James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater
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James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who held high office and influence within the British and Scottish aristocracy.
All labels observed (1)
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| James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15546436 — 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, 4th Earl of Findlater Context triple: [Clan Ogilvy, notableMember, James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater]
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A.
James Crichton, 4th Earl of Findlater
James Crichton, 4th Earl of Findlater, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a prominent role in the government of Scotland.
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B.
James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield
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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C.
James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Airlie
James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Airlie was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and royalist who played a prominent role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms as a supporter of King Charles I.
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D.
James Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores
James Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores, was a Scottish nobleman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who was elevated to the peerage as Lord Lindores and became a prominent member of the influential Leslie family.
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E.
James Erskine, 7th Earl of Buchan
James Erskine, 7th Earl of Buchan was a Scottish nobleman and peer who held the historic Earldom of Buchan as a prominent member of the Erskine family.
- 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, 4th Earl of Findlater Target entity description: James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who held high office and influence within the British and Scottish aristocracy.
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A.
James Crichton, 4th Earl of Findlater
James Crichton, 4th Earl of Findlater, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a prominent role in the government of Scotland.
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B.
James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield
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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C.
James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Airlie
James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Airlie was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and royalist who played a prominent role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms as a supporter of King Charles I.
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D.
James Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores
James Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores, was a Scottish nobleman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who was elevated to the peerage as Lord Lindores and became a prominent member of the influential Leslie family.
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E.
James Erskine, 7th Earl of Buchan
James Erskine, 7th Earl of Buchan was a Scottish nobleman and peer who held the historic Earldom of Buchan as a prominent member of the Erskine family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.