List of Marquesses in the peerages of the British Isles
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This is a list of present Marquess
es in the Peerage
s 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.
Marquess
A marquess or marquis is a nobleman of hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The term is also used to translate equivalent oriental styles, as in imperial China, Japan, and Vietnam...
es in the Peerage
Peerage
The Peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom, which constitute the ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system...
s of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. Note that it does not mention any Marquessates held as a subsidiary title of a Duke
Duke
A duke or duchess is a member of the nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch, and historically controlling a duchy...
. 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:- 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
Marquesses of England
- The Marquess of WinchesterMarquess of WinchesterMarquess of Winchester is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1551 for the prominent statesman William Paulet, 1st Earl of Wiltshire. He had already been created Baron St John in 1539 and Earl of Wiltshire in 1550, also in the Peerage of England...
(1551)- Nigel Paulet, 18th Marquess of WinchesterNigel Paulet, 18th Marquess of WinchesterNigel George Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester is a British peer and the premier Marquess of England. He succeeded a cousin in the title in 1968.Winchester currently lives in South Africa.He married Rosemary Anne Hilton, on 25 November 1967...
- Nigel Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester
Marquesses of Scotland
- The Marquess of HuntlyMarquess of HuntlyMarquess of Huntly is a title in the Peerage of Scotland created on 17 April 1599 for George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly. It is the oldest existing marquessate in Scotland, and the second-oldest in the British Isles, only the English marquessate of Winchester being older...
(1599)- Granville Gordon, 13th Marquess of HuntlyGranville Gordon, 13th Marquess of HuntlyGranville Charles Gomer Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly , styled Earl of Aboyne until 1987, is a British peer.Huntly is the son of Douglas Gordon, 12th Marquess of Huntly, by the Honourable Mary Pamela, daughter of James Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, and was educated at Gordonstoun...
- Granville Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly
- The Marquess of QueensberryMarquess of QueensberryMarquess of Queensberry is a title in the peerage of Scotland. The title has been held since its creation in 1682 by a member of the Douglas family...
(1682)- David Douglas, 12th Marquess of QueensberryDavid Douglas, 12th Marquess of QueensberryDavid Harrington Angus Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry is a Scottish nobleman.Queensberry is the elder son of the 11th Marquess, and his only son by his second wife, artist...
- David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry
- The Marquess of TweeddaleMarquess of TweeddaleMarquess of Tweeddale is a title of the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1694 for the 2nd Earl of Tweeddale. Lord Tweeddale holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Tweeddale , Earl of Gifford , Viscount of Walden , Lord Hay of Yester , and Baron Tweeddale, of Yester in the County of Haddington...
(1694)- Charles Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale
- The Marquess of LothianMarquess of LothianMarquess of Lothian is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1701 for Robert Kerr, 4th Earl of Lothian. The Marquess of Lothian holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Lothian , Earl of Lothian , Earl of Ancram , Earl of Ancram , Viscount of Briene , Lord Newbattle ,...
(1701)- Michael Kerr, 13th Marquess of LothianMichael AncramMichael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian, PC, QC , known as Michael Ancram, is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician. He is a member of the House of Lords, former Member of Parliament, and a former member of the Shadow Cabinet...
(known as Michael Ancram)
- Michael Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian
Marquesses of Great Britain
- The Marquess of LansdowneMarquess of LansdowneMarquess of Lansdowne, in the County of Somerset, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain held by the head of the Petty-Fitzmaurice family. This branch of the family descends from the Hon...
(1784)- Charles Petty-FitzMaurice, 9th Marquess of LansdowneCharles Petty-FitzMaurice, 9th Marquess of LansdowneCharles Maurice Petty-FitzMaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne LVO DL , styled Earl of Shelburne between 1944 and 1997, is a British peer.-Early life:...
- Charles Petty-FitzMaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne
- The Marquess TownshendMarquess TownshendMarquess Townshend is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain held by the Townshend family of Raynham Hall in Norfolk. This family descends from Roger Townshend, who in 1617 was created a Baronet, of Raynham in the County of Norfolk, in the Baronetage of England. He later represented Orford and...
(1787)- Charles Townshend, 8th Marquess TownshendCharles Townshend, 8th Marquess TownshendCharles George Townshend, 8th Marquess Townshend is the elder son of George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend, and his first wife Elizabeth Pamela Audrey , daughter of Thomas Luby. He was styled Viscount Raynham until he succeeded his father on 23 April 2010.He has two full sisters and a half...
