John Maitland, 2nd Earl of Lauderdale
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John Maitland, 2nd Earl of Lauderdale was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as a key advisor to King Charles II and played a major role in the government of Scotland after the Restoration.
All labels observed (1)
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| John Maitland, 2nd Earl of Lauderdale canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16169274 — 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: John Maitland, 2nd Earl of Lauderdale Context triple: [Earl of Lauderdale, notableHolder, John Maitland, 2nd Earl of Lauderdale]
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James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale
James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his influential role in British public life and economic debates.
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B.
John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale
John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as one of Charles II’s chief ministers and a leading figure in the government of Scotland after the Restoration.
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C.
Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale
Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who held high office and influence in the government of Scotland.
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D.
Ian Maitland, 18th Earl of Lauderdale
Ian Maitland, 18th Earl of Lauderdale, was a Scottish nobleman and peer who held one of Scotland’s oldest earldoms in the early 20th century.
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E.
Patrick Maitland, 17th Earl of Lauderdale
Patrick Maitland, 17th Earl of Lauderdale, was a British Conservative politician, journalist, and hereditary peer who sat in the House of Commons and later the House of Lords in the mid-20th century.
- 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: John Maitland, 2nd Earl of Lauderdale Target entity description: John Maitland, 2nd Earl of Lauderdale was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as a key advisor to King Charles II and played a major role in the government of Scotland after the Restoration.
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A.
James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale
James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his influential role in British public life and economic debates.
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B.
John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale
John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as one of Charles II’s chief ministers and a leading figure in the government of Scotland after the Restoration.
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C.
Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale
Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who held high office and influence in the government of Scotland.
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D.
Ian Maitland, 18th Earl of Lauderdale
Ian Maitland, 18th Earl of Lauderdale, was a Scottish nobleman and peer who held one of Scotland’s oldest earldoms in the early 20th century.
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E.
Patrick Maitland, 17th Earl of Lauderdale
Patrick Maitland, 17th Earl of Lauderdale, was a British Conservative politician, journalist, and hereditary peer who sat in the House of Commons and later the House of Lords in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Earl of Lauderdale created in the Peerage of Scotland