James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton
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Earl of Cambridge
Royalist
Scottish nobleman
member of the Privy Council of Scotland
peer of Scotland
politician
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a key role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and the complex power struggles surrounding Charles I.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton | 2 |
| James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn | 1 |
| James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3828952 — 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: James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton Context triple: [House of Hamilton, notableMember, James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton]
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James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton was a prominent 17th–18th century Scottish nobleman and politician who served as a leading Jacobite supporter and died from wounds sustained in a famous duel with Lord Mohun in 1712.
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B.
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and peer who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and played a prominent role in the aristocratic and political life of his time.
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James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who served as a leading peer of Scotland and held prominent positions at the British court.
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James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and Royalist leader during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms who played a key role in the political and military struggles surrounding King Charles I.
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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: James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton Target entity description: James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a key role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and the complex power struggles surrounding Charles I.
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A.
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton was a prominent 17th–18th century Scottish nobleman and politician who served as a leading Jacobite supporter and died from wounds sustained in a famous duel with Lord Mohun in 1712.
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B.
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and peer who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and played a prominent role in the aristocratic and political life of his time.
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C.
James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who served as a leading peer of Scotland and held prominent positions at the British court.
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D.
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and Royalist leader during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms who played a key role in the political and military struggles surrounding King Charles I.
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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 (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earl of Cambridge
ⓘ
Royalist ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ member of the Privy Council of Scotland ⓘ peer of Scotland ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Charles I of England
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1606-06-19 ⓘ |
| birthName | James Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Hamilton Palace
NERFINISHED
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Lanarkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| capturedAt | Battle of Preston (1648) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution by beheading ⓘ |
| child | Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convictedOf | treason ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1649-03-09 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Kingdom of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Old Palace Yard NERFINISHED ⓘ Westminster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 17th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| monarchServed | Charles I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Lady Ann Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
involvement in negotiations between Charles I and the Scottish Covenanters
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leadership of Royalist-leaning Engager faction in Scotland ⓘ role in Scottish and English politics during the reign of Charles I ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership of the Engager army in 1648 ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Engager invasion of England (1648)
NERFINISHED
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English Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ Second English Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ Wars of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
2nd Duke of Hamilton
NERFINISHED
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3rd Marquess of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke in the Peerage of Scotland ⓘ Earl of Arran NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ General of the Scottish army ⓘ Hereditary Keeper of Holyroodhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ Hereditary Sheriff of Lanark NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Aven NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Innerdale NERFINISHED ⓘ Master of the Horse to Charles I ⓘ peer of England ⓘ |
| predecessor | James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
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surface form:
Presbyterianism
|
| residence | Hamilton Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton (created 1643) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Lady Mary Feilding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleCreated | Duke of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trialBy | High Court of Justice for the trial of Charles I’s supporters 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: James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton Description of subject: James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a key role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and the complex power struggles surrounding Charles I.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn
subject surface form:
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
this entity surface form:
James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton
this entity surface form:
James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton