3rd Earl of Montrose
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The 3rd Earl of Montrose was a Scottish nobleman of the Graham family who held the earldom of Montrose prior to John Graham, the 4th Earl, in the early modern period of Scottish aristocracy.
All labels observed (1)
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| 3rd Earl of Montrose canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18239379 — 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: 3rd Earl of Montrose Context triple: [John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose, precededByInTitle, 3rd Earl of Montrose]
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5th Earl of Montrose
The 5th Earl of Montrose was a Scottish noble title in the Graham family later elevated in status when its holder, James Graham, became the 1st Marquess of Montrose.
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John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose
John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose, was a Scottish nobleman of the influential Graham family who held the earldom of Montrose in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
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C.
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and brilliant military commander famed for his daring campaigns for King Charles I during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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D.
James Graham, 2nd Marquess of Montrose
James Graham, 2nd Marquess of Montrose was a Scottish nobleman and politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who inherited the Montrose title and estates and sat in the Parliament of Scotland.
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James Graham, 3rd Marquess of Montrose
James Graham, 3rd Marquess of Montrose was a Scottish nobleman and politician of the early 18th century who held high offices and influence within the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- 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: 3rd Earl of Montrose Target entity description: The 3rd Earl of Montrose was a Scottish nobleman of the Graham family who held the earldom of Montrose prior to John Graham, the 4th Earl, in the early modern period of Scottish aristocracy.
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A.
5th Earl of Montrose
The 5th Earl of Montrose was a Scottish noble title in the Graham family later elevated in status when its holder, James Graham, became the 1st Marquess of Montrose.
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B.
John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose
John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose, was a Scottish nobleman of the influential Graham family who held the earldom of Montrose in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
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C.
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and brilliant military commander famed for his daring campaigns for King Charles I during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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D.
James Graham, 2nd Marquess of Montrose
James Graham, 2nd Marquess of Montrose was a Scottish nobleman and politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who inherited the Montrose title and estates and sat in the Parliament of Scotland.
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E.
James Graham, 3rd Marquess of Montrose
James Graham, 3rd Marquess of Montrose was a Scottish nobleman and politician of the early 18th century who held high offices and influence within the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
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