Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr

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English nobleman colonial governor member of the House of Lords peer of England

Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, was an early 17th-century English nobleman and colonial governor of Virginia whose name became the source of the exonym “Delaware” for the Lenape people and the region.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr	8
3rd Baron De La Warr	2
Sir Thomas West, Lord De La Warr	2
Baron De La Warr	1
Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr canonical	1
Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr (ancestor)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T600139 — 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: Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr
Context triple: [Lenape, colonialExonymSource, Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr]

A. Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore
Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, was an 18th-century British nobleman and last proprietary governor of the Maryland colony, known for his extravagant lifestyle and controversial reputation.
B. Hugh Willoughby
Hugh Willoughby was a 16th-century English explorer and naval officer best known for his early attempts to discover a northeast sea route to Asia.
C. Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and landowner who controlled vast estates in colonial Virginia and played a significant role in the region’s early development.
D. William Strachey
William Strachey was an English writer and early colonist in Virginia best known for his detailed account of the Sea Venture shipwreck, which is thought to have influenced Shakespeare’s "The Tempest."
E. Sir George Carteret
Sir George Carteret was a 17th-century English royalist statesman and colonial proprietor who played a key role in the early governance and development of American colonies.
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: Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr
Target entity description: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, was an early 17th-century English nobleman and colonial governor of Virginia whose name became the source of the exonym “Delaware” for the Lenape people and the region.

A. Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore
Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, was an 18th-century British nobleman and last proprietary governor of the Maryland colony, known for his extravagant lifestyle and controversial reputation.
B. Hugh Willoughby
Hugh Willoughby was a 16th-century English explorer and naval officer best known for his early attempts to discover a northeast sea route to Asia.
C. Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and landowner who controlled vast estates in colonial Virginia and played a significant role in the region’s early development.
D. William Strachey
William Strachey was an English writer and early colonist in Virginia best known for his detailed account of the Sea Venture shipwreck, which is thought to have influenced Shakespeare’s "The Tempest."
E. Sir George Carteret
Sir George Carteret was a 17th-century English royalist statesman and colonial proprietor who played a key role in the early governance and development of American colonies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English nobleman ⓘ colonial governor ⓘ member of the House of Lords ⓘ peer of England ⓘ
aristocraticHouse	House of West ⓘ
associatedWith	British colonization of North America ⓘ Colony of Virginia ⓘ linked to: Colony and Dominion of Virginia
centuryOfActivity	17th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
ethnicGroupEponymOf	Delaware Indians ⓘ linked to: Lenape Lenape people (Delaware) ⓘ linked to: Lenape
familyName	West ⓘ
givenName	Thomas ⓘ
governedTerritory	Virginia Colony ⓘ linked to: Colony and Dominion of Virginia
hasExonymDerivedFromName	Delaware ⓘ linked to: Province of Delaware Delaware Bay ⓘ Delaware Indians ⓘ linked to: Lenape Delaware River ⓘ
historicalRegionAssociated	British America ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Lord ⓘ
influenced	exonym "Delaware" for the Lenape people ⓘ naming of the Delaware Bay ⓘ naming of the Delaware River ⓘ naming of the colony of Delaware ⓘ
knownAs	Lord De La Warr ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
nobleRank	baron ⓘ
nobleTitle	3rd Baron De La Warr ⓘ linked to: Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr
notableFor	being namesake of the exonym "Delaware" ⓘ early English colonial administration in Virginia ⓘ
partOf	English peerage ⓘ
positionHeld	Lord Governor and Captain-General of Virginia ⓘ linked to: Governor of Virginia governor of the Colony of Virginia ⓘ
regionEponymOf	Delaware (U.S. state) ⓘ linked to: Province of Delaware Delaware Bay ⓘ Delaware River ⓘ Delaware Valley ⓘ
religion	Church of England ⓘ
sphereOfActivity	English nobility ⓘ colonial administration ⓘ
titleHeld	Baron De La Warr ⓘ linked to: Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr

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