List of Marquessates - Definition and Overview

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

The list is followed by a list of marquessates in other countries.

Contents

1 Marquessates in the Peerage of England, 1385-1707

2 Marquessates in the Peerage of Scotland, 1488-1707

3 Marquessates in the Peerage of Great Britain, 1707-1801

4 Marquessates in the Peerage of Ireland, 1642-1801

5 Marquessates in the Peerages of the United Kingdom and Ireland, 1801-present

6 Other countries

Marquessates in the Peerage of England, 1385-1707

Title	Date of Creation	Surname	Current Status	Notes
Marquess of Dublin	1385	Vere	resigned 1386	created Duke of Ireland in 1386. Might be considered an Irish peerage.
Marquess of Dorset	1397	Beaufort	deprived 1399
Marquess of Dorset	1443	Beaufort	forfeit 1464	created Duke of Somerset in 1448
Marquess of Suffolk	1444	de la Pole	forfeit 1504	created Duke of Suffolk in 1448; forfeit 1450 to 1463; did not use the title 1493-1504
Marquess of Montagu	1470	Nevill	deprived of title 1478	inherited by the Duke of Bedford in 1471
Marquess of Dorset	1475	Grey	forfeit 1554	forfeit between 1483 and 1485; created Duke of Suffolk in 1551.
Marquess of Berkeley	1489	Berkeley	extinct 1492
Marquess of Exeter	1525	Courtenay	forfeit 1538
Marchioness of Pembroke	1532	Boleyn	forfeit 1536	holder was also Queen Consort from 1533 to 1536
Marquess of Northampton	1547	Parr	forfeit 1553
Marquess of Winchester	1551	Paulet	extant	created Duke of Bolton in 1689, that title extinct 1794
Marquess of Northampton	1559	Parr	extinct 1571	this was a new creation for the former holder of the 1547 creation
Marquess of Buckingham	1618	Villiers	extinct 1687	created Duke of Buckingham in 1623
Marquess of Hertford	1641	Seymour	extinct 1675	restored to Dukedom of Somerset in 1660
Marquess of Worcester	1643	Somerset	extant	created Duke of Beaufort in 1682
Marquess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne	1643	Cavendish	extinct 1691	created Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1665
Marquess of Dorchester	1645	Pierrepont	extinct 1680
Marquess of Halifax	1682	Saville	extinct 1700
Marquess of Powis	1687	Herbert	extinct 1748
Marquess of Carmarthen	1689	Osborne	extinct 1963	created Duke of Leeds in 1694
Marquess of Harwich	1689	Schomberg	extinct 1719	subsidiary title of the Duke of Schomberg
Marquess of Alton	1694	Talbot	extinct 1718	subsidiary title of the Duke of Shrewsbury
Marquess of Normanby	1694	Sheffield	extinct 1735	created Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703
Marquess of Tavistock	1694	Russell	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Bedford
Marquess of Hartington	1694	Cavendish	extant	subisidary title of the Duke of Devonshire
Marquess of Clare	1694	Holles	extinct 1711	subsidiary title of the Duke of Newcastle
Marquess of Blandford	1702	Churchill	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Marlborough
Marquess of Granby	1703	Manners	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Rutland
Marquess of Monthermer	1705	Montagu	extinct 1749	subsidiary title of the Duke of Montagu
Marquess of Cambridge	1706	Guelph	merged in crown 1727	subsidiary title of the 1706 Dukedom of Cambridge
Marquess of Kent	1706	Grey	extinct 1740	created Duke of Kent in 1710
Marquess of Lindsey	1706	Bertie	extinct 1809	created Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven in 1715
Marquess of Dorchester	1706	Pierrepont	extinct 1773	created Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull in 1715

