Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald

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British naval officer Earl of Dundonald Royal Navy admiral Scottish peer human politician radical politician

Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald, was a renowned early 19th-century British naval officer and radical politician famed for his daring naval exploits during the Napoleonic Wars and later service in the navies of Chile, Brazil, and Greece.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Thomas Cochrane	6
Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11567984 — 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: Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald
Context triple: [Earl of Dundonald, hasTitleHolder, Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald]

A. Thomas Cochrane, 6th Earl of Dundonald
Thomas Cochrane, 6th Earl of Dundonald, was a Scottish nobleman and military officer who served as a general in the British Army during the 18th century.
B. Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, was a renowned early 19th-century British naval officer and radical politician celebrated for his daring naval exploits during the Napoleonic Wars and later service in the navies of Chile, Brazil, and Greece.
C. George Cockburn
George Cockburn was a British Royal Navy admiral best known for leading raids along the American coast during the War of 1812, including the burning of Washington, D.C.
D. Thomas Barnes Cochrane, 11th Earl of Dundonald
Thomas Barnes Cochrane, 11th Earl of Dundonald, was a 19th-century Scottish peer and nobleman of the Cochrane family who held the hereditary title of Earl of Dundonald.
E. Alexander Cochrane
Alexander Cochrane was a British Royal Navy admiral who led naval operations against the United States during the War of 1812, including the campaign that culminated in the Battle of Baltimore.
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: Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald
Target entity description: Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald, was a renowned early 19th-century British naval officer and radical politician famed for his daring naval exploits during the Napoleonic Wars and later service in the navies of Chile, Brazil, and Greece.

A. Thomas Cochrane, 6th Earl of Dundonald
Thomas Cochrane, 6th Earl of Dundonald, was a Scottish nobleman and military officer who served as a general in the British Army during the 18th century.
B. Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, was a renowned early 19th-century British naval officer and radical politician celebrated for his daring naval exploits during the Napoleonic Wars and later service in the navies of Chile, Brazil, and Greece.
C. George Cockburn
George Cockburn was a British Royal Navy admiral best known for leading raids along the American coast during the War of 1812, including the burning of Washington, D.C.
D. Thomas Barnes Cochrane, 11th Earl of Dundonald
Thomas Barnes Cochrane, 11th Earl of Dundonald, was a 19th-century Scottish peer and nobleman of the Cochrane family who held the hereditary title of Earl of Dundonald.
E. Alexander Cochrane
Alexander Cochrane was a British Royal Navy admiral who led naval operations against the United States during the War of 1812, including the campaign that culminated in the Battle of Baltimore.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British naval officer ⓘ Earl of Dundonald ⓘ Royal Navy admiral ⓘ Scottish peer ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ radical politician ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	10th Earl of Dundonald ⓘ Lord Cochrane ⓘ linked to: Captain Lord Cochrane
birthDate	1775-12-14 ⓘ
birthPlace	Annsfield, near Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland ⓘ linked to: Annsfield, near Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey, London, England ⓘ linked to: Westminster Abbey, London
conviction	involved in the 1814 Great Stock Exchange Fraud case ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate	1860-10-31 ⓘ
familyName	Cochrane ⓘ
father	Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald ⓘ
fullName	Thomas Cochrane ⓘ linked to: Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald
givenName	Thomas ⓘ
honour	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ Order of Merit of Chile ⓘ Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil) ⓘ linked to: Order of the Southern Cross
inspired	fictional character Horatio Hornblower ⓘ linked to: Horatio Hornblower fictional character Jack Aubrey ⓘ
knownFor	daring naval tactics during the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ service in the Brazilian Navy ⓘ service in the Chilean Navy ⓘ service in the Greek Navy ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryRank	Admiral ⓘ
nobleTitle	8th Earl of Dundonald ⓘ
notableWork	Basque Roads attack 1809 ⓘ Brazilian War of Independence naval campaigns ⓘ linked to: Bahia campaign Chilean War of Independence naval campaigns ⓘ linked to: Chilean War of Independence Greek War of Independence naval service ⓘ linked to: Greek revolutionary naval forces capture of the Spanish frigate Gamo ⓘ command of HMS Speedy ⓘ defence of Rosas (Roses) 1808 ⓘ
numberOfChildren	6 ⓘ
officeHeld	Member of Parliament for Honiton ⓘ Member of Parliament for Westminster ⓘ
pardon	received a royal pardon and restoration to the Navy list in 1832 ⓘ
parliament	Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ linked to: Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
politicalAlignment	radical reformer ⓘ
positionHeld	Admiral of the Greek Fleet ⓘ Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Navy ⓘ First Admiral of the Brazilian Navy ⓘ
pseudoscientificOrControversial	advocated use of secret weapons such as chemical and smoke warfare ⓘ
serviceEnd	1860 ⓘ
serviceStart	1793 ⓘ
spouse	Katherine Corbett Barnes ⓘ
successor	Thomas Barnes Cochrane, 11th Earl of Dundonald ⓘ

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