Sir Alexander Maitland, 1st Baronet
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Sir Alexander Maitland, 1st Baronet, was an 18th-century Scottish soldier and aristocrat who became the inaugural holder of the Maitland baronetcy.
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| Sir Alexander Maitland, 1st Baronet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16169231 — 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: Sir Alexander Maitland, 1st Baronet Context triple: [Maitland, hasNotableBearer, Sir Alexander Maitland, 1st Baronet]
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A.
William Seton Maitland
William Seton Maitland was a 19th-century figure after whom the city of Maitland, Florida, was named, likely due to his role or influence in the region’s early history.
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B.
James Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores
James Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores, was a Scottish nobleman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who was elevated to the peerage as Lord Lindores and became a prominent member of the influential Leslie family.
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C.
Alexander Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie
Alexander Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie, was a 19th-century Scottish businessman and Liberal politician who was elevated to the peerage and is notably associated with Fyvie Castle in Aberdeenshire.
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D.
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, was a prominent Scottish soldier, diplomat, and statesman who served as a senior British commander during the War of the Austrian Succession.
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E.
John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair
John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century Scottish politician and lawyer, notably involved in the government of Scotland around the time of the Glorious Revolution and the 1707 Acts of Union.
- 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: Sir Alexander Maitland, 1st Baronet Target entity description: Sir Alexander Maitland, 1st Baronet, was an 18th-century Scottish soldier and aristocrat who became the inaugural holder of the Maitland baronetcy.
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A.
William Seton Maitland
William Seton Maitland was a 19th-century figure after whom the city of Maitland, Florida, was named, likely due to his role or influence in the region’s early history.
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B.
James Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores
James Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores, was a Scottish nobleman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who was elevated to the peerage as Lord Lindores and became a prominent member of the influential Leslie family.
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C.
Alexander Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie
Alexander Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie, was a 19th-century Scottish businessman and Liberal politician who was elevated to the peerage and is notably associated with Fyvie Castle in Aberdeenshire.
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D.
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, was a prominent Scottish soldier, diplomat, and statesman who served as a senior British commander during the War of the Austrian Succession.
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E.
John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair
John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century Scottish politician and lawyer, notably involved in the government of Scotland around the time of the Glorious Revolution and the 1707 Acts of Union.
- F. None of above. chosen
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