List of marquesses in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

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This is a list of present and extant Marquesses in the Peerages of the Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Ireland, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1922. Note that it does not mention any Marquessates held as a subsidiary title of a Duke. For a more complete listing, which adds these "hidden" Marquessates as well as extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, and forfeit ones, see List of Marquessates.

They were a relatively late introduction to the British peerage, and on the evening of the Coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838, the Prime Minister Lord Melbourne explained to her why (from her journals):

"I spoke to Ld M. about the numbers of Peers present at the Coronation, & he said it was quite unprecedented. I observed that there were very few Viscounts, to which he replied "There are very few Viscounts," that they were an old sort of title & not really English; that they came from Vice-Comites; that Dukes & Barons were the only real English titles; — that Marquises were likewise not English, & that people were mere made Marquises, when it was not wished that they should be made Dukes".[1]

Order of precedence

Heraldic representation of the Coronet of a British Marquess.

The general order of precedence among Marquesses is:

  1. Marquesses in the Peerage of England
  2. Marquesses in the Peerage of Scotland
  3. Marquesses in the Peerage of Great Britain
  4. Marquesses in the Peerage of Ireland created before 1801
  5. Marquesses in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and Marquesses in the Peerage of Ireland created after 1801

Marquesses in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

NumberTitleDate of creationArmsCurrent holderPeerageNotes
1.The Marquess of Winchester(1551)Nigel Paulet, 18th Marquess of WinchesterEngland
2.The Marquess of Huntly(1599)Granville Gordon, 13th Marquess of HuntlyScotland
3.The Marquess of Queensberry(1682)David Douglas, 12th Marquess of QueensberryScotland
4.The Marquess of Tweeddale(1694)David Hay, 14th Marquess of TweeddaleScotland
5.The Marquess of Lothian(1701)Michael Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian (known as Michael Ancram)Scotland
6.The Marquess of Lansdowne(1784)Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 9th Marquess of LansdowneGreat Britain
7.The Marquess Townshend(1787)Charles Townshend, 8th Marquess TownshendGreat Britain
8.The Marquess of Salisbury(1789)Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of SalisburyGreat Britain
9.The Marquess of Bath(1789)Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of BathGreat Britain
10.The Marquess of Hertford(1793)Henry Seymour, 9th Marquess of HertfordGreat Britain
11.The Marquess of Bute(1796)John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of ButeGreat Britain
12.The Marquess of Waterford(1789)Henry Beresford, 9th Marquess of WaterfordIreland
13.The Marquess of Downshire(1789)Nicholas Hill, 9th Marquess of DownshireIreland
14.The Marquess of Donegall(1791)Patrick Chichester, 8th Marquess of DonegallIreland
15.The Marquess of Headfort(1800)Thomas Taylour, 7th Marquess of HeadfortIreland
16.The Marquess of Sligo(1800)Sebastian Browne, 12th Marquess of SligoIreland
17.The Marquess of Ely(1800)John Tottenham, 9th Marquess of ElyIreland
18.The Marquess of Exeter(1801)Michael Cecil, 8th Marquess of ExeterUnited Kingdom
19.The Marquess of Northampton(1812)Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of NorthamptonUnited Kingdom
20.The Marquess Camden(1812)David Pratt, 6th Marquess CamdenUnited Kingdom
21.The Marquess of Anglesey(1815)Charles Paget, 8th Marquess of AngleseyUnited Kingdom
22.The Marquess of Cholmondeley(1815)David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of CholmondeleyUnited KingdomHolds higher rank as Lord Great Chamberlain
23.The Marquess of Londonderry(1816)Frederick Aubrey Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 10th Marquess of LondonderryIreland
24.The Marquess Conyngham(1816)Henry Conyngham, 8th Marquess ConynghamIreland
25.The Marquess of Ailesbury(1821)Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of AilesburyUnited Kingdom
26.The Marquess of Bristol(1826)Frederick Hervey, 8th Marquess of BristolUnited Kingdom
27.The Marquess of Ailsa(1831)David Kennedy, 9th Marquess of AilsaUnited Kingdom
28.The Marquess of Normanby(1838)Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of NormanbyUnited Kingdom
29.The Marquess of Abergavenny(1876)Christopher Nevill, 6th Marquess of AbergavennyUnited Kingdom
30.The Marquess of Zetland(1892)Mark Dundas, 4th Marquess of ZetlandUnited Kingdom
31.The Marquess of Linlithgow(1902)Adrian Hope, 4th Marquess of LinlithgowUnited Kingdom
32.The Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair(1916)Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and TemairUnited Kingdom
33.The Marquess of Milford Haven(1917)George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford HavenUnited Kingdom
34.The Marquess of Reading(1926)Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of ReadingUnited Kingdom

See also

References

  1. Queen Victoria's Journals, Thursday 28th June 1838, Buckingham Palace, Princess Beatrice's copies, Volume:4 (1st June 1838-1st October 1838) p. 84, online, accessed May 25, 2013
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