George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie
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British politician
Conservative Party (UK) politician
Secretary of State for Defence
Secretary of State for Scotland
hereditary peer
human
member of the House of Lords
George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie was a British Conservative politician and peer who served as Secretary of State for Scotland and later as Secretary of State for Defence in the late 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4967320 — 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: George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie Context triple: [Aberdeen Grammar School, hasNotableAlumnus, George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie]
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James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon
James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon, was an Anglo-Irish peer and landowner who held a hereditary title in the Peerage of Ireland and belonged to a prominent aristocratic family.
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B.
Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland
Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland, was a 19th-century British peer and politician prominent in Yorkshire public life and national affairs.
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C.
John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll
John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman, soldier, and Whig politician who held high military command and significant influence in British public life.
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D.
John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll
John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who held high offices in Britain, including serving as a field marshal and a prominent Whig statesman.
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E.
Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife, was a Scottish nobleman who became the first Duke of Fife and gained prominence through his marriage to Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of King Edward VII.
- 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: George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie Target entity description: George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie was a British Conservative politician and peer who served as Secretary of State for Scotland and later as Secretary of State for Defence in the late 20th century.
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A.
James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon
James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon, was an Anglo-Irish peer and landowner who held a hereditary title in the Peerage of Ireland and belonged to a prominent aristocratic family.
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B.
Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland
Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland, was a 19th-century British peer and politician prominent in Yorkshire public life and national affairs.
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C.
John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll
John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman, soldier, and Whig politician who held high military command and significant influence in British public life.
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D.
John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll
John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who held high offices in Britain, including serving as a field marshal and a prominent Whig statesman.
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E.
Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife, was a Scottish nobleman who became the first Duke of Fife and gained prominence through his marriage to Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of King Edward VII.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British politician
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Conservative Party (UK) politician ⓘ Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ Secretary of State for Scotland ⓘ hereditary peer ⓘ human ⓘ member of the House of Lords ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
| fieldOfWork |
Scottish affairs
ⓘ
defence policy ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| genre | conservative politics ⓘ |
| hasHonorificPrefix | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| hasRole |
British Cabinet minister
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Scottish representative in UK government ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Viscount Younger of Leckie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ |
| name | George Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Younger family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
holding senior offices in the Conservative governments of the late 20th century
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service in late 20th-century British politics ⓘ |
| notableWork |
service as Secretary of State for Defence
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service as Secretary of State for Scotland ⓘ |
| occupation |
peer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cabinet of the United Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
UK government ⓘ
surface form:
Government of the United Kingdom
|
| politicalAlignment | conservatism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Cabinet minister of the United Kingdom
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Defence minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ Scottish Office minister ⓘ Secretary of State for Defence NERFINISHED ⓘ Secretary of State for Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ member of the House of Lords ⓘ |
| residence |
Scotland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie Description of subject: George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie was a British Conservative politician and peer who served as Secretary of State for Scotland and later as Secretary of State for Defence in the late 20th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.