Lord Scott of Foscote
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Lord Scott of Foscote is a British jurist and former Lord of Appeal in Ordinary who served as a senior judge in the House of Lords.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Baron Scott of Foscote, of Foscote in the County of Buckinghamshire | 1 |
| Lord Scott of Foscote canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1424793 — 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: Lord Scott of Foscote Context triple: [Trinity Hall, Cambridge, hasAlumni, Lord Scott of Foscote]
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A.
Lord Rodger of Earlsferry
Lord Rodger of Earlsferry was a prominent Scottish jurist who served as a Law Lord and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
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B.
Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise
Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise is a British businessman and Conservative life peer best known for his leadership role at the retail company Next plc.
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C.
Lord Irvine of Lairg
Lord Irvine of Lairg is a British Labour politician and barrister who served as Lord Chancellor under Prime Minister Tony Blair and played a key role in major constitutional reforms in the late 1990s.
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D.
Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore
Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore is a British jurist who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and previously as Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.
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E.
Lord Saville of Newdigate
Lord Saville of Newdigate is a British judge best known for chairing the Bloody Sunday Inquiry into the 1972 shootings in Northern Ireland.
- 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: Lord Scott of Foscote Target entity description: Lord Scott of Foscote is a British jurist and former Lord of Appeal in Ordinary who served as a senior judge in the House of Lords.
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A.
Lord Rodger of Earlsferry
Lord Rodger of Earlsferry was a prominent Scottish jurist who served as a Law Lord and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
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B.
Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise
Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise is a British businessman and Conservative life peer best known for his leadership role at the retail company Next plc.
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C.
Lord Irvine of Lairg
Lord Irvine of Lairg is a British Labour politician and barrister who served as Lord Chancellor under Prime Minister Tony Blair and played a key role in major constitutional reforms in the late 1990s.
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D.
Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore
Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore is a British jurist who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and previously as Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.
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E.
Lord Saville of Newdigate
Lord Saville of Newdigate is a British judge best known for chairing the Bloody Sunday Inquiry into the 1972 shootings in Northern Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British judge
ⓘ
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ human ⓘ law lord ⓘ life peer ⓘ member of the House of Lords ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Cambridge University
ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
|
| appointedHighCourtJudgeYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| appointedLordJusticeOfAppealYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| appointedLordOfAppealInOrdinaryYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| appointedQueenCounselYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1934-10-02 ⓘ |
| birthName | Richard Rashleigh Folliott Scott ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Stellenbosch
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Dominion of South Africa ⓘ
surface form:
Union of South Africa
|
| calledToTheBar | Inner Temple ⓘ |
| calledToTheBarYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
| createdLifePeerageDate | 1999-06-28 ⓘ |
| createdLifePeerageTitle |
Lord Scott of Foscote
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Baron Scott of Foscote, of Foscote in the County of Buckinghamshire
|
| educatedAt |
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
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Inner Temple ⓘ Michaelhouse, Johannesburg ⓘ |
| familyName | Scott ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
equity law
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law ⓘ trusts law ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix |
PC
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QC ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalEducation | Inner Temple ⓘ |
| memberOf |
House of Lords
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Judicial Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ Privy Council ⓘ
surface form:
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
|
| nobleTitle | Baron Scott of Foscote ⓘ |
| notableWork | judgments in leading UK appellate cases ⓘ |
| occupation |
barrister
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judge ⓘ jurist ⓘ |
| politicalAffiliation | crossbench ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Justice of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales
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Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster ⓘ |
| retiredFromHouseOfLordsJudicialCommitteeYear | 2009 ⓘ |
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Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Baron Scott of Foscote, of Foscote in the County of Buckinghamshire