in the Persian Gulf ⓘ negotiation of borders in the Persian Gulf region ⓘ negotiation of the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1922 ⓘ role in the 1921 Cairo Conference on Middle East policy ⓘ shaping the modern state of Iraq ⓘ |
| occupation |
army officer
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colonial administrator ⓘ diplomat ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
British administration of occupied Mesopotamia
ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to:
World War I
|
| placeOfDeath | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
British Minister to Persia
ⓘ
Chief Political Officer, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force ⓘ High Commissioner in Mesopotamia ⓘ Political Resident in the Persian Gulf ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
India
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Iraq ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ Persia ⓘ Persian Gulf ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Percy Cox Description of subject: Percy Cox was a British colonial administrator and diplomat who played a key role in shaping modern Iraq and the Persian Gulf region in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.