William Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton
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William Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton, was a Scottish nobleman of the influential Hamilton family who held one of the highest-ranking peerage titles in Scotland.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16408242 — 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: William Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton Context triple: [James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, father, William Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton]
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James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a key role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and the complex power struggles surrounding Charles I.
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William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton
William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and peer who held one of the highest-ranking titles in the Scottish aristocracy during a period of significant political upheaval.
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James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and Royalist leader during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms who played a key role in the political and military struggles surrounding King Charles I.
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Archibald Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
Archibald Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who became the first to hold the ducal title of Hamilton in the Peerage of Scotland.
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William Douglas-Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Hamilton
William Douglas-Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Hamilton, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and Royalist who served as a leading supporter of the Stuart monarchy during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and was killed at the Battle of Worcester in 1651.
- 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: William Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton Target entity description: William Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton, was a Scottish nobleman of the influential Hamilton family who held one of the highest-ranking peerage titles in Scotland.
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A.
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a key role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and the complex power struggles surrounding Charles I.
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B.
William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton
William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and peer who held one of the highest-ranking titles in the Scottish aristocracy during a period of significant political upheaval.
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C.
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and Royalist leader during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms who played a key role in the political and military struggles surrounding King Charles I.
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D.
Archibald Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
Archibald Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who became the first to hold the ducal title of Hamilton in the Peerage of Scotland.
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E.
William Douglas-Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Hamilton
William Douglas-Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Hamilton, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and Royalist who served as a leading supporter of the Stuart monarchy during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and was killed at the Battle of Worcester in 1651.
- F. None of above. chosen
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