Lord Augustus FitzRoy

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British aristocrat British naval officer younger son of a duke

Lord Augustus FitzRoy was an 18th-century British naval officer and aristocrat, notable as a younger son of the 3rd Duke of Grafton and a member of the prominent FitzRoy family descended from King Charles II.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lord Augustus FitzRoy canonical	4
Augustus Henry FitzRoy	1
Lord Charles FitzRoy	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T326358 — 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: Lord Augustus FitzRoy
Context triple: [Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, father, Lord Augustus FitzRoy]

A. Prince Alfred of Great Britain
Prince Alfred of Great Britain was a short-lived son of King George III and Queen Charlotte, remembered primarily as one of the younger royal children who died in infancy.
B. Edward FitzRoy
Edward FitzRoy was a British Conservative politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1928 until his death in 1943, overseeing Parliament through much of the interwar period and the early years of World War II.
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. William Wellesley-Pole
William Wellesley-Pole was a British politician and nobleman of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his senior governmental roles and as a member of the influential Wellesley family that included the Duke of Wellington.
E. Lord Barham
Lord Barham was a British naval commander and statesman of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, noted for his leadership and administrative reforms in the Royal Navy.
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: Lord Augustus FitzRoy
Target entity description: Lord Augustus FitzRoy was an 18th-century British naval officer and aristocrat, notable as a younger son of the 3rd Duke of Grafton and a member of the prominent FitzRoy family descended from King Charles II.

A. Prince Alfred of Great Britain
Prince Alfred of Great Britain was a short-lived son of King George III and Queen Charlotte, remembered primarily as one of the younger royal children who died in infancy.
B. Edward FitzRoy
Edward FitzRoy was a British Conservative politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1928 until his death in 1943, overseeing Parliament through much of the interwar period and the early years of World War II.
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. William Wellesley-Pole
William Wellesley-Pole was a British politician and nobleman of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his senior governmental roles and as a member of the influential Wellesley family that included the Duke of Wellington.
E. Lord Barham
Lord Barham was a British naval commander and statesman of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, noted for his leadership and administrative reforms in the Royal Navy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (28)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British aristocrat ⓘ British naval officer ⓘ younger son of a duke ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	18th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
descent	descendant of King Charles II of England ⓘ descendant of the House of Stuart ⓘ
ethnicGroup	English ⓘ
familyName	FitzRoy ⓘ
father	Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton ⓘ linked to: The Duke of Grafton
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Augustus ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
memberOf	FitzRoy family ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Navy ⓘ
nobleFamily	FitzRoy family ⓘ House of Stuart (illegitimate branch) ⓘ linked to: Fitz-James Stuart family
nobleTitle	Lord ⓘ
notableFor	being a younger son of the 3rd Duke of Grafton ⓘ membership in the prominent FitzRoy family descended from King Charles II ⓘ service as an officer in the Royal Navy in the 18th century ⓘ
occupation	military officer ⓘ naval officer ⓘ
paternalAncestor	King Charles II of England ⓘ linked to: Charles II of England
paternalFamilyName	FitzRoy ⓘ
paternalLineage	House of Grafton ⓘ
socialClass	British nobility ⓘ
style	Lord ⓘ