James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield
E1028593
James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield, was a prominent Scottish statesman and nobleman who played a key role in the political negotiations leading to the 1707 Acts of Union between Scotland and England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12616348 — 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: James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield Context triple: [Secretary of State of Scotland, positionHeldBy, James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield]
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John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair
John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century Scottish politician and lawyer, notably involved in the government of Scotland around the time of the Glorious Revolution and the 1707 Acts of Union.
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B.
James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar
James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and military commander who played a prominent role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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C.
Alexander Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie
Alexander Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie, was a 19th-century Scottish businessman and Liberal politician who was elevated to the peerage and is notably associated with Fyvie Castle in Aberdeenshire.
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D.
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, was a prominent Scottish soldier, diplomat, and statesman who served as a senior British commander during the War of the Austrian Succession.
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E.
James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose
James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose, was a prominent early 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who held high office under the British crown and was influential in the politics of the Acts of Union between Scotland and England.
- 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: James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield Target entity description: James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield, was a prominent Scottish statesman and nobleman who played a key role in the political negotiations leading to the 1707 Acts of Union between Scotland and England.
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A.
John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair
John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century Scottish politician and lawyer, notably involved in the government of Scotland around the time of the Glorious Revolution and the 1707 Acts of Union.
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B.
James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar
James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and military commander who played a prominent role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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C.
Alexander Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie
Alexander Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie, was a 19th-century Scottish businessman and Liberal politician who was elevated to the peerage and is notably associated with Fyvie Castle in Aberdeenshire.
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D.
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, was a prominent Scottish soldier, diplomat, and statesman who served as a senior British commander during the War of the Austrian Succession.
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E.
James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose
James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose, was a prominent early 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who held high office under the British crown and was influential in the politics of the Acts of Union between Scotland and England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish nobleman
ⓘ
human ⓘ politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| aristocraticFamily | Clan Ogilvy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1663 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cullen, Banffshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1730 ⓘ |
| familyName | Ogilvy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | James Ogilvy, 3rd Earl of Findlater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| heldOfficeDuringEvent | Scottish debates on the Acts of Union ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| knownFor | influence on the passage of the Union with England Act 1707 in the Scottish Parliament ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Privy Council of Scotland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scottish Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchServed |
Queen Anne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William III of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Anne Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Earl of Seafield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lord Ogilvy of Deskford NERFINISHED ⓘ Viscount Seafield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Acts of Union 1707 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | negotiations leading to the Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryRole | Commissioner for Cullen in the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ |
| playedRole | key negotiator in the political union between Scotland and England ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | pro-Union ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Lord Chancellor of Scotland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lord Chief Baron of the Scottish Exchequer NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Member of the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ Secretary of State of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | James Ogilvy, 3rd Earl of Findlater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
ⓘ
surface form:
Presbyterianism
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| spouse | Anne Dunbar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy | James Ogilvy, 2nd Earl of Seafield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | union between Scotland and England ⓘ |
| titleCreated | Earl of Seafield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleCreationDate | 1701 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield Description of subject: James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield, was a prominent Scottish statesman and nobleman who played a key role in the political negotiations leading to the 1707 Acts of Union between Scotland and England.
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