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. 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 in the peerages of Britain and Ireland.
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".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 25 May 2013
Order of precedence
The general order of precedence among Marquesses is: Marquesses in the Peerage of England Marquesses in the Peerage of Scotland Marquesses in the Peerage of Great Britain Marquesses in the Peerage of Ireland created before 1801 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
#TitleCreationPeerageCurrent holderHeirMarquessAgeAccession11551England2016Michael Paulet,Earl of Wiltshire()21599Scotland1987Alastair Gordon,Earl of Aboyne()31682Scotland2026Torquil Oberon Tobias Douglas (brother)()41694Scotland2005Alistair Hay (brother)()51701Scotland2024John Kerr,Earl of Ancram()61784Great Britain1999Simon Petty-FitzMaurice,Earl of Kerry()71787Great Britain2025Rafe Thomas Townshend,Viscount Raynham()81789Great BritainCurrent Marquess has life peerage.2003Robert Edward William Gascoyne-Cecil,Viscount Cranborne()91789Great Britain2020John Thynn,Viscount Weymouth()101793Great Britain1997William Seymour,Earl of Yarmouth()111796Great Britain2021John,Earl of Dumfries()121789Ireland2015Richard de la Poer Beresford,Earl of Tyrone()131789Ireland2003Edmund Hill,Earl of Hillsborough()141791Ireland2007James Chichester,Earl of Belfast()151800Ireland2005Thomas Taylour,Earl of Bective()161800Ireland2014Christopher Browne,Earl of Altamont()171800Ireland2006Timothy Tottenham (brother)()181801United Kingdom1988Anthony Cecil, Lord Burghley()191812United Kingdom1978Daniel Compton,Earl Compton()201812United Kingdom1983James Pratt,Earl of Brecknock()211815United Kingdom2013Benedict Paget,Earl of Uxbridge()221815United Kingdom1990Alexander Cholmondeley,Earl of Rocksavage()231816The Marquess of Londonderry was created after the Acts of Union 1800. It takes precedence after earlier Marquessates of the United Kingdom.Ireland2012Reginald Vane-Tempest-Stuart (brother)()241816The Marquess of Conyngham was created after the Acts of Union 1800. It takes precedence after earlier Marquessates of the United Kingdom.Ireland2025Rory Conyngham,Earl of Mount Charles()251821United Kingdom2024Thomas Brudenell-Bruce,Earl of Cardigan()261826United Kingdom1999Frederick Hervey,Earl Jermyn()271831United Kingdom2015Archibald Kennedy,Earl of Cassillis()281838United Kingdom1994John Phipps,Earl of Mulgrave()291876United Kingdom2000None; Guy Michael Rossmore Nevill (fourth cousin)() is heir presumptive to the Earldom of Abergavenny301892United Kingdom2026James Edward Dundas (brother)()311902United Kingdom1987Andrew Hope,Earl of Hopetoun()321916United Kingdom2020Ivo Gordon,Earl of Haddo()331917United Kingdom1970Henry Mountbatten,Earl of Medina()341926United Kingdom1980Julian Isaacs,Viscount Erleigh()
See also British nobility Marquesses in the United Kingdom List of marquessates in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
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