- Charles Townshend, 8th Marquess Townshend
- The Marquess of SalisburyMarquess of SalisburyMarquess of Salisbury is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1789 for the 7th Earl of Salisbury. Most of the holders of the title have been prominent in British political life over the last two centuries, particularly the 3rd Marquess, who served three times as Prime Minister...
(1789)- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of SalisburyRobert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of SalisburyRobert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, PC, DL , is a British Conservative politician. During the 1990s, he was Leader of the House of Lords under his courtesy title of Viscount Cranborne...
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury
- The Marquess of BathMarquess of BathMarquess of Bath is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1789 for Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth. The Thynne family descends from the soldier and courtier Sir John Thynne , who constructed Longleat House between 1567 and 1579...
(1789)- Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of BathAlexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of BathAlexander George Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath , styled Viscount Weymouth between 1946 and 1992, is an English politician, artist and author...
- Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath
- The Marquess of HertfordMarquess of HertfordThe titles of Earl of Hertford and Marquess of Hertford have been created several times in the peerages of England and Great Britain.The third Earldom of Hertford was created in 1559 for Edward Seymour, who was simultaneously created Baron Beauchamp of Hache...
(1793)- Henry Seymour, 9th Marquess of HertfordHenry Seymour, 9th Marquess of HertfordHenry Jocelyn Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford is a British peer, the son of Hugh Seymour, 8th Marquess of Hertford. He currently resides in Ragley Hall, Warwickshire.In 1990, he married Beatriz Karam. They have four children:...
- Henry Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford
- The Marquess of ButeMarquess of ButeMarquess of the County of Bute, shortened in general usage to Marquess of Bute, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1796 for John Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute.-Family history:...
(1796)- John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of ButeJohn Colum Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute , styled Earl of Dumfries before 1993 and from this courtesy title usually known as Johnny Dumfries, is a Scottish peer and a former racing driver. He does not use his title and prefers to be known solely as John Bute...
- 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.
- The Marquess of WaterfordMarquess of WaterfordMarquess of Waterford is a title in the Peerage of Ireland and the premier marquessate in that peerage. It was created in 1789 for George Beresford, 2nd Earl of Tyrone.-Family history:...
(1789)- John Beresford, 8th Marquess of Waterford
- The Marquess of DownshireMarquess of DownshireMarquess of Downshire is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1789 for Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough, a former Secretary of State....
(1789)- Arthur Francis Nicholas Wills Hill, 9th Marquess of Downshire
- The Marquess of DonegallMarquess of DonegallMarquess of Donegall is a title in the Peerage of Ireland held by the head of the Chichester family, originally from Devon, England. Sir John Chichester sat as a Member of Parliament and was High Sheriff of Devon in 1557. One of his sons, Sir Arthur Chichester, was Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1604...
(1791)- Patrick Chichester, 8th Marquess of Donegall
- The Marquess of HeadfortMarquess of HeadfortMarquess of Headfort is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for Thomas Taylor, 2nd Earl of Bective. Despite the official title, the family unfailingly use the alternative rendering Marquis of Headfort, and this is the spelling more commonly encountered in references to family...
(1800)- Thomas Taylour, 7th Marquess of Headfort
- The Marquess of SligoMarquess of SligoMarquess of Sligo is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for John Browne, 3rd Earl of Altamont. The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Baron Mount Eagle, of Westport in the County of Mayo , Viscount Westport, of Westport in the County of Mayo , Earl of Altamont, in the...
(1800)- Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of SligoJeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of SligoJeremy Ulick Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo , styled Earl of Altamont until 1991, is the 11th, and current, holder of the Marquessate of Sligo, a title created in 1800 in the Peerage of Ireland...
- Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo
- The Marquess of ElyMarquess of ElyMarquess of Ely, of the County of Wexford, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for Charles Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely. He was born Charles Tottenham, the son of John Tottenham, who had been created a Baronet, of Tottenham Green in the County of Wexford, in the Baronetage of...
(1800)- Charles John Tottenham, 9th Marquess of Ely
- The Marquess of LondonderryMarquess of LondonderryMarquess of Londonderry is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1816 for Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Londonderry. He had earlier represented County Down in the Irish House of Commons. Stewart had already been created Baron Londonderry in 1789, Viscount Castlereagh in 1795 and Earl...
