Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale

E166949

Scottish peerage title marquessate noble title

The Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale is a senior Scottish noble title traditionally held by the heir apparent to the Duke of Hamilton.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Marquess of Douglas	9
Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale canonical	7
Marquessate of Douglas	1
The Most Honourable Marquess of Douglas	1
The Most Honourable Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1029578 — 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: Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale
Context triple: [Duke of Hamilton, hasHeirApparentTitle, Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale]

A. Earl of Lanark
The Earl of Lanark is a historic Scottish noble title traditionally held as a subsidiary dignity by the head of the Hamilton family, one of Scotland’s most prominent aristocratic houses.
B. Earl of Campbell
The Earl of Campbell is a historic Scottish noble title traditionally held as a subsidiary dignity by the Duke of Argyll, head of the influential Campbell clan.
C. Duke of Atholl
The Duke of Atholl is a Scottish peerage title historically associated with the powerful Murray family, notable for its extensive Highland estates and unique privilege of maintaining a private army.
D. Earl of Fife
The Earl of Fife was a prominent medieval Scottish noble title historically associated with great political influence and proximity to the Scottish crown.
E. Earl of Douglas
The Earl of Douglas was a powerful medieval Scottish noble title held by the influential Douglas family, who played a central role in the politics and warfare 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: Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale
Target entity description: The Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale is a senior Scottish noble title traditionally held by the heir apparent to the Duke of Hamilton.

A. Earl of Lanark
The Earl of Lanark is a historic Scottish noble title traditionally held as a subsidiary dignity by the head of the Hamilton family, one of Scotland’s most prominent aristocratic houses.
B. Earl of Campbell
The Earl of Campbell is a historic Scottish noble title traditionally held as a subsidiary dignity by the Duke of Argyll, head of the influential Campbell clan.
C. Duke of Atholl
The Duke of Atholl is a Scottish peerage title historically associated with the powerful Murray family, notable for its extensive Highland estates and unique privilege of maintaining a private army.
D. Earl of Fife
The Earl of Fife was a prominent medieval Scottish noble title historically associated with great political influence and proximity to the Scottish crown.
E. Earl of Douglas
The Earl of Douglas was a powerful medieval Scottish noble title held by the influential Douglas family, who played a central role in the politics and warfare of Scotland.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (20)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish peerage title ⓘ marquessate ⓘ noble title ⓘ
associatedFamily	Hamilton family ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
heldBy	heir apparent to the Duke of Hamilton ⓘ
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
linkedDukedom	Dukedom of Hamilton ⓘ
nobilityRank	Marquess ⓘ
nobleStatus	senior Scottish noble title ⓘ
peerage	Peerage of Scotland ⓘ
precedence	senior Scottish marquessate ⓘ
region	Clydesdale ⓘ Douglas ⓘ
styleOf	heir apparent to the Dukedom of Hamilton ⓘ
subsidiaryTitleOf	Duke of Hamilton ⓘ
titleHolderStyle	The Most Honourable Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale ⓘ linked to: Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale
titleType	hereditary title ⓘ
traditionalHolderRole	eldest son of the Duke of Hamilton ⓘ
usedAsCourtesyTitle	yes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited