List of marquessates in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

This article lists all marquessates, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.

The title of Marquess of Dublin, which is perhaps best described as Anglo-Irish, was the first to be created, in 1385, but like the next few creations, the title was soon forfeit. The title of Marquess of Pembroke, created in 1532 by Henry VIII for Anne Boleyn, has the distinction of being the first English hereditary peerage granted to a woman in her own right (styled "Marchioness" in the patent). The English title Marquess of Winchester, created in 1551, is the earliest still extant, so is Premier Marquess of England. The title long remained less common, and on the evening of the Coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838, the Prime Minister Lord Melbourne explained to her (from her journals):

Marquessates in the Peerage of England, 1385–1707

English marquessateCreationSurnameCurrent status NotesDublinVereResigned Created Duke of Ireland in 1386. Might be considered an Irish peerage. Creation for life only.DorsetBeaufortDeprived Also Marquess of SomersetSomersetBeaufortDeprived Also Marquess of DorsetDorsetBeaufortForfeit Created Duke of Somerset in 1448; also forfeit 1461–1463.Suffolkde la PoleSurrendered title Created Duke of Suffolk in 1448.MontaguNevilleForfeit  DorsetGreyForfeit Forfeit between 1483 and 1485; created Duke of Suffolk in 1551.BerkeleyBerkeleyExtinct  ExeterCourtenayForfeit  PembrokeBoleynForfeit holder was also queen consort from 1533 to 1536NorthamptonParrExtinct Forfeit 1554–13 January 1559WinchesterPauletExtantCreated Duke of Bolton in 1689, that title extinct 1794.BuckinghamVilliersExtinct Created Duke of Buckingham in 1623.HertfordSeymourExtinct Restored to Dukedom of Somerset in 1660WorcesterSomersetExtantCreated Duke of Beaufort in 1682.Newcastle-upon-TyneCavendishExtinct Created Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1665.DorchesterPierrepontExtinct  HalifaxSavilleExtinct  PowisHerbertExtinct  CarmarthenOsborneExtinct Created Duke of Leeds in 1694.HarwichSchombergExtinct Subsidiary title of the Duke of Schomberg; also Duke of Leinster in Ireland from 1693AltonTalbotExtinct Subsidiary title of the Duke of ShrewsburyNormanbySheffieldExtinct Created Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703.TavistockRussellExtantSubsidiary title of the Duke of BedfordHartingtonCavendishExtantSubsidiary title of the Duke of DevonshireClareHollesExtinct Subsidiary title of the Duke of NewcastleBlandfordChurchillExtantSubsidiary title of the Duke of MarlboroughGranbyMannersExtantSubsidiary title of the Duke of RutlandMonthermerMontaguExtinct Subsidiary title of the Duke of MontaguCambridgeGuelphMerged in crown Subsidiary title of the Duke of Cambridge; also Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, and Duke of Rothesay from 1714KentGreyExtinct Created Duke of Kent in 1710; created Marquess Grey in 1740.LindseyBertieExtinct Created Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven in 1715.DorchesterPierrepontExtinct Created Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull in 1715.

Marquessates in the Peerage of Scotland, 1488–1707

Scottish marquessateCreationSurnameCurrent status NotesOrmondeThe Scots Peerage, vol. VII, p. 246.StewartExtinct Subsidiary title of the Duke of RossFifeHepburnForfeit Subsidiary title of the Duke of OrkneyHamiltonHamiltonExtinct Created Duke of Hamilton in 1643.HuntlyGordonExtantCreated Duke of Gordon in 1684, which title became extinct in 1836, but reclaimed in 1838.OrmondeScots Peerage, vol. I, p. 155.StewartMerged in crown Subsidiary title of the Duke of Albany; created Duke of York in England in 1605; also Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, and Duke of Rothesay from 1612WigtownStewartExtinct Subsidiary title of the Duke of Kintyre and LorneDouglasDouglasExtantCreated Duke of Douglas in 1703, which title became extinct in 1761; also Duke of Hamilton and Duke of Brandon from 1761.ArgyllCampbellForfeit  ClydesdaleHamiltonExtantSubsidiary title of the Duke of HamiltonMontroseGrahamExtantCreated Duke of Montrose in 1707.MarchMaitlandExtinct Subsidiary title of the Duke of LauderdaleAthollMurrayExtantCreated Duke of Atholl in 1703.BambreichLeslieExtinct Subsidiary title of the Duke of RothesQueensberryDouglasExtantCreated Duke of Queensberry in 1684. The titles were separated from 1711 to 1715 and again after 1810.DumfriesshireDouglasExtantSubsidiary title of the Duke of Queensberry; also Marquess of Queensberry 1684–1711 and 1715–1810; also Duke of Buccleuch from 1810TweeddaleHayExtant Kintyre and LorneCampbellExtantSubsidiary title of the Duke of Argyll; created Duke of Greenwich in Great Britain 1719–1743; created Duke of Argyll in the United Kingdom in 1892Lothian2KerrExtant AnnandaleJohnston/Johnstone/Vanden BempdeDormant  Angus and AbernethyDouglasExtinct Subsidiary title of the Duke of DouglasTullibardineMurrayExtantSubsidiary title of the Duke of Atholl; also Marquess of AthollGraham and BuchananGrahamExtantSubsidiary title of the Duke of MontroseBowmont and CessfordKerExtantSubsidiary title of the Duke of Roxburghe

