List of Marquesses in the Peerages of the British Isles
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This is a list of present Marquesses in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. 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.
[edit] Order of precedence
The general order of precedence among Marquesses is:
- Marquesses of England
- Marquesses of Scotland
- Marquesses of Great Britain
- Marquesses of Ireland created before 1801
- Marquesses of the United Kingdom and of Ireland created after 1801
[edit] Marquesses of England
[edit] Marquesses of Scotland
- The Marquess of Huntly (1599)
- The Marquess of Queensberry (1682)
- The Marquess of Tweeddale (1694)
- The Marquess of Lothian (1701)
[edit] Marquesses of Great Britain
- The Marquess of Lansdowne (1784)
- The Marquess Townshend (1787)
- The Marquess of Salisbury (1789)
- The Marquess of Bath (1789)
- The Marquess of Hertford (1793)
- The Marquess of Bute (1796)
[edit] Marquesses of Ireland
- The two Irish Marquesses created after 1801 yield precedence to earlier created Marquesses of the United Kingdom.
- The Marquess of Waterford (1789)
- The Marquess of Downshire (1789)
- Arthur Francis Nicholas Wills Hill, 9th Marquess of Downshire
- The Marquess of Donegall (1791)
- The Marquess of Headfort (1800)
- Thomas Taylour, 7th Marquess of Headfort
- The Marquess of Sligo (1800)
- The Marquess of Ely (1800)
- Charles John Tottenham, 9th Marquess of Ely
- The Marquess of Londonderry (1816)
- The Marquess Conyngham (1816)
- Frederick William Henry Francis Conyngham, 7th Marquess Conyngham
[edit] Marquesses of the United Kingdom
- Precedence of Irish Marquesses shown in italics.
- The Marquess of Exeter (1801)
- The Marquess of Northampton (1812)
- The Marquess Camden (1812)
- David George Edward Henry Pratt, 6th Marquess Camden
- The Marquess of Anglesey (1815)
- The Marquess of Cholmondeley (1815) (holds higher rank as Lord Great Chamberlain)
- Marquess of Londonderry (Ireland)
- Marquess Conyngham (Ireland)
- The Marquess of Ailesbury (1821)
- The Marquess of Bristol (1826)
- The Marquess of Ailsa (1831)
- The Marquess of Normanby (1838)
- The Marquess of Abergavenny (1876)
- The Marquess of Zetland (1892)
- The Marquess of Linlithgow (1902)
- Adrian John Charles Hope, 4th Marquess of Linlithgow
- The Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1916)
- The Marquess of Milford Haven (1917)
- The Marquess of Reading (1926)
- Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading
[edit] List of eldest sons of Marquesses in the Peerages of the British Isles
- Earl of Wiltshire, eldest son of the Marquess of Winchester
- Earl of Abyone, eldest son of the Marquess of Huntly
- Viscount Drumlanrig, eldest son of the Marquess of Queensberry
- Earl of Kerry, eldest son of the Marquess of Lansdowne
- Viscount Raynham, eldest son of the Marquess Townshend
- Viscount Cranborne, eldest son of the Marquess of Salisbury
- Viscount Weymouth, eldest son of the Marquess of Bath
- Earl of Yarmouth, eldest son of the Marquess of Hertford
- Lord Mount Stuart, eldest son of the Marquess of Bute
- Earl of Tyrone, eldest son of the Marquess of Waterford
- Earl of Hillsborough, eldest son of the Marquess of Downshire
- Earl of Belfast, eldest son of the Marquess of Donegall
- Earl of Bective, eldest son of the Marquess of Headfort
- Lord Burghley, eldest son of the Marquess of Exeter
- Earl Compton, eldest son of the Marquess of Northampton
- Earl of Brecknock, eldest son of the Marquess Camden
- Earl of Uxbridge, eldest son of the Marquess of Anglesey
- Viscount Castlereagh, eldest son of the Marquess of Londonderry
- Earl of Mount Charles, eldest son of the Marquess Conyngham
- Earl of Cardigan, eldest son of the Marquess of Ailesbury
- Earl of Mulgrave, eldest son of the Marquess of Normanby
- Earl of Ronaldshay, eldest son of the Marquess of Zetland
- Earl of Hopetoun, eldest son of the Marquess of Linlithgow
- Earl of Haddo, eldest son of the Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
- Earl of Medina, eldest son of the Marquess of Milford Haven
- Viscount Erleigh, eldest son of the Marquess of Reading
[edit] List of younger sons of Marquesses in the Peerages of the British Isles
- Lord Richard Paulet
- Lord Gawain Douglas
- Lord Charles Hay
- (Lord) Alistair Hay (does not use courtesy prefix)
- Lord Andrew Hay
- Lord Hamish Hay
- Lord John Kerr
- Lord Ralph Kerr
- Lord Robert Mercer Nairne
- Lord William Petty-FitzMaurice
- Lord John Townshend
- Lord Charles Cecil
- Lord Valentine Cecil
- Lord Michael Cecil
- Lord James Cecil
- Lord Christopher Thynne
- Lord Edward Seymour
- Lord Patrick Beresford
- Lord Charles Beresford
- Lord James Beresford
- Lord Anthony Hill
- Lord Desmond Chichester
- Lord Timothy Tottenham
- Lord Richard Tottenham
- Lord William Compton
- Lord Rupert Paget
- Lord Reginald Vane-Tempest-Stewart
- Lord Simon Conyngham
- Lord Patrick Conyngham
- Lord Charles Brudenell-Bruce
- Lord David Kennedy
- Lord Thomas Phipps
- Lord David Dundas
- Lord Bruce Dundas
- Lord James Dundas
- Lord Alexander Hope
- Lord Rupert Hope
- Lord Sam Gordon
- Lord Charles Gordon
- Lord Ivar Mountbatten
- Lord Anthony Isaacs
- Lord Alexander Isaacs