1st Viscount Perth
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1st Viscount Perth was a British diplomat and politician, best known as the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1st Viscount Perth canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10659028 — 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: 1st Viscount Perth Context triple: [Sir Eric Drummond, nobleTitle, 1st Viscount Perth]
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A.
1st Viscount Duncan
1st Viscount Duncan was the British naval officer Adam Duncan, celebrated for his decisive victory over the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797.
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B.
1st Viscount Thurso
1st Viscount Thurso is a hereditary title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created for Scottish Liberal politician Archibald Sinclair, a prominent statesman and wartime Secretary of State for Air.
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C.
1st Viscount Melville
1st Viscount Melville was Henry Dundas, a powerful late 18th- and early 19th-century Scottish lawyer and politician who dominated Scottish politics and served as a key minister in the British government under William Pitt the Younger.
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D.
1st Viscount Ruffside
1st Viscount Ruffside was the British peerage title created for Douglas Clifton Brown, a Conservative politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons during World War II.
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E.
1st Viscount Waverley
1st Viscount Waverley was the British peerage title held by Sir John Anderson, a prominent civil servant and politician who served as Home Secretary and played a key role in British civil defense during World War II.
- 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: 1st Viscount Perth Target entity description: 1st Viscount Perth was a British diplomat and politician, best known as the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations.
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A.
1st Viscount Duncan
1st Viscount Duncan was the British naval officer Adam Duncan, celebrated for his decisive victory over the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797.
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B.
1st Viscount Thurso
1st Viscount Thurso is a hereditary title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created for Scottish Liberal politician Archibald Sinclair, a prominent statesman and wartime Secretary of State for Air.
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C.
1st Viscount Melville
1st Viscount Melville was Henry Dundas, a powerful late 18th- and early 19th-century Scottish lawyer and politician who dominated Scottish politics and served as a key minister in the British government under William Pitt the Younger.
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D.
1st Viscount Ruffside
1st Viscount Ruffside was the British peerage title created for Douglas Clifton Brown, a Conservative politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons during World War II.
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E.
1st Viscount Waverley
1st Viscount Waverley was the British peerage title held by Sir John Anderson, a prominent civil servant and politician who served as Home Secretary and played a key role in British civil defense during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
title of nobility ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1876-08-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1951-12-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Eton College ⓘ |
| employer |
Foreign Office
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
League of Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1933 ⓘ |
| familyName | Drummond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | James David Drummond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName |
Eric
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Lords ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Liberal Party (UK)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Labour Organisation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | Viscount ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Viscount Perth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of the international civil service at the League of Nations ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| officeEndTime (Secretary-General of the League of Nations) | 1933 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime (Secretary-General of the League of Nations) | 1920 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
England
ⓘ
Northamptonshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Perthshire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
British ambassador to Italy
ⓘ
Deputy Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ⓘ Member of the House of Lords ⓘ Secretary-General of the League of Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy (Secretary-General of the League of Nations) | position created ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Megginch Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Angela Mary Constable-Maxwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1920 ⓘ |
| succeededBy (Secretary-General of the League of Nations) | Joseph Avenol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleCreated | Viscount Perth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleCreationDate | 1935 ⓘ |
| workedOn | administration of the League of Nations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (1)
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