Marquessates in the Peerage of Great Britain, 1707–1801

Great Britain marquessateCreationSurnameCurrent status NotesBeverleyDouglasExtinct Subsidiary title of the Duke of Dover, who was also Duke of Queensberry and Marquess of Dumfriesshire in the Peerage of Scotland; also Marquess of Queensberry 1708–1711 and 1715–1778WhartonWhartonExtinct Also Marquess of Malmesbury and Marquess of Catherlough in Ireland. Created Duke of Wharton in 1718.MalmesburyWhartonExtinct Also Marquess of Wharton and Marquess of Catherlough in Ireland. Created Duke of Wharton in 1718.ClarePelham-HollesExtinct Subsidiary title of the Duke of Newcastle-upon-TyneTitchfieldBentinckExtinct Subsidiary title of the Duke of PortlandCarnarvonBrydgesExtinct Subsidiary title of the Duke of ChandosBrackleyEgertonExtinct Subsidiary title of the Duke of Bridgewaterthe Isle of ElyGuelphMerged in crown Subsidiary title of the Duke of Edinburgh; also Prince of Wales from 1727; also Duke of Cornwall in England and Duke of Rothesay in Scotland 1727–1751. The marquessate was apparently erroneously gazetted as Marquess of the Isle of Wight although Marquess of the Isle of Ely was the intended title. In later editions of The London Gazette the Duke is referred to as the Marquess of the Isle of Ely. BerkhampsteadGuelphExtinct Subsidiary title of the Duke of CumberlandGreyGreyExtinct Also Duke of Kent until 1740, when this title became extinct; passed by special patent to his granddaughterRockinghamWatson-WentworthExtinct  MonthermerMontaguExtinct Subsidiary title of the Duke of MontaguBuckinghamTemple-Nugent-GrenvilleExtinct Created Duke of Buckingham and Chandos in 1822.LansdownePetty-FitzmauriceExtant StaffordLeveson-GowerExtantCreated Duke of Sutherland in 1833.TownshendTownshendExtant SalisburyCecilExtant BathThynneExtant AbercornHamiltonExtantCreated Duke of Abercorn in Ireland in 1868.CornwallisCornwallisExtinct  HertfordSeymour-ConwayExtant ButeStuartExtant 

Marquessates in the Peerage of Ireland, 1642–1825

Irish marquessateCreationSurnameCurrent status NotesOrmondeButlerExtinct Created Duke of Ormonde in 1661 and Duke of Ormonde in England in 1682, the English Dukedom being attainted in 1715; title was not used by the third duke 1745–1758.AntrimMacDonnellExtinct  ClanricardeBurkeExtinct  CatherloughWhartonExtinct Created Marquess of Wharton and Marquess of Malmesbury in Great Britain later in 1715. Created Duke of Wharton in 1718.Dungannon ("Marchioness")SchulenbergExtinct Subsidiary title of the Duchess of Munster; created Duchess of Kendal in Great Britain in 1719; peerage for life onlyKildareFitzGeraldExtantCreated Duke of Leinster in 1766.Clanricardede Burgh-CanningExtinct  AntrimMacDonnellExtinct  WaterfordBeresfordExtant DownshireHillExtant DonegallChichesterExtant DroghedaMooreExtinct  WellesleyWellesleyExtinct  HeadfortTaylourExtant SligoBrowneExtant ThomondO'BrienExtinct  ElyTottenhamExtant LondonderryStewartExtant ConynghamConynghamExtant OrmondeButlerExtinct  WestmeathNugentExtinct  OrmondeButlerExtinct  Clanricardede Burgh-CanningExtinct HamiltonHamiltonExtantSubsidiary title of the Duke of Abercorn; also Marquess of Abercorn in Great Britain

Marquessates in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, 1801–present

United Kingdom marquessateCreationSurnameCurrent status NotesExeterCecilExtant NorthamptonComptonExtant CamdenPrattExtant WellingtonWellesleyExtantCreated Duke of Wellington in 1814.DouroWellesleyExtantSubsidiary title of the Duke of WellingtonAngleseyPagetExtant CholmondeleyCholmondeleyExtant HastingsRawdon-HastingsExtinct  AilesburyBrudenell-BruceExtant ChandosTemple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-GrenvilleExtinct Subsidiary title of the Duke of Buckingham and ChandosBristolHerveyExtant ClevelandVaneExtinct Created Duke of Cleveland in 1833.AilsaKennedyExtant BreadalbaneCampbellExtinct  WestminsterGrosvenorExtantCreated Duke of Westminster in 1874.NormanbyPhippsExtant DalhousieBroun-RamsayExtinct  RiponRobinsonExtinct  AbergavennyNevilleExtant BreadalbaneCampbellExtinct  Dufferin and AvaHamilton-Temple-BlackwoodExtinct  MacduffDuffExtinct Subsidiary title of the Duke of Fife (1889 creation); also Duke of Fife from 1900ZetlandDundasExtant LinlithgowHopeExtant CreweCrewe-MilnesExtinct  LincolnshireWynn-CarringtonExtinct  Aberdeen and TemairHamilton-Gordon, later GordonExtant CambridgeCambridgeExtinct  Milford HavenMountbattenExtant CarisbrookeMountbattenExtinct  Curzon of KedlestonCurzonExtinct  ReadingIsaacs, later Rufus IsaacsExtant WillingdonFreeman-ThomasExtinct  

See also British nobility Marquesses in the United Kingdom List of marquesses in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

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