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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):
"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]
Marquessates in the Peerage of England, 1385–1707 [ ]
This indicates an extant Marquessate.
Marquessates in the Peerage of Scotland, 1488–1707 [ ]
This indicates an extant Marquessate.
Title
Date of creation
Surname
Current status
Notes
Marquess of Ormonde [2]
28 January 1488
Stewart
Extinct 17 January 1504
Subsidiary title of the Duke of Ross
Marquess of Fife
12 May 1567
Hepburn
Forfeit 29 December 1567
Subsidiary title of the Duke of Orkney
Marquess of Hamilton
17 April 1599
Hamilton
Extinct 12 September 1651
Created Duke of Hamilton in 1643
Marquess of Huntly
17 April 1599
Gordon
Extant
Created Duke of Gordon in 1684, which title became extinct in 1836
Marquess of Ormonde [3]
23 December 1600
Stewart
Merged in crown 27 March 1625
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 1612
Marquess of Wigtown
1602
Stewart
Extinct 1602
Subsidiary title of the Duke of Kintyre and Lorne
Marquess of Douglas
14 June 1633
Douglas
Extant
Created Duke of Douglas in 1703, which title became extinct in 1761; also Duke of Hamilton and Duke of Brandon from 1761
Marquess of Argyll
15 November 1641
Campbell
Forfeit 27 May 1661
Marquess of Clydesdale
12 April 1643
Hamilton
Extant
Subsidiary title of the Duke of Hamilton
Marquess of Montrose
6 May 1644
Graham
Extant
Created Duke of Montrose in 1707
Marquess of March
1 May 1672
Maitland
Extinct 24 August 1682
Subsidiary title of the Duke of Lauderdale
Marquess of Atholl
17 February 1676
Murray
Extant
Created Duke of Atholl in 1703
Marquess of Bambreich
29 May 1680
Leslie
Extinct 27 July 1681
Subsidiary title of the Duke of Rothes
Marquess of Queensberry
11 February 1682
Douglas
Extant
Created Duke of Queensberry in 1684. The titles were separated from 1711-1715 and again after 1810
Marquess of Dumfriesshire
3 November 1684
Douglas
Extant
Subsidiary title of the Duke of Queensberry ; also Marquess of Queensberry 1684-1711 and 1715-1810; also Duke of Buccleuch from 1810
Marquess of Tweeddale
17 December 1694
Hay
Extant
Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne
23 June 1701
Campbell
Extant
Subsidiary title of the Duke of Argyll ; created Duke of Greenwich in Great Britain 1719-1743; created Duke of Argyll in the United Kingdom in 1892
Marquess of Lothian
23 June 1701
Kerr
Extant
Marquess of Annandale
24 June 1701
Johnston/Johnstone/Vanden Bempde
Dormant 29 April 1792
Marquess of Angus and Abernethy
10 April 1703
Douglas
Extinct 1761
Subsidiary title of the Duke of Douglas
Marquess of Tullibardine
30 June 1703
Murray
Extant
Subsidiary title of the Duke of Atholl ; also Marquess of Atholl
Marquess of Graham and Buchanan
24 April 1707
Graham
Extant
Subsidiary title of the Duke of Montrose
Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford
25 April 1707
Ker
Extant
Subsidiary title of the Duke of Roxburghe
Marquessates in the Peerage of Great Britain, 1707–1801 [ ]
This indicates an extant Marquessate.
