William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose
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William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who inherited the Montrose dukedom and held various high offices in the British government.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 2nd Duke of Montrose | 1 |
| William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9092167 — 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: William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose Context triple: [James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose, child, William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose]
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A.
James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose
James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose, was a prominent early 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who held high office under the British crown and was influential in the politics of the Acts of Union between Scotland and England.
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B.
James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith
James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith, was a Scottish nobleman of the late 17th century, best known as the son of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, and a member of the extended Stuart royal family.
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C.
William Graham, 9th Earl of Menteith
William Graham, 9th Earl of Menteith, was a Scottish nobleman of the early 17th century who held significant regional power and influence in the central Highlands.
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D.
William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton
William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and peer who held one of the highest-ranking titles in the Scottish aristocracy during a period of significant political upheaval.
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E.
Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton
Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton was an 18th-century Scottish peer and nobleman who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and played a prominent role in the aristocratic society of his time.
- 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: William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose Target entity description: William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who inherited the Montrose dukedom and held various high offices in the British government.
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A.
James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose
James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose, was a prominent early 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who held high office under the British crown and was influential in the politics of the Acts of Union between Scotland and England.
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B.
James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith
James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith, was a Scottish nobleman of the late 17th century, best known as the son of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, and a member of the extended Stuart royal family.
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C.
William Graham, 9th Earl of Menteith
William Graham, 9th Earl of Menteith, was a Scottish nobleman of the early 17th century who held significant regional power and influence in the central Highlands.
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D.
William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton
William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and peer who held one of the highest-ranking titles in the Scottish aristocracy during a period of significant political upheaval.
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E.
Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton
Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton was an 18th-century Scottish peer and nobleman who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and played a prominent role in the aristocratic society of his time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British politician
ⓘ
Duke ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ |
| aristocraticStatus | hereditary peer ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British government
ⓘ
linked to:
UK government
Scottish administration ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 18th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ |
| familyName | Graham ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| governedRegion | Scottish counties as Lord Lieutenant ⓘ |
| holdsTitle |
Earl of Kincardine
ⓘ
Lord Graham ⓘ Marquess of Montrose ⓘ Viscount of Dundaff ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | His Grace ⓘ |
| memberOf |
British nobility
ⓘ
linked to:
British aristocracy
House of Lords ⓘ Scottish peerage ⓘ
linked to:
Peerage of Scotland
|
| nobleFamily | Clan Graham ⓘ |
| nobleRank | Duke ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Duke of Montrose ⓘ |
| notableFor |
holding high offices in the British government
ⓘ
service in Scottish administration after the Union ⓘ |
| ordinalNumber |
2nd Duke of Montrose
ⓘ
linked to:
William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose
|
| politicalAlignment | Tory ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chancellor of the University of Glasgow
ⓘ
Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland ⓘ Lord Clerk Register of Scotland ⓘ
linked to:
Lord Clerk Register
Lord Justice General of Scotland ⓘ
linked to:
Lord Justice General
Lord Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Kinross-shire ⓘ
linked to:
Lord Lieutenant of Kinross
Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire ⓘ Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ Member of the House of Lords ⓘ Scottish representative peer ⓘ |
| region | Scotland ⓘ |
| titleInheritedFrom | James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose Description of subject: William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who inherited the Montrose dukedom and held various high offices in the British government.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose