Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington
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Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, was a British Conservative politician and colonial administrator best known for serving as a governor in Australia and for giving his name to the popular lamington cake.
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| Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14063470 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington Context triple: [Colony of Queensland, governor, Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington]
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Sir Thomas Brisbane
Sir Thomas Brisbane was a 19th-century Scottish soldier, colonial governor of New South Wales, and noted astronomer after whom the Australian city of Brisbane is named.
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Francis Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Baron Ducie
Francis Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Baron Ducie was an 18th-century British naval officer and peer of the realm, remembered in part for having the remote Pacific Ducie Island named in his honor.
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Sir John Tonkin
Sir John Tonkin was an Australian Labor politician who served as Premier of Western Australia in the early 1970s and held several key ministerial roles during a long state parliamentary career.
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D.
Viscount Bruce of Melbourne
Viscount Bruce of Melbourne is the noble title granted to Stanley Bruce, a prominent Australian statesman and former Prime Minister who later served as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
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George Staunton
George Staunton is a central figure in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Heart of Midlothian," known for his complex, morally ambiguous role that intertwines crime, guilt, and redemption.
- 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: Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington Target entity description: Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, was a British Conservative politician and colonial administrator best known for serving as a governor in Australia and for giving his name to the popular lamington cake.
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A.
Sir Thomas Brisbane
Sir Thomas Brisbane was a 19th-century Scottish soldier, colonial governor of New South Wales, and noted astronomer after whom the Australian city of Brisbane is named.
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B.
Francis Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Baron Ducie
Francis Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Baron Ducie was an 18th-century British naval officer and peer of the realm, remembered in part for having the remote Pacific Ducie Island named in his honor.
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C.
Sir John Tonkin
Sir John Tonkin was an Australian Labor politician who served as Premier of Western Australia in the early 1970s and held several key ministerial roles during a long state parliamentary career.
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D.
Viscount Bruce of Melbourne
Viscount Bruce of Melbourne is the noble title granted to Stanley Bruce, a prominent Australian statesman and former Prime Minister who later served as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
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E.
George Staunton
George Staunton is a central figure in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Heart of Midlothian," known for his complex, morally ambiguous role that intertwines crime, guilt, and redemption.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.