Title
Date of creation
Surname
Current status
Notes
Marquess of Beverley
26 May 1708
Douglas
Extinct 22 October 1778
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 1715-1778
Marquess of Wharton
15 February 1715
Wharton
Extinct 31 May 1731
Also Marquess of Malmesbury and Marquess of Catherlough in Ireland ; created Duke of Wharton in 1718
Marquess of Malmesbury
15 February 1715
Wharton
Extinct 31 May 1731
Also Marquess of Wharton and Marquess of Catherlough in Ireland ; created Duke of Wharton in 1718
Marquess of Clare
11 August 1715
Pelham-Holles
Extinct 1768
Subsidiary title of the Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Marquess of Titchfield
6 July 1716
Bentinck
Extinct 30 July 1990
Subsidiary title of the Duke of Portland
Marquess of Carnarvon
29 April 1719
Brydges
Extinct 29 September 1789
Subsidiary title of the Duke of Chandos
Marquess of Brackley [4]
18 June 1720
Egerton
Extinct 8 March 1803
Subsidiary title of the Duke of Bridgewater
Marquess of the Isle of Ely [5]
26 July 1726
Guelph
Merged in crown 25 October 1760
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[5] 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.[6] [7]
Marquess of Berkhampstead [5]
27 July 1726
Guelph
Extinct 31 October 1765
Subsidiary title of the Duke of Cumberland
Marquess Grey [8]
19 May 1740
Grey
Extinct 19 January 1797
Also Duke of Kent until 1740, when this title became extinct; passed by special patent to his granddaughter
Marquess of Rockingham [9]
19 April 1746
Watson-Wentworth
Extinct 2 July 1782
Marquess of Monthermer
5 November 1766
Montagu
Extinct 23 May 1790
Subsidiary title of the Duke of Montagu
Marquess of Buckingham [10]
4 December 1784
Temple-Nugent-Grenville
Extinct 26 March 1889
Created Duke of Buckingham and Chandos in 1822
Marquess of Lansdowne [10]
6 December 1784
Petty-Fitzmaurice
Extant
Marquess of Stafford [11]
1 March 1786
Leveson-Gower
Extant
Created Duke of Sutherland in 1833
Marquess Townshend [12]
31 October 1787
Townshend
Extant
Marquess of Salisbury [13]
18 August 1789
Cecil
Extant
Marquess of Bath [13]
24 August 1789
Thynne
Extant
Marquess of Abercorn [14]
15 October 1790
Hamilton
Extant
Created Duke of Abercorn in Ireland in 1868
Marquess Cornwallis [15]
8 October 1792
Cornwallis
Extinct 9 August 1823
Marquess of Hertford [16]
5 July 1793
Seymour-Conway
Extant
Marquess of Bute [17]
21 March 1796
Stuart
Extant
Marquessates in the Peerage of Ireland, 1642–1825 [ ]
This indicates an extant Marquessate.
Title
Date of creation
Surname
Current status
Notes
Marquess of Ormonde
30 August 1642
Butler
Extinct 17 December 1758
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
Marquess of Antrim
26 January 1645
MacDonnell
Extinct 3 February 1682
Marquess of Clanricarde
21 February 1646
Burke
Extinct July 1657
Marquess of Catherlough
7 January 1715
Wharton
Extinct 31 May 1731
Created Marquess of Wharton and Marquess of Malmesbury in Great Britain later in 1715. Created Duke of Wharton in 1718.
Marchioness of Dungannon
18 July 1716
Schulenberg
Extinct 10 May 1743
Subsidiary title of the Duchess of Munster ; created Duchess of Kendal in Great Britain in 1719; peerage for life only
Marquess of Kildare [18]
3 March 1761
FitzGerald
Extant
Created Duke of Leinster in 1766
Marquess of Clanricarde [19]
17 August 1789
de Burgh-Canning
Extinct 8 December 1797
Marquess of Antrim [19]
18 August 1789
MacDonnell
Extinct 29 July 1791
Marquess of Waterford [19]
19 August 1789
Beresford
Extant
Marquess of Downshire [19]
20 August 1789
Hill
Extant
Marquess of Donegall [20]
27 June 1791
Chichester
Extant
Marquess of Drogheda [20]
5 July 1791
Moore
Extinct 29 June 1892
Marquess Wellesley [21]
2 December 1799
Wellesley
Extinct 26 September 1842
Marquess of Headfort [22]
29 December 1800
Taylour
Extant
Marquess of Sligo [22]
29 December 1800
Browne
Extant
Marquess of Thomond [22]
29 December 1800
O'Brien
Extinct 3 July 1855
Marquess of Ely [22]
29 December 1800
Tottenham
Extant
Marquess of Londonderry [23]
13 January 1816
Stewart
Extant
Marquess Conyngham [23]
22 January 1816
Conyngham
Extant
Marquess of Ormonde [23]
22 January 1816
Butler
Extinct 10 August 1820
Marquess of Westmeath [24]
12 January 1822
Nugent
Extinct 5 May 1871
Marquess of Ormonde [25]
5 October 1825
Butler
Extinct 25 October 1997
Marquess of Clanricarde [25] [26]
26 November 1825
de Burgh-Canning
Extinct 12 April 1916
Marquess of Hamilton
10 August 1868
Hamilton
Extant
Subsidiary title of the Duke of Abercorn ; also Marquess of Abercorn in Great Britain
Marquessates in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, 1801 to present [ ]
This indicates an extant Marquessate.
