Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton
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Duke of Brandon
Duke of Hamilton
Scottish peer
hereditary nobleman
member of the British peerage
member of the Scottish nobility
Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton, is a Scottish peer and hereditary nobleman who holds the premier dukedom in the Peerage of Scotland and serves as the current head of the historic Hamilton family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3828422 — 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: Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton Context triple: [Hamilton family (Dukes of Hamilton), notableMember, Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton]
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A.
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent Scottish nobleman, aviator, and politician known for his pioneering long-distance flights and controversial involvement in Rudolf Hess's 1941 flight to Britain during World War II.
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B.
Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton
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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C.
Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton
Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton, was a Scottish peer and hereditary nobleman who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and was active in public and ceremonial life.
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D.
William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton
William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton, was a 19th-century Scottish peer and politician who served as a prominent representative of one of Scotland’s most distinguished aristocratic families.
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E.
William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton
William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and peer who held one of the highest-ranking titles in the Scottish aristocracy during a period of significant political upheaval.
- 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: Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton Target entity description: Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton, is a Scottish peer and hereditary nobleman who holds the premier dukedom in the Peerage of Scotland and serves as the current head of the historic Hamilton family.
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A.
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent Scottish nobleman, aviator, and politician known for his pioneering long-distance flights and controversial involvement in Rudolf Hess's 1941 flight to Britain during World War II.
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B.
Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton
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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C.
Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton
Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton, was a Scottish peer and hereditary nobleman who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and was active in public and ceremonial life.
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D.
William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton
William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton, was a 19th-century Scottish peer and politician who served as a prominent representative of one of Scotland’s most distinguished aristocratic families.
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E.
William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton
William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and peer who held one of the highest-ranking titles in the Scottish aristocracy during a period of significant political upheaval.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Duke of Brandon
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Duke of Hamilton ⓘ Scottish peer ⓘ hereditary nobleman ⓘ member of the British peerage ⓘ member of the Scottish nobility ⓘ |
| associatedWithCountry | Scotland ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | South Lanarkshire ⓘ |
| birthName | Alexander Douglas Douglas-Hamilton ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Scotland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Douglas-Hamilton ⓘ |
| fullName | Alexander Douglas Douglas-Hamilton ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| holdsPremierDukedom | Dukedom of Hamilton ⓘ |
| holdsTitleIn |
Peerage of Great Britain
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Peerage of Scotland ⓘ |
| memberOfNobleFamily | House of Hamilton ⓘ |
| nobleRank | duke ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Duke of Brandon
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surface form:
13th Duke of Brandon
16th Duke of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ Baron Dutton ⓘ Earl of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest ⓘ Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being head of one of Scotland’s most historic noble families
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being the senior duke in the Peerage of Scotland ⓘ |
| position |
head of the Hamilton family
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head of the House of Hamilton ⓘ |
| precededBy | Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premierDukedomOf | Peerage of Scotland ⓘ |
| styleBeforeAccession | Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleHolderOf |
Baron Dutton
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Duke of Brandon ⓘ Duke of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest ⓘ Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton Description of subject: Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton, is a Scottish peer and hereditary nobleman who holds the premier dukedom in the Peerage of Scotland and serves as the current head of the historic Hamilton family.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Hamilton family (Dukes of Hamilton)
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notableMember
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Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton
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