Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay
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Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay, was a prominent 19th-century Scottish lawyer, judge, and Conservative politician who served as Lord Advocate and Lord Justice General of Scotland.
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| Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23448079 — 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: Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay Context triple: [Lord Colonsay, name, Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay]
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Lord Mackay of Drumadoon
Lord Mackay of Drumadoon is a Scottish judge and Conservative politician who served as Lord Advocate and later as a senior member of the Scottish judiciary.
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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.
Alexander Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie
Alexander Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie, was a 19th-century Scottish businessman and Liberal politician who was elevated to the peerage and is notably associated with Fyvie Castle in Aberdeenshire.
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David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Glenesk
David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Glenesk, was a prominent 14th-century Scottish nobleman and knight who played a significant role in the political and military affairs of medieval Scotland.
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Lord Mackay of Clashfern
Lord Mackay of Clashfern is a Scottish lawyer and Conservative politician who served as Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom from 1987 to 1997.
- 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: Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay Target entity description: Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay, was a prominent 19th-century Scottish lawyer, judge, and Conservative politician who served as Lord Advocate and Lord Justice General of Scotland.
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A.
Lord Mackay of Drumadoon
Lord Mackay of Drumadoon is a Scottish judge and Conservative politician who served as Lord Advocate and later as a senior member of the Scottish judiciary.
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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.
Alexander Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie
Alexander Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie, was a 19th-century Scottish businessman and Liberal politician who was elevated to the peerage and is notably associated with Fyvie Castle in Aberdeenshire.
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D.
David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Glenesk
David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Glenesk, was a prominent 14th-century Scottish nobleman and knight who played a significant role in the political and military affairs of medieval Scotland.
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E.
Lord Mackay of Clashfern
Lord Mackay of Clashfern is a Scottish lawyer and Conservative politician who served as Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom from 1987 to 1997.
- F. None of above. chosen
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