James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn
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James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, was a prominent early 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who became the founding Earl of the influential Abercorn lineage.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16293416 — 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 Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn Context triple: [House of Abercorn, notableMember, James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn]
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James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn
James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn, was an 18th-century Scottish and Irish nobleman and politician who held high-ranking titles and estates within the influential Hamilton family.
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James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, was a prominent 19th-century British Conservative politician and nobleman who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and head of the influential Abercorn branch of the Hamilton family.
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James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn
James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn was a 20th-century British peer and politician who served as a prominent member of the aristocratic Hamilton family and held various ceremonial and public roles in the United Kingdom.
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D.
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn was a prominent British aristocrat and Conservative politician who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the late 19th century.
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James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn was a British peer and landowner who held senior ceremonial roles in Northern Ireland and was a prominent member of the aristocratic Hamilton 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 Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn Target entity description: James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, was a prominent early 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who became the founding Earl of the influential Abercorn lineage.
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A.
James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn
James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn, was an 18th-century Scottish and Irish nobleman and politician who held high-ranking titles and estates within the influential Hamilton family.
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B.
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, was a prominent 19th-century British Conservative politician and nobleman who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and head of the influential Abercorn branch of the Hamilton family.
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C.
James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn
James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn was a 20th-century British peer and politician who served as a prominent member of the aristocratic Hamilton family and held various ceremonial and public roles in the United Kingdom.
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D.
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn was a prominent British aristocrat and Conservative politician who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the late 19th century.
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E.
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn was a British peer and landowner who held senior ceremonial roles in Northern Ireland and was a prominent member of the aristocratic Hamilton family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.