William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure
E282499
William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure, was a Scottish nobleman and prominent Jacobite who played a leading role in the 1715 uprising against the Hanoverian monarchy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 6th Viscount of Kenmure | 1 |
| William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2609500 — 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: William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure Context triple: [the Fifteen, hasLeader, William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure]
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A.
William Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty
William Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty, was an Anglo-Irish nobleman and politician who rose to prominence in British public life in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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B.
William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork
William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork, was a senior British Royal Navy admiral who played a prominent role in World War II naval operations.
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C.
Lord Gordon of Haddo
Lord Gordon of Haddo is a courtesy title historically used by the heir apparent to the Earl of Aberdeen in the Scottish peerage.
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D.
William Graham, 7th Earl of Menteith
William Graham, 7th Earl of Menteith, was a Scottish nobleman of the early 17th century who held significant regional power and influence in the central Highlands.
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E.
William Graham, 9th Earl of Menteith
William Graham, 9th Earl of Menteith, was a Scottish nobleman of the early 17th century who held significant regional power and influence in the central Highlands.
- 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: William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure Target entity description: William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure, was a Scottish nobleman and prominent Jacobite who played a leading role in the 1715 uprising against the Hanoverian monarchy.
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A.
William Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty
William Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty, was an Anglo-Irish nobleman and politician who rose to prominence in British public life in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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B.
William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork
William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork, was a senior British Royal Navy admiral who played a prominent role in World War II naval operations.
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C.
Lord Gordon of Haddo
Lord Gordon of Haddo is a courtesy title historically used by the heir apparent to the Earl of Aberdeen in the Scottish peerage.
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D.
William Graham, 7th Earl of Menteith
William Graham, 7th Earl of Menteith, was a Scottish nobleman of the early 17th century who held significant regional power and influence in the central Highlands.
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E.
William Graham, 9th Earl of Menteith
William Graham, 9th Earl of Menteith, was a Scottish nobleman of the early 17th century who held significant regional power and influence in the central Highlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jacobite
ⓘ
Scottish nobleman ⓘ Viscount ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Viscount Kenmure
ⓘ
linked to:
John Gordon, 1st Viscount of Kenmure
|
| cause | restoration of the Stuart monarchy ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 18th century ⓘ |
| ideology |
legitimism
ⓘ
royalism ⓘ |
| involvedIn | Jacobite rising of 1715 ⓘ |
| ledUprisingIn | Scotland ⓘ |
| loyalty | House of Stuart ⓘ |
| monarchOpposed | George I of Great Britain ⓘ |
| movement | Jacobitism ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Gordon family ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Viscount of Kenmure
ⓘ
linked to:
John Gordon, 1st Viscount of Kenmure
|
| notableFor | participation in the Jacobite rising of 1715 ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Hanoverian monarchy
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Hanover
|
| politicalAlignment |
anti-Hanoverian
ⓘ
pro-Stuart ⓘ |
| region | Galloway ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | Jacobite commander in the 1715 rising ⓘ |
| socialClass | peerage of Scotland ⓘ |
| supportedClaimant | James Francis Edward Stuart ⓘ |
| titleNumber |
6th Viscount of Kenmure
ⓘ
linked to:
William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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.
Input
Subject: William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure Description of subject: William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure, was a Scottish nobleman and prominent Jacobite who played a leading role in the 1715 uprising against the Hanoverian monarchy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure