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The coronet of a marquess in the peerages of the United Kingdom A portrait of William Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian wearing his British Army uniform. Marquess is a rank of nobility in the peerages of the United Kingdom, ranking below a duke and above an earl. There are currently 35 marquessates.
The ranks of the English peerage are, in descending order, duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. While most newer English peerages descend only in the male line, many of the older ones (particularly older baronies) can descend through females.
The Marquess of Lansdowne: 1784 Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne: Great Britain Simon Petty-FitzMaurice, Earl of Kerry: 7 The Marquess Townshend: 1787 Charles Townshend, 8th Marquess Townshend: Great Britain Thomas Townshend, Viscount Raynham: 8 The Marquess of Salisbury: 1789 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury ...
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.
In the 14th century, an English peerage began to emerge as a separate entity from the feudal system. The peers held titles granted by the monarch, but did not necessarily hold any land or have any feudal obligations. The peerage was divided into five ranks; from highest to lowest: duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron.
A woman with the rank of a marquess, or the wife of a marquess, is a marchioness / ˌ m ɑː r ʃ ə ˈ n ɛ s /. [4] The dignity, rank, or position of the title is a marquisate or marquessate. The honorific prefix "The Most Honourable" precedes the name of a marquess or marchioness of the United Kingdom. [5]
The ranks of the peerage are duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. [7]The last non-royal dukedom was created in 1874, and the last marquessate was created in 1936. . Creation of the remaining ranks, except baronies for life, mostly ceased once Harold Wilson's Labour government took office in 1964, and only thirteen (nine non-royal and four royal) people have been created hereditary peers sinc
The Marquess Townshend: Viscount Raynham* The Marquess of Salisbury: Viscount Cranborne* [10] The Marquess of Bath: Viscount Weymouth* The Marquess of Hertford: Earl of Yarmouth* Viscount Beauchamp* The Marquess of Bute: Earl of Dumfries: Viscount Mountjoy: The Marquess of Waterford: Earl of Tyrone* Lord Le Poer: The Marquess of Downshire: Earl ...