Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton

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Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton was an 18th-century Scottish peer and nobleman who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and played a prominent role in the aristocratic society of his time.

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish peer
duke
human
member of the Scottish nobility
nobleman
associatedWith Scottish Enlightenment-era aristocracy
burialPlace Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
centuryOfActivity 18th century
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 1756-07-24
dateOfDeath 1799-08-02
educatedAt Eton College
ethnicGroup Scottish
familyName Hamilton
father James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton NERFINISHED
givenName Douglas
hasNoSurvivingLegitimateIssue true
mannerOfDeath natural causes
marriageEnd 1794
marriageStart 1778
memberOf House of Hamilton
mother Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and Argyll
surface form: Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton
nobleRank premier peer of Scotland
nobleTitle Duke of Brandon
Duke of Hamilton ONNED1
nobleTitleOrdinal 5th Duke of Brandon
8th Duke of Hamilton NERFINISHED
notableResidence Brandon House
Hamilton Palace
parliamentaryRole Scottish representative peer
placeOfBirth Hamilton Palace
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
placeOfDeath Hamilton Palace
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
positionHeld Duke of Brandon
surface form: 5th Duke of Brandon

8th Duke of Hamilton NERFINISHED
Baron Dutton
Earl of Angus NERFINISHED
Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest
Marquess of Douglas NERFINISHED
religion Church of Scotland
sibling Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton NERFINISHED
socialRole prominent figure in 18th-century British aristocratic society
spouse Elizabeth Anne Burrell

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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.

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Subject: Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton
Description of subject: Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton was an 18th-century Scottish peer and nobleman who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and played a prominent role in the aristocratic society of his time.

Referenced by (2)

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Hamilton family (Dukes of Hamilton) notableMember Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton
Douglas Hamilton positionHeld Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton
subject surface form: Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton
this entity surface form: 8th Duke of Hamilton