1st Earl of Rosslyn
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The 1st Earl of Rosslyn was a Scottish peerage title created in the late 18th century for Alexander Wedderburn, a prominent lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
All labels observed (1)
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| 1st Earl of Rosslyn canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11804685 — 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: 1st Earl of Rosslyn Context triple: [Alexander Wedderburn, nobleTitle, 1st Earl of Rosslyn]
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A.
1st Earl of Perth
The 1st Earl of Perth is a Scottish noble title historically associated with the influential Drummond family in Scotland.
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B.
James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn
James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn was a British soldier and Tory politician who served as Lord Privy Seal and played a prominent role in early 19th-century British government.
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C.
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who played a significant role in the turbulent Jacobite and Union-era politics of Scotland.
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George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus
George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus, was a prominent 15th-century Scottish nobleman whose marriage into the Douglas family founded the influential “Red Douglas” line.
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E.
Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne is a Scottish noble title historically held by the Lyon family, closely associated with the British royal family and long linked to the ancestral seat at Glamis in Angus.
- 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: 1st Earl of Rosslyn Target entity description: The 1st Earl of Rosslyn was a Scottish peerage title created in the late 18th century for Alexander Wedderburn, a prominent lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
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A.
1st Earl of Perth
The 1st Earl of Perth is a Scottish noble title historically associated with the influential Drummond family in Scotland.
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B.
James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn
James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn was a British soldier and Tory politician who served as Lord Privy Seal and played a prominent role in early 19th-century British government.
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C.
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who played a significant role in the turbulent Jacobite and Union-era politics of Scotland.
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D.
George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus
George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus, was a prominent 15th-century Scottish nobleman whose marriage into the Douglas family founded the influential “Red Douglas” line.
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E.
Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne is a Scottish noble title historically held by the Lyon family, closely associated with the British royal family and long linked to the ancestral seat at Glamis in Angus.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.