Lord Colonsay
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19th-century lawyer
Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lord Advocate of Scotland
Lord of Session
Scottish judge
Scottish law officer
Scottish lawyer
peer
person
Lord Colonsay was a prominent 19th-century Scottish lawyer and judge who served as Lord Advocate and later as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lord Colonsay canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6090692 — 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: Lord Colonsay Context triple: [Lord Colonsay’s monument, honours, Lord Colonsay]
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A.
Baron Clyde
Baron Clyde is the judicial title of Colin Campbell, a prominent Scottish lawyer and judge who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain in the mid-19th century.
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B.
Lord Dundreary
Lord Dundreary is a comically foolish, lisping English nobleman from the 19th-century stage whose exaggerated mannerisms made him a popular caricature of the bumbling aristocrat.
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C.
Lord Haddo
Lord Haddo is a courtesy title traditionally borne by the heir apparent to the Earl of Aberdeen in the Scottish peerage.
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D.
Campbell of Auchinbreck
Campbell of Auchinbreck is a prominent cadet branch of the Scottish Clan Campbell historically associated with lands in Argyll and notable roles in Highland politics and warfare.
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E.
Campbell of Inverawe
Campbell of Inverawe is a historic Highland branch of Clan Campbell, known for its ancestral seat at Inverawe House and its associated legends and military connections.
- 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: Lord Colonsay Target entity description: Lord Colonsay was a prominent 19th-century Scottish lawyer and judge who served as Lord Advocate and later as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
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A.
Baron Clyde
Baron Clyde is the judicial title of Colin Campbell, a prominent Scottish lawyer and judge who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain in the mid-19th century.
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B.
Lord Dundreary
Lord Dundreary is a comically foolish, lisping English nobleman from the 19th-century stage whose exaggerated mannerisms made him a popular caricature of the bumbling aristocrat.
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C.
Lord Haddo
Lord Haddo is a courtesy title traditionally borne by the heir apparent to the Earl of Aberdeen in the Scottish peerage.
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D.
Campbell of Auchinbreck
Campbell of Auchinbreck is a prominent cadet branch of the Scottish Clan Campbell historically associated with lands in Argyll and notable roles in Highland politics and warfare.
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E.
Campbell of Inverawe
Campbell of Inverawe is a historic Highland branch of Clan Campbell, known for its ancestral seat at Inverawe House and its associated legends and military connections.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century lawyer
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Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ Lord Advocate of Scotland ⓘ Lord of Session ⓘ Scottish judge ⓘ Scottish law officer ⓘ Scottish lawyer ⓘ peer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1793-08-20 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Scotland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1874-01-31 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Edinburgh
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University of St Andrews ⓘ |
| familyName | McNeill ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Scottish jurisprudence
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law ⓘ |
| givenName | Duncan ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| legalSystem |
Scots law
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linked to:
Scots law (to a limited extent)
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| memberOf |
Faculty of Advocates
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Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to:
Privy Council
|
| name | Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Baron Colonsay ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being created Baron Colonsay in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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service as Lord Advocate of Scotland ⓘ service as Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ |
| occupation |
advocate
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judge ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| parliamentaryGroup | Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Colonsay, Argyll, Scotland
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linked to:
Colonsay
|
| placeOfDeath |
Pau, France
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linked to:
Pau
|
| positionHeld |
Dean of the Faculty of Advocates
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Lord Advocate ⓘ Lord Justice General of Scotland ⓘ
linked to:
Lord Justice General
Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ Member of Parliament for Argyllshire ⓘ Solicitor General for Scotland ⓘ |
| residence |
Edinburgh, Scotland
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linked to:
Edinburgh
|
| titleCreated | 1867 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lord Colonsay Description of subject: Lord Colonsay was a prominent 19th-century Scottish lawyer and judge who served as Lord Advocate and later as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.