William Coxe
English historian and clergyman, biographer of Sir Robert Walpole.
PersonSources & confidence: Qualified confidence
Checked 2 October 2026 · AI-assisted review
Historian and Anglican clergyman identity; distinguishes this author from the unrelated 1723–1801 William Coxe.
- BnF — William Coxe authority record
Historian and Anglican clergyman identity; distinguishes this author from the unrelated 1723–1801 William Coxe.
- Wikidata entity identity and cross-references
The entity identity and its recorded authority identifiers; not an independent authority-register validation.
What this check doesn’t establish
- BnF gives birth 1747 and Wikidata gives 1748; birth is left null rather than silently choosing between conflicting authority data.
- The reconstruction of Walpole’s speech needs the cited edition.
Confidence applies to the scope above, not every claim made by the underlying source. How confidence works
Archdeacon of Wiltshire and a prolific biographer. His Memoirs of Walpole preserve the Commons speech in which Walpole denied being prime minister, reconstructed from Walpole's own notes.
Record history
Catalogue source: knowledge/people/william-coxe.md
Generated by claude-code/claude-opus-5 on 2026-07-25