Marquessates in the Peerage of Scotland, 1488-1707

Title	Date of Creation	Surname	Current Status	Notes
Marquess of Ormonde	1488	Stewart	extinct 1504	subsidiary title of the Duke of Ross
Marquess of Hamilton	1599	Hamilton	extant	created Duke of Hamilton in 1643
Marquess of Huntly	1599	Gordon	extant	created Duke of Gordon in 1684, that title extinct in 1836
Marquess of Ormonde	1600	Stewart	merged in crown 1625	subsidiary title of the Duke of Albany
Marquess of Wigtown	1602	Stewart	extinct 1602	subsidiary title of the Duke of Kintyre and Lorne
Marquess of Douglas	1633	Douglas	extant	created Duke of Douglas in 1703, that title extinct in 1761; inherited by the Duke of Hamilton in 1761
Marquess of Argyll	1641	Campbell	forfeit 1661
Marquess of Clydesdale	1643	Hamilton	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Hamilton
Marquess of Montrose	1644	Graham	extant	created Duke of Montrose in 1707
Marquess of March	1672	Maitland	extinct 1682	subsidiary title of the Duke of Lauderdale
Marquess of Atholl	1676	Murray	extant	created Duke of Atholl in 1703
Marquess of Bambreich	1680	Leslie	extinct 1681	subsidiary title of the Duke of Rothes
Marquess of Queensberry	1682	Douglas	extant	created Duke of Queensberry in 1684. The titles separated in 1812
Marquess of Dumfriesshire	1684	Douglas	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Queensberry
Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne	1701	Campbell	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Argyll
Marquess of Lothian	1701	Kerr	extant
Marquess of Annandale	1701	Johnston	dormant 1792
Marquess of Tullibardine	1703	Murray	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Atholl
Marquess of Angus	1703	Douglas	extinct 1761	subsidiary title of the Duke of Douglas
Marquess of Graham and Buchanan	1707	Graham	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Montrose
Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford	1707	Ker	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Roxburghe

Marquessates in the Peerage of Great Britain, 1707-1801

Title	Date of Creation	Surname	Current Status	Notes
Marquess of Beverley	1708	Douglas	extinct 1778	subsidiary title of the Duke of Dover, who was also Duke of Queensberry in the Peerage of Scotland
Marquess of Wharton	1715	Wharton	extinct 1731	created Marquess of Malmesbury and Marquess of Catherlough at the same time; created Duke of Wharton in 1718
Marquess of Malmesbury	1715	Wharton	extinct 1731	created Marquess of Wharton and Marquess of Catherlough at the same time; created Duke of Wharton in 1718
Marquess of Clare	1715	Pelham-Holles	extinct 1768	subsidiary title of the Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Marquess of Titchfield	1716	Bentinck	extinct 1990	subsidiary title of the Duke of Portland
Marquess of Carnarvon	1719	Brydges	extinct 1789	subsidiary title of the Duke of Chandos
Marquess of Brackley	1720	Egerton	extinct 1803	subsidiary title of the Duke of Bridgewater
Marquess of the Isle of Ely	1726	Guelph	merged in crown 1760	subsidiary title of the Duke of Edinburgh
Marquess of Berkhampstead	1726	Guelph	extinct 1765	subsidiary title of the Duke of Cumberland
Marquess Grey	1740	Grey	extinct 1797	created for the Duke of Kent, but passed by special patent to his granddaughter
Marquess of Rockingham	1746	Watson-Wentworth	extinct 1782
Marquess of Monthermer	1766	Montagu	extinct 1790	subsidiary title of the Duke of Montagu
Marquess of Buckingham	1784	Temple-Nugent-Grenville	extinct 1889	created Duke of Buckingham and Chandos in 1822
Marquess of Lansdowne	1784	Petty-Fitzmaurice	extant
Marquess of Stafford	1786	Leveson-Gower	extant	created Duke of Sutherland in 1833
Marquess Townshend	1787	Townshend	extant
Marquess of Salisbury	1789	Cecil	extant
Marquess of Bath	1789	Thynne	extant
Marquess of Abercorn	1790	Hamilton	extant	created Duke of Abercorn in 1868
Marquess Cornwallis	1792	Cornwallis	extinct 1823
Marquess of Hertford	1793	Seymour-Conway	extant
Marquess of Bute	1796	Stuart	extant

