Francis Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig
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Francis Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig was a 19th-century British aristocrat and heir to the Marquessate of Queensberry who died young under controversial circumstances.
All labels observed (1)
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| Francis Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18461258 — 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: Francis Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig Context triple: [John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, child, Francis Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig]
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A.
Hugh Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Eglinton
Hugh Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Eglinton, was a prominent Scottish nobleman of the late 15th and early 16th centuries who played a significant role in the politics and feuds of the Scottish Lowlands.
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B.
William Cochrane, 1st Earl of Dundonald
William Cochrane, 1st Earl of Dundonald, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and Royalist supporter who became the first holder of the Dundonald earldom during the reign of Charles I.
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C.
David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford
David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford, was a prominent late medieval Scottish nobleman and statesman who played a key role in the politics of the reign of King James I of Scotland.
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D.
James Douglas of Drumlanrig
James Douglas of Drumlanrig was a Scottish nobleman of the powerful Douglas family and heir to the Queensberry line in 17th-century Scotland.
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E.
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, was a prominent Scottish soldier and statesman who played a key role in suppressing the Jacobite rising of 1715 and served in high military and political office under the British crown.
- 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: Francis Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig Target entity description: Francis Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig was a 19th-century British aristocrat and heir to the Marquessate of Queensberry who died young under controversial circumstances.
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A.
Hugh Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Eglinton
Hugh Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Eglinton, was a prominent Scottish nobleman of the late 15th and early 16th centuries who played a significant role in the politics and feuds of the Scottish Lowlands.
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B.
William Cochrane, 1st Earl of Dundonald
William Cochrane, 1st Earl of Dundonald, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and Royalist supporter who became the first holder of the Dundonald earldom during the reign of Charles I.
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C.
David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford
David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford, was a prominent late medieval Scottish nobleman and statesman who played a key role in the politics of the reign of King James I of Scotland.
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D.
James Douglas of Drumlanrig
James Douglas of Drumlanrig was a Scottish nobleman of the powerful Douglas family and heir to the Queensberry line in 17th-century Scotland.
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E.
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, was a prominent Scottish soldier and statesman who played a key role in suppressing the Jacobite rising of 1715 and served in high military and political office under the British crown.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.