List of marquesses in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
This is a list of the 34 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.
Extant | All |
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Dukes | Dukedoms |
Marquesses | Marquessates |
Earls | Earldoms |
Viscounts | Viscountcies |
Barons | Baronies |
Baronets | Baronetcies |
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 odd 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
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The general order of precedence among Marquesses is:
Marquesses in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
List of heirs of Marquesses in the Peerages of the British Isles
Heirs apparent
- Christopher Paulet, Earl of Wiltshire, eldest son of the Marquess of Winchester
- Alastair Gordon, Earl of Aboyne, only son of the Marquess of Huntly
- Sholto Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig, eldest legitimate son of the Marquess of Queensberry
- Simon Petty-FitzMaurice, Earl of Kerry, elder son of the Marquess of Lansdowne
- Thomas Townshend, Viscount Raynham, only son of the Marquess Townshend
- John Thynn, Viscount Weymouth, elder son of the Marquess of Bath
- William Seymour, Earl of Yarmouth, elder son of the Marquess of Hertford
- John Crichton-Stuart, Earl of Dumfries, only son of the Marquess of Bute
- Richard de la Poer Beresford, Earl of Tyrone, elder son of the Marquess of Waterford
- Edmund Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, only son of the Marquess of Downshire
- James Chichester, Earl of Belfast, only son of the Marquess of Donegall
- Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective, elder son of the Marquess of Headfort
- Christopher Browne, Earl of Altamont, only son of the Marquess of Sligo
- Anthony Cecil, Lord Burghley, only son of the Marquess of Exeter
- Daniel Compton, Earl Compton, only son of the Marquess of Northampton
- James Pratt, Earl of Brecknock, elder son of the Marquess Camden
- Benedict Paget, Earl of Uxbridge, only son of the Marquess of Anglesey
- Alexander Cholmondeley, Earl of Rocksavage, elder son of the Marquess of Cholmondeley
- Alexander Conyngham, Earl of Mount Charles, elder son of the Marquess Conyngham
- David Brudenell-Bruce, Earl of Cardigan, only son of the Marquess of Ailesbury
- Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis, only son of the Marquess of Ailsa
- John Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave, elder son of the Marquess of Normanby
- Robin Dundas, Earl of Ronaldshay, elder son of the Marquess of Zetland
- Andrew Hope, Earl of Hopetoun, eldest son of the Marquess of Linlithgow
- Ivo Gordon, Earl of Haddo, eldest son of the Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
- Henry Mountbatten, Earl of Medina, only son of the Marquess of Milford Haven
- Julian Isaacs, Viscount Erleigh, only son of the Marquess of Reading
Heirs presumptive
- Lord Anthony Hay is brother and heir-presumptive of the Marquess of Tweeddale
- Lord Ralph Kerr is brother and heir presumptive of the Marquess of Lothian
- Lord Timothy Tottenham is brother and heir-presumptive of the Marquess of Ely
- Lord Reginald Vane-Tempest-Stuart is brother and heir-presumptive of the Marquess of Londonderry
- Timothy Hervey is fourth cousin and heir-presumptive of the Marquess of Bristol[4]
Marquesses without heirs
- The Marquess of Abergavenny is without an heir.
See also
References
- 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
- "No. 59614". The London Gazette. 25 November 2010. p. 22705.
- "No. 55676". The London Gazette. 23 November 1999. p. 12466.
- Bortrick, William. "Featured Families: Bristol". Burke's Peerage. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- The Marquess of Londonderry was created after the Acts of Union 1800. It takes precedence after earlier Marquessates of the United Kingdom.
- The Marquess of Conyngham was created after the Acts of Union 1800. It takes precedence after earlier Marquessates of the United Kingdom.