Archibald Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry
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Archibald Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry was a Scottish nobleman and peer who held the historic Queensberry title in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
All labels observed (2)
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| Archibald Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry canonical | 2 |
| Archibald William Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17442000 — 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: Archibald Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry Context triple: [Lord Francis Douglas, father, Archibald Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry]
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John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry
John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, was a Scottish nobleman best known for lending his name to the modern rules of boxing and for his central role in the scandal that led to Oscar Wilde’s downfall.
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B.
William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Queensberry
William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Queensberry was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who rose to high rank and influence under the Stuart monarchy.
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James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry
James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry was a 17th–18th century Scottish nobleman and politician who held high offices in Scotland and later became a prominent peer in the unified British state.
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D.
William Douglas, 3rd Earl of Queensberry
William Douglas, 3rd Earl of Queensberry, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician from the influential Douglas family who held high offices in Scotland during the reigns of Charles II and James VII.
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E.
William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry
William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who founded the Queensberry peerage line and played a significant role in the governance of Scotland.
- 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: Archibald Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry Target entity description: Archibald Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry was a Scottish nobleman and peer who held the historic Queensberry title in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A.
John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry
John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, was a Scottish nobleman best known for lending his name to the modern rules of boxing and for his central role in the scandal that led to Oscar Wilde’s downfall.
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B.
William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Queensberry
William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Queensberry was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who rose to high rank and influence under the Stuart monarchy.
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C.
James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry
James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry was a 17th–18th century Scottish nobleman and politician who held high offices in Scotland and later became a prominent peer in the unified British state.
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D.
William Douglas, 3rd Earl of Queensberry
William Douglas, 3rd Earl of Queensberry, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician from the influential Douglas family who held high offices in Scotland during the reigns of Charles II and James VII.
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E.
William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry
William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who founded the Queensberry peerage line and played a significant role in the governance of Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry
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Archibald William Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry
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