Walter John Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch
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Walter John Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch, was a prominent 20th-century British aristocrat, landowner, and Conservative politician who held one of the largest private estates in the United Kingdom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walter John Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8944875 — 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.
Target entity: Walter John Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch Context triple: [Scott family, notableMember, Walter John Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch]
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Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch
Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, was a prominent 19th-century Scottish peer and Conservative politician who served as a senior courtier and influential landowner in Victorian Britain.
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William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch
William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch, was a prominent 19th-century British aristocrat and Conservative politician who served as Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Council under Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli.
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John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch
John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch, was a prominent British aristocrat and landowner who held one of Scotland’s largest ducal estates and played an influential role in public and political life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch
Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch, was an 18th–19th century Scottish nobleman and landowner who held one of the most prominent ducal titles in Britain and played a significant role in aristocratic and political life of his time.
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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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Walter John Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch Target entity description: Walter John Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch, was a prominent 20th-century British aristocrat, landowner, and Conservative politician who held one of the largest private estates in the United Kingdom.
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A.
Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch
Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, was a prominent 19th-century Scottish peer and Conservative politician who served as a senior courtier and influential landowner in Victorian Britain.
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B.
William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch
William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch, was a prominent 19th-century British aristocrat and Conservative politician who served as Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Council under Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli.
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John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch
John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch, was a prominent British aristocrat and landowner who held one of Scotland’s largest ducal estates and played an influential role in public and political life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch
Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch, was an 18th–19th century Scottish nobleman and landowner who held one of the most prominent ducal titles in Britain and played a significant role in aristocratic and political life of his time.
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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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Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British aristocrat
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Conservative politician ⓘ human ⓘ landowner ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1894-02-17 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Montagu House, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Lady Caroline Margaret Montagu Douglas Scott
NERFINISHED
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Lady Elizabeth Diana Montagu Douglas Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady Jean Alice Elaine Montagu Douglas Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
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surface form:
First World War
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1973-10-04 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Bowhill House, Selkirkshire, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Christ Church, Oxford
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Eton College ⓘ |
| familyName | Montagu Douglas Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | John Charles Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName |
Francis
NERFINISHED
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John NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | His Grace ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix |
KG
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KT NERFINISHED ⓘ PC ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Order of the Garter
NERFINISHED
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Order of the Thistle NERFINISHED ⓘ Privy Council ⓘ
surface form:
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
|
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Scots Guards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Lady Margaret Alice Bridgeman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Montagu Douglas Scott family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
10th Duke of Queensberry
NERFINISHED
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8th Duke of Buccleuch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | Owning one of the largest private landholdings in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| notableWork | Management of one of the largest private estates in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Captain General of the Royal Company of Archers
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Lord Lieutenant of Dumfriesshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Selkirkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Privy Seal ⓘ Lord Steward NERFINISHED ⓘ Member of the House of Lords ⓘ |
| residence |
Boughton House
NERFINISHED
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Bowhill House NERFINISHED ⓘ Drumlanrig Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Violet Mary Cripps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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. # 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.
Subject: Walter John Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch Description of subject: Walter John Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch, was a prominent 20th-century British aristocrat, landowner, and Conservative politician who held one of the largest private estates in the United Kingdom.
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