Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton
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Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton, nicknamed "Hair Buyer Hamilton," was a British colonial official during the American Revolutionary War notorious for allegedly paying Native American allies for American scalps.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton canonical | 3 |
| Henry Hamilton – Lieutenant Governor of Detroit | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10272612 — 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: Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton Context triple: [Hair Buyer Hamilton, alsoKnownAs, Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton]
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A.
Governor Charles Lawrence
Governor Charles Lawrence was an 18th-century British colonial administrator of Nova Scotia best known for orchestrating the forced deportation of the Acadian population during the Seven Years' War.
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B.
Governor William MacTavish
Governor William MacTavish was a 19th-century Hudson’s Bay Company official who served as the last governor of Assiniboia and played a key role in the final years of the Red River Settlement before Canadian Confederation.
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C.
Governor Charles Hotham
Governor Charles Hotham was the British colonial governor of Victoria whose administration faced and suppressed the 1854 Eureka Stockade miners’ rebellion on the Australian goldfields.
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D.
Governor Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois
Governor Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois was a French naval officer and colonial administrator who served as Governor General of New France in the early 18th century, overseeing military, diplomatic, and expansionist efforts in North America.
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E.
Governor William Tryon
Governor William Tryon was an 18th-century British colonial official best known for his controversial governorships of North Carolina and New York and his harsh suppression of colonial dissent.
- 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: Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton Target entity description: Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton, nicknamed "Hair Buyer Hamilton," was a British colonial official during the American Revolutionary War notorious for allegedly paying Native American allies for American scalps.
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A.
Governor Charles Lawrence
Governor Charles Lawrence was an 18th-century British colonial administrator of Nova Scotia best known for orchestrating the forced deportation of the Acadian population during the Seven Years' War.
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B.
Governor William MacTavish
Governor William MacTavish was a 19th-century Hudson’s Bay Company official who served as the last governor of Assiniboia and played a key role in the final years of the Red River Settlement before Canadian Confederation.
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C.
Governor Charles Hotham
Governor Charles Hotham was the British colonial governor of Victoria whose administration faced and suppressed the 1854 Eureka Stockade miners’ rebellion on the Australian goldfields.
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D.
Governor Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois
Governor Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois was a French naval officer and colonial administrator who served as Governor General of New France in the early 18th century, overseeing military, diplomatic, and expansionist efforts in North America.
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E.
Governor William Tryon
Governor William Tryon was an 18th-century British colonial official best known for his controversial governorships of North Carolina and New York and his harsh suppression of colonial dissent.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army officer
ⓘ
British colonial administrator ⓘ |
| allegation |
encouraged Native American attacks on American settlers
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paid bounties for American scalps ⓘ |
| alliance | Native American nations allied with Britain ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Fort Detroit
ⓘ
linked to:
Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit
Fort Sackville ⓘ Vincennes campaign of 1779 ⓘ |
| capturedBy | American forces under George Rogers Clark ⓘ |
| conflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| country | Great Britain ⓘ |
| employer | British Crown ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | British ⓘ |
| event |
Siege of Fort Sackville at Vincennes
ⓘ
linked to:
Siege of Fort Sackville
|
| governedFor |
Province of Quebec authorities
ⓘ
linked to:
Province of Quebec
|
| governedTerritory | British-controlled Detroit and surrounding region ⓘ |
| heldAt | Virginia ⓘ |
| historicalContext | British use of Native American allies on the western frontier ⓘ |
| historicalDebate | extent of his direct involvement in scalp bounty payments ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatusDuringWar | prisoner of war of the Americans ⓘ |
| loyalty | British Crown ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Lieutenant Colonel ⓘ |
| nickname | Hair Buyer Hamilton ⓘ |
| notableFor |
allegedly paying Native American allies for American scalps
ⓘ
role in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| occupation |
colonial official
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| opponent |
American frontier settlers
ⓘ
Patriot forces in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Detroit
ⓘ
Great Lakes region ⓘ Northwest frontier of the American colonies ⓘ
linked to:
Territory Northwest of the River Ohio
|
| placeOfCapture |
Vincennes
ⓘ
linked to:
Vincennes, Indiana
|
| politicalAlignment | Loyalist ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Lieutenant Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs at Detroit
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Lieutenant Governor of Detroit ⓘ |
| reputation |
defended by some British contemporaries as following imperial policy
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notorious among American colonists ⓘ viewed by Americans as cruel and barbaric ⓘ |
| role |
British commander at Detroit
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administrator of British policy toward Native Americans in the western territories ⓘ coordinated Native American raids against American frontier settlements ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
American Revolutionary War frontier histories
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debates over British-Indian policy ⓘ |
| treatment | harsh imprisonment by American authorities ⓘ |
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Subject: Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton Description of subject: Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton, nicknamed "Hair Buyer Hamilton," was a British colonial official during the American Revolutionary War notorious for allegedly paying Native American allies for American scalps.
Referenced by (4)
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linked to: Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton