Douglas Hurd
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Douglas Hurd is a British Conservative politician and author who served as UK Foreign Secretary under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Douglas Hurd canonical | 20 |
| Douglas Richard Hurd | 2 |
| Home Secretary Douglas Hurd | 1 |
| Kenneth Baker | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T520291 — 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: Douglas Hurd Context triple: [Witney, formerMP, Douglas Hurd]
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A.
William Hague
William Hague is a British Conservative politician and former Foreign Secretary who also served as Leader of the Opposition and held several senior cabinet posts.
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B.
Edward Heath
Edward Heath was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and led the country into the European Economic Community.
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C.
Alec Douglas-Home
Alec Douglas-Home was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964.
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D.
Anthony Eden
Anthony Eden was a British Conservative politician and diplomat who served as Foreign Secretary during World War II and later as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1957.
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E.
James Callaghan
James Callaghan was a British Labour politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and held all four of the UK's major offices of state during his career.
- 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: Douglas Hurd Target entity description: Douglas Hurd is a British Conservative politician and author who served as UK Foreign Secretary under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major.
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A.
William Hague
William Hague is a British Conservative politician and former Foreign Secretary who also served as Leader of the Opposition and held several senior cabinet posts.
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B.
Edward Heath
Edward Heath was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and led the country into the European Economic Community.
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C.
Alec Douglas-Home
Alec Douglas-Home was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964.
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D.
Anthony Eden
Anthony Eden was a British Conservative politician and diplomat who served as Foreign Secretary during World War II and later as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1957.
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E.
James Callaghan
James Callaghan was a British Labour politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and held all four of the UK's major offices of state during his career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British politician
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Conservative Party politician ⓘ author ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdPeerage | 1997 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1930-03-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Eton College
ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| familyName | Hurd ⓘ |
| father | Anthony Hurd ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
diplomacy
ⓘ
literature ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| fullName |
Douglas Richard Hurd
ⓘ
linked to:
Douglas Hurd
|
| givenName | Douglas ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | The Rt Hon ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
Privy Council
|
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Baron Hurd of Westwell ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Robert Peel: A Biography
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linked to:
Robert Peel
Scotch on the Rocks ⓘ The Palace of Enchantments ⓘ The Search for Peace ⓘ The Shape of Ideas ⓘ |
| occupation |
biographer
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novelist ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| officeEndTime |
Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom: 1995
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Home Secretary of the United Kingdom: 1989 ⓘ Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: 1985 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime |
Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom: 1989
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Home Secretary of the United Kingdom: 1985 ⓘ Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: 1984 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryGroup | Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
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linked to:
Marlborough, Wiltshire
|
| positionHeld |
Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
Home Secretary of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to:
Home Secretary
Life peer in the House of Lords ⓘ Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ⓘ Secretary of State for Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| residence |
Oxfordshire, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Oxfordshire
|
| servedUnder |
John Major
ⓘ
Margaret Thatcher ⓘ |
| spouse | Tatiana Hurd ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Douglas Hurd Description of subject: Douglas Hurd is a British Conservative politician and author who served as UK Foreign Secretary under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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