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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald canonical | 1 |
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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald Context triple: [Earl of Dundonald, hasTitleHolder, Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Earl of Dundonald ⓘ Royal Navy admiral ⓘ Scottish peer ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ radical politician ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
10th Earl of Dundonald
NERFINISHED
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Lord Cochrane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1775-12-14 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Annsfield, near Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Westminster Abbey, London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conviction | involved in the 1814 Great Stock Exchange Fraud case ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1860-10-31 ⓘ |
| familyName | Cochrane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Thomas Cochrane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honour |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
NERFINISHED
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Order of Merit of Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspired |
fictional character Horatio Hornblower
NERFINISHED
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fictional character Jack Aubrey ⓘ |
| knownFor |
daring naval tactics during the Napoleonic Wars
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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Basque Roads attack 1809
NERFINISHED
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Brazilian War of Independence naval campaigns NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilean War of Independence naval campaigns NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek War of Independence naval service NERFINISHED ⓘ capture of the Spanish frigate Gamo ⓘ command of HMS Speedy ⓘ defence of Rosas (Roses) 1808 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 6 ⓘ |
| officeHeld |
Member of Parliament for Honiton
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Member of Parliament for Westminster ⓘ |
| pardon | received a royal pardon and restoration to the Navy list in 1832 ⓘ |
| parliament | Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | radical reformer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Admiral of the Greek Fleet
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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Thomas Barnes Cochrane, 11th Earl of Dundonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald Description of subject: 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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