15th Earl of Morton
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The 15th Earl of Morton was a Scottish nobleman who inherited the historic Morton earldom in the Peerage of Scotland following the tenure of James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton.
All labels observed (1)
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| 15th Earl of Morton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15174589 — 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: 15th Earl of Morton Context triple: [James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton, titlePredecessorOf, 15th Earl of Morton]
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13th Earl of Morton
The 13th Earl of Morton was a Scottish nobleman of the Douglas family who held the Earldom of Morton immediately before it passed to James Douglas, the 14th Earl.
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B.
George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton
George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton, was a Scottish nobleman of the Douglas family who held a prominent peerage in early modern Scotland.
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C.
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton, was a 16th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI.
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D.
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI.
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E.
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton was a Scottish nobleman and peer who held the historic Morton earldom during the 18th century.
- 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: 15th Earl of Morton Target entity description: The 15th Earl of Morton was a Scottish nobleman who inherited the historic Morton earldom in the Peerage of Scotland following the tenure of James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton.
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A.
13th Earl of Morton
The 13th Earl of Morton was a Scottish nobleman of the Douglas family who held the Earldom of Morton immediately before it passed to James Douglas, the 14th Earl.
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B.
George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton
George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton, was a Scottish nobleman of the Douglas family who held a prominent peerage in early modern Scotland.
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C.
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton, was a 16th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI.
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D.
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI.
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E.
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton was a Scottish nobleman and peer who held the historic Morton earldom during the 18th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.