(1816)- Alexander Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 9th Marquess of LondonderryAlexander Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 9th Marquess of LondonderryAlexander Charles Robert Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 9th Marquess of Londonderry is a British nobleman.He is the son of Robin Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 8th Marquess of Londonderry and his wife, the former Romaine Combe ....
- Alexander Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 9th Marquess of Londonderry
- The Marquess ConynghamMarquess ConynghamMarquess Conyngham, of the County of Donegal, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1816 for Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham. He was the great-nephew of another Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham, the member of a family of Scottish descent which had settled in County Donegal...
(1816)- Henry Conyngham, 8th Marquess Conyngham
- The Marquess of Waterford
Marquesses of the United Kingdom
- Precedence of Irish Marquesses shown in italics.
- The Marquess of ExeterMarquess of ExeterMarquess of Exeter is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1525 for Henry Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon...
(1801)- Michael Cecil, 8th Marquess of Exeter
- The Marquess of NorthamptonMarquess of NorthamptonMarquess of Northampton is a title that has been created twice.-William Parr:First creation, 1547–1571The title was created for the first time in the Peerage of England in 1547 in favour of William Parr, brother of Catherine Parr, the sixth and last wife of King Henry VIII. The title was forfeited...
(1812)- Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of NorthamptonSpencer Compton, 7th Marquess of NorthamptonSpencer "Spenny" Douglas David Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton is a British peer.He is the son of the Most Hon. William Compton, 6th Marquess of Northampton and Ms...
- Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton
- The Marquess CamdenMarquess CamdenMarquess Camden is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1812 for the politician John Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden. The Pratt family descends from Sir John Pratt, Lord Chief Justice from 1718 to 1725. His third son from his second marriage, Sir Charles Pratt, was also a...
(1812)- David Pratt, 6th Marquess Camden
- The Marquess of AngleseyMarquess of AngleseyMarquess of Anglesey is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1815 for Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge, a hero of the Battle of Waterloo...
(1815)- George Paget, 7th Marquess of AngleseyGeorge Paget, 7th Marquess of AngleseyGeorge Charles Henry Victor Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey DL FSA FRHistS FRSL , styled Earl of Uxbridge until 1947, is a British peer....
- George Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey
- The Marquess of CholmondeleyMarquess of CholmondeleyMarquess of Cholmondeley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1815 for George Cholmondeley, 4th Earl of Cholmondeley. Each Marquess of Cholmondeley is a descendant of Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain....
(1815) (holds higher rank as Lord Great ChamberlainLord Great ChamberlainThe Lord Great Chamberlain of England is the sixth of the Great Officers of State, ranking beneath the Lord Privy Seal and above the Lord High Constable...
)- David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of CholmondeleyDavid Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of CholmondeleyDavid George Philip Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley, KCVO, DL , was styled from birth Viscount Malpas until 1968, and subsequently Earl of Rocksavage until 1990...
- Marquess of Londonderry (Ireland)
- Marquess Conyngham (Ireland)
- David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley
- The Marquess of AilesburyMarquess of AilesburyMarquess of Ailesbury is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 17 July 1821 for Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury....
(1821)- Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of AilesburyMichael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of AilesburyMichael Sydney Cedric Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury , styled Viscount Savernake until 1961 and Earl Bruce between 1961 and 1974, is a British peer. The son of Cedric Brudenell-Bruce, 7th Marquess of Ailesbury and Joan Houlton Salter, he succeeded his father as 8th Marquess on the...
- Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury
- The Marquess of BristolMarquess of BristolMarquess of Bristol is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom held by the Hervey family since 1826. The Marquess's subsidiary titles are: Earl of Bristol , Earl Jermyn, of Horningsheath in the County of Suffolk , and Baron Hervey, of Ickworth in the County of Suffolk...
(1826)- Frederick Hervey, 8th Marquess of BristolFrederick Hervey, 8th Marquess of BristolFrederick William Augustus Hervey, 8th Marquess of Bristol , succeeded his elder half-brother the 7th Marquess in January 1999 as Marquess of Bristol...
- Frederick Hervey, 8th Marquess of Bristol
- The Marquess of AilsaMarquess of AilsaMarquess of Ailsa, of the Isle of Ailsa in the County of Ayr, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 10 September 1831 for Archibald Kennedy, 12th Earl of Cassillis. The title Earl of Cassillis had been created in 1509 for the 3rd Lord Kennedy. This title had been...