See also [ ]
References [ ]
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^ The Scots Peerage , vol. VII, p. 246 .
^ Scots Peerage , vol. I, p. 155 .
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^ "No. 6741" . The London Gazette . 4 January 1728. p. 2.
^ "No. 9050" . The London Gazette . 16 April 1751. p. 1.
^ "No. 7914" . The London Gazette . 27 May 1740. p. 1.
^ "No. 8529" . The London Gazette . 19 April 1746. p. 3.
^ a b "No. 12599" . The London Gazette . 27 November 1784. p. 1.
^ "No. 12729" . The London Gazette . 25 February 1786. p. 85.
^ "No. 12932" . The London Gazette . 23 October 1787. p. 499.
^ a b "No. 13123" . The London Gazette . 15 August 1789. p. 550.
^ "No. 13241" . The London Gazette . 28 September 1789. p. 599.
^ "No. 13450" . The London Gazette . 14 August 1792. p. 635.
^ "No. 13541" . The London Gazette . 25 June 1793. p. 543.
^ "No. 13870" . The London Gazette . 27 February 1796. p. 207.
^ "No. 10083" . The London Gazette . 28 February 1761. p. 3.
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^ a b "No. 13322" . The London Gazette . 2 July 1791. p. 387.
^ "No. 15212" . The London Gazette . 10 December 1799. p. 1277.
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^ a b c "No. 17104" . The London Gazette . 30 January 1816. p. 173.
^ a b "No. 17781" . The London Gazette . 12 January 1822. p. 59.
^ a b "No. 18182" . The London Gazette . 8 October 1825. p. 1816.
^ "No. 18182" . The London Gazette . 8 October 1825. p. 1817.
^ "No. 15324" . The London Gazette . 30 December 1800. p. 10.
^ a b "No. 16632" . The London Gazette . 11 August 1812. p. 1579.
^ "No. 16635" . The London Gazette . 15 August 1812. p. 1643.
^ "No. 16894" . The London Gazette . 31 May 1814. p. 936.
^ "No. 17029" . The London Gazette . 24 June 1815. p. 1219.
^ "No. 17066" . The London Gazette . 30 September 1815. p. 1997.
^ "No. 17068" . The London Gazette . 7 October 1815. p. 2042.
^ "No. 17198" . The London Gazette . 7 December 1816. p. 2314.
^ "No. 17724" . The London Gazette . 14 July 1821. p. 1461.
^ "No. 18259" . The London Gazette . 17 June 1826. p. 1478.
^ "No. 18397" . The London Gazette . 18 September 1827. p. 1955.
^ a b "No. 18846" . The London Gazette . 9 September 1831. p. 1833.
^ "No. 18846" . The London Gazette . 9 September 1831. p. 1834.
^ "No. 19629" . The London Gazette . 26 June 1838. p. 1445.
^ "No. 20984" . The London Gazette . 5 June 1849. p. 1832.
^ "No. 23748" . The London Gazette . 20 June 1871. p. 2847.
^ "No. 24283" . The London Gazette . 11 January 1876. p. 99.
^ "No. 25489" . The London Gazette . 10 July 1885. p. 3178.
^ "No. 25874" . The London Gazette . 13 November 1888. p. 6145.
^ "No. 25958" . The London Gazette . 27 July 1889. p. 4077.
^ "No. 26328" . The London Gazette . 23 September 1892. p. 5383.
^ "No. 27487" . The London Gazette . 24 October 1892. p. 6734.
^ "No. 28514" . The London Gazette . 18 July 1911. p. 5349.
^ "No. 28586" . The London Gazette . 1 March 1912. p. 1558.
^ "No. 29427" . The London Gazette . 4 January 1916. p. 179.
^ "No. 30374" . The London Gazette . 9 November 1917. p. 11593.
^ a b "No. 30374" . The London Gazette . 9 November 1917. p. 11594.
^ "No. 32376" . The London Gazette . 1 July 1921. p. 5243.
^ "No. 33163" . The London Gazette . 18 May 1926. p. 3218.
^ "No. 34289" . The London Gazette . 29 May 1936. p. 3440.