Marquessates in the Peerage of Ireland, 1642-1801

Title	Date of Creation	Surname	Current Status	Notes
Marquess of Ormonde	1642	Butler	extinct 1758	created Duke of Ormonde in 1661 and Duke of Ormonde in England in 1682, the English Dukedom being attainted in 1715
Marquess of Catherlough	1715	Wharton	extinct 1731	created Marquess of Wharton and Marquess of Malmesbury in the Peerage of Great Britain at the same time. Created Duke of Wharton in 1718.
Marchioness of Dungannon	1716	Schulenberg	extinct 1743	subsidiary title of the Duchess of Munster, created Duchess of Kendal in Great Britain in 1719, peerage for life only
Marquess of Kildare	1761	FitzGerald	extant	created Duke of Leinster in 1766
Marquess of Clanricarde	1785	de Burgh-Canning	extinct 1797
Marquess of Waterford	1789	Beresford	extant
Marquess of Downshire	1789	Hill	extant
Marquess of Donegall	1791	Chichester	extant
Marquess Wellesley	1799	Wellesley	extinct 1842
Marquess of Headfort	1800	Taylour	extant
Marquess of Sligo	1800	Browne	extant
Marquess of Thomond	1800	O'Brien	extinct 1855
Marquess of Ely	1800	Tottenham	extant

Marquessates in the Peerages of the United Kingdom and Ireland, 1801-present

Title	Date of Creation	Surname	Current Status	Notes
Marquess of Exeter	1801	Cecil	extant
Marquess Camden	1812	Pratt	extant
Marquess of Northampton	1812	Compton	extant
Marquess of Wellington	1812	Wellesley	extant	created Duke of Wellington in 1814
Marquess Douro	1814	Wellesley	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Wellington
Marquess of Anglesey	1815	Paget	extant
Marquess of Cholmondeley	1815	Cholmondeley	extant
Marquess of Hastings	1816	Rawdon-Hastings	extinct 1868
Marquess of Londonderry	1816	Stewart	extant	Peerage of Ireland
Marquess Conyngham	1816	Conyngham	extant	Peerage of Ireland
Marquess of Ailesbury	1821	Bruce	extant
Marquess of Chandos	1822	Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville	extinct 1889	subsidiary title of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Marquess of Westmeath	1822	Nugent	extinct 1871
Marquess of Ormonde	1825	Butler	extinct 1997
Marquess of Clanricarde	1825	de Burgh-Canning	extinct 1916	Peerage of Ireland
Marquess of Bristol	1826	Hervey	extant
Marquess of Cleveland	1827	Vane	extinct 1891	created Duke of Cleveland in 1831
Marquess of Ailsa	1831	Kennedy	extant
Marquess of Westminster	1831	Grosvenor	extant	created Duke of Westminster in 1874.
Marquess of Breadalbane	1831	Campbell	extinct 1862
Marquess of Normanby	1838	Phipps	extant
Marquess of Hamilton	1868	Hamilton	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Abercorn in Ireland
Marquess of Ripon	1871	Robinson	extinct 1923
Marquess of Abergavenny	1876	Nevill	extant
Marquess of Breadalbane	1885	Campbell	extinct 1922
Marquess of Dufferin and Ava	1888	Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood	extinct 1988
Marquess of Macduff	1889	Duff	extinct 1912	subsidiary title of the Duke of Fife
Marquess of Zetland	1892	Dundas	extant
Marquess of Linlithgow	1902	Hope	extant
Marquess of Crewe	1911	Crewe-Milnes	extinct 1945
Marquess of Lincolnshire	1912	Wynn-Carrington	extinct 1928
Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair	1916	Gordon	extant
Marquess of Cambridge	1917	Cambridge	extinct 1981
Marquess of Milford Haven	1917	Mountbatten	extant
Marquess of Carisbrooke	1917	Mountbatten	extinct 1960
Marquess Curzon of Kedleston	1921	Curzon	extinct 1925
Marquess of Reading	1926	Isaacs	extant
Marquess of Willingdon	1936	Freeman-Thomas	extinct 1979

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