List of marquesses in the peerages of the British Isles

Peerages and baronetages

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.

Order of precedence

The general order of precedence among Marquesses is:

1. Marquesses of England
2. Marquesses of Scotland
3. Marquesses of Great Britain
4. Marquesses of Ireland created before 1801
5. Marquesses of the United Kingdom and of Ireland created after 1801

Marquesses of England

1. The Marquess of Winchester (1551)
   • Nigel Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester

Marquesses of Scotland

1. The Marquess of Huntly (1599)
   • Granville Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly
2. The Marquess of Queensberry (1682)
   • David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry
3. The Marquess of Tweeddale (1694)
   • Charles Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale
4. The Marquess of Lothian (1701)
   • Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian

Marquesses of Great Britain

1. The Marquess of Lansdowne (1784)
   • Charles Petty-FitzMaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne
2. The Marquess Townshend (1787)
   • George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend
3. The Marquess of Salisbury (1789)
   • Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury
4. The Marquess of Bath (1789)
   • Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath
5. The Marquess of Hertford (1793)
   • Henry Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford
6. The Marquess of Bute (1796)
   • John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute

Marquesses of Ireland

The two Irish Marquesses created after 1801 yield precedence to earlier created Marquesses of the United Kingdom.

1. The Marquess of Waterford (1789)
   • John Hubert de La Poer Beresford, 8th Marquess of Waterford
2. The Marquess of Downshire (1789)
   • Arthur Francis Nicholas Wills Hill, 9th Marquess of Downshire
3. The Marquess of Donegall (1791)
   • Patrick Chichester, 8th Marquess of Donegall
4. The Marquess of Headfort (1800)
   • Thomas Taylour, 7th Marquess of Headfort
5. The Marquess of Sligo (1800)
   • Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo
6. The Marquess of Ely (1800)
   • Charles John Tottenham, 9th Marquess of Ely
7. The Marquess of Londonderry (1816)
   • Alexander Charles Robert Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 9th Marquess of Londonderry
8. The Marquess Conyngham (1816)
   • Henry Vivien Pierpont Conyngham, 8th Marquess Conyngham

Marquesses of the United Kingdom

Precedence of Irish Marquesses shown in italics.

1. The Marquess of Exeter (1801)
   • Michael Cecil, 8th Marquess of Exeter
2. The Marquess of Northampton (1812)
   • Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton
3. The Marquess Camden (1812)
   • David George Edward Henry Pratt, 6th Marquess Camden
4. The Marquess of Anglesey (1815)
   • George Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey
5. The Marquess of Cholmondeley (1815) (holds higher rank as Lord Great Chamberlain)
   • David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley

   Marquess of Londonderry (Ireland)

   Marquess Conyngham (Ireland)

6. The Marquess of Ailesbury (1821)
   • Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury
7. The Marquess of Bristol (1826)
   • Frederick Hervey, 8th Marquess of Bristol
8. The Marquess of Ailsa (1831)
   • Archibald Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa
9. The Marquess of Normanby (1838)
   • Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby
10. The Marquess of Abergavenny (1876)
    • Christopher Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny
11. The Marquess of Zetland (1892)
    • Mark Dundas, 4th Marquess of Zetland
12. The Marquess of Linlithgow (1902)
    • Adrian John Charles Hope, 4th Marquess of Linlithgow
13. The Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1916)
    • Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
14. The Marquess of Milford Haven (1917)
    • George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven
15. The Marquess of Reading (1926)
    • Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading

List of eldest sons of Marquesses in the Peerages of the British Isles

1. Earl of Wiltshire, eldest son of the Marquess of Winchester
2. Earl of Abyone, eldest son of the Marquess of Huntly
3. Viscount Drumlanrig, eldest son of the Marquess of Queensberry
4. Earl of Kerry, eldest son of the Marquess of Lansdowne
5. Viscount Raynham, eldest son of the Marquess Townshend
6. Viscount Cranborne, eldest son of the Marquess of Salisbury
7. Viscount Weymouth, eldest son of the Marquess of Bath
8. Earl of Yarmouth, eldest son of the Marquess of Hertford
9. Earl of Dumfries, eldest son of the Marquess of Bute
10. Earl of Tyrone, eldest son of the Marquess of Waterford
11. Earl of Hillsborough, eldest son of the Marquess of Downshire
12. Earl of Belfast, eldest son of the Marquess of Donegall
13. Earl of Bective, eldest son of the Marquess of Headfort
14. Lord Burghley, eldest son of the Marquess of Exeter
15. Earl Compton, eldest son of the Marquess of Northampton
16. Earl of Brecknock, eldest son of the Marquess Camden
17. Earl of Uxbridge, eldest son of the Marquess of Anglesey
18. Earl of Rocksavage, eldest son of the Marquess of Cholmondeley
19. Viscount Castlereagh, eldest son of the Marquess of Londonderry
20. Earl of Mount Charles, eldest son of the Marquess Conyngham
21. Earl of Cardigan, eldest son of the Marquess of Ailesbury
22. Earl of Mulgrave, eldest son of the Marquess of Normanby
23. Earl of Ronaldshay, eldest son of the Marquess of Zetland
24. Earl of Hopetoun, eldest son of the Marquess of Linlithgow
25. Earl of Haddo, eldest son of the Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
26. Earl of Medina, eldest son of the Marquess of Milford Haven
27. Viscount Erleigh, eldest son of the Marquess of Reading

List of younger sons of Marquesses in the Peerages of the British Isles

1. Lord Richard Paulet
2. Lord Torquil Douglas
3. Lord Gawain Douglas
4. (Lord) Alistair Hay (does not use courtesy prefix)
5. Lord Andrew Hay
6. Lord Hamish Hay
7. Lord John Kerr
8. Lord Ralph Kerr
9. Lord Robert Mercer Nairne
10. Lord William Petty-FitzMaurice
11. Lord John Townshend
12. Lord Charles Cecil
13. Lord Valentine Cecil
14. Lord Michael Cecil
15. Lord James Cecil
16. Lord Christopher Thynne
17. Lord Edward Seymour
18. Lord Patrick Beresford
19. Lord Charles Beresford
20. Lord James Beresford
21. Lord Anthony Hill
22. Lord Desmond Chichester
23. Lord Timothy Tottenham
24. Lord Richard Tottenham
25. Lord William Compton
26. Lord Rupert Paget
27. Lord NN Cholmondeley
28. Lord Reginald Vane-Tempest-Stewart
29. Lord Simon Conyngham
30. Lord Patrick Conyngham
31. Lord Charles Brudenell-Bruce
32. Lord David Kennedy
33. Lord Thomas Phipps
34. Lord David Dundas
35. Lord Bruce Dundas
36. Lord James Dundas
37. Lord Alexander Hope
38. Lord Rupert Hope
39. Lord Sam Gordon
40. Lord Charles Gordon
41. Lord Ivar Mountbatten
42. Lord Anthony Isaacs
43. Lord Alexander Isaacs