(1831)- Archibald Kennedy, 8th Marquess of AilsaArchibald Kennedy, 8th Marquess of AilsaArchibald Angus Charles Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa , is a Scottish peer, the son of Archibald Kennedy, 7th Marquess of Ailsa.Lord Ailsa married Dawn Leslie Anne Keen in 1979; they have two children:...
- Archibald Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa
- The Marquess of NormanbyMarquess of NormanbyMarquess of Normanby is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.The first creation came in 1694 in the Peerage of England in favour of John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave KG...
(1838)- Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of NormanbyConstantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of NormanbyConstantine Edmund Walter Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby is the son of Oswald Phipps, 4th Marquess of Normanby and Grania Guinness. He was educated at Worcester College, Oxford....
- Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby
- The Marquess of AbergavennyMarquess of AbergavennyMarquess of Abergavenny , in the County of Monmouth, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that was created on 14 January 1876, along with the title Earl of Lewes , in the County of Sussex, for the 5th Earl of Abergavenny, a member of the Nevill family.The 1st Marquess's ancestor, the de...
(1876)- Christopher Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny
- The Marquess of ZetlandMarquess of ZetlandMarquess of Zetland is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 22 August 1892 for the former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lawrence Dundas, 3rd Earl of Zetland. Zetland is an archaic spelling of Shetland. The Dundas family descends from the wealthy Scottish businessman and...
(1892)- Mark Dundas, 4th Marquess of ZetlandMark Dundas, 4th Marquess of ZetlandLawrence Mark Dundas, 4th Marquess of Zetland , less formally known as Mark Zetland, is a British peer, known before 1989 as Earl of Ronaldshay.He was educated at Harrow School and Christ's College, Cambridge....
- Mark Dundas, 4th Marquess of Zetland
- The Marquess of LinlithgowMarquess of LinlithgowMarquess of Linlithgow, in the County of Linlithgow or West Lothian, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1902 for John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun....
(1902)- Adrian Hope, 4th Marquess of LinlithgowAdrian Hope, 4th Marquess of LinlithgowAdrian John Charles Hope, 4th Marquess of Linlithgow , styled Viscount Aithrie until 1952 and Earl of Hopetoun between 1952 and 1987, is a British aristocrat...
- Adrian Hope, 4th Marquess of Linlithgow
- The Marquess of Aberdeen and TemairMarquess of Aberdeen and TemairMarquess of Aberdeen and Temair, in the County of Aberdeen, in the County of Meath and in the County of Argyll, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 4 January 1916 for John Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen. The Gordon family descends from John Gordon, who fought...
(1916)- Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and TemairAlexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and TemairAlexander George Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair DL is a British peer and the son of Alastair Gordon, 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair....
- Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
- The Marquess of Milford HavenMarquess of Milford HavenMarquess of Milford Haven is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1917 for Prince Louis of Battenberg, the former First Sea Lord, and a relation to the British Royal family, who amidst the anti-German sentiments of the First World War abandoned the use of his German...
(1917)- George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford HavenGeorge Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford HavenGeorge Ivar Louis Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven , styled Earl of Medina before 1970, is a British businessman, peer, and current Head of the House of Mountbatten.-Family:...
- George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven
- The Marquess of ReadingMarquess of ReadingMarquess of Reading is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1926 for Rufus Isaacs, 1st Earl of Reading, the former Viceroy of India and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales...
(1926)- Simon Rufus Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading
- The Marquess of Exeter
List of eldest sons of Marquesses in the Peerages of the British Isles
- Earl of WiltshireChristopher Paulet, Earl of WiltshireChristopher Paulet, Earl of Wiltshire is the elder son and heir of England's premier Marquess, Nigel Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester. He runs a chemical company and is a guitarist with the music group Wizard. In October 1992, he married Christine Mary Town, and the couple have two...
, eldest son of the Marquess of WinchesterMarquess of WinchesterMarquess of Winchester is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1551 for the prominent statesman William Paulet, 1st Earl of Wiltshire. He had already been created Baron St John in 1539 and Earl of Wiltshire in 1550, also in the Peerage of England... - Earl of AboyneAlastair Gordon, Earl of AboyneAlastair Granville Gordon, Earl of Aboyne is the only son and heir of Granville Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly. He runs the family distillery in the grounds of Aboyne Castle, producing the single malt whisky liqueur, Cock o' the North....
, eldest son of the Marquess of HuntlyMarquess of HuntlyMarquess of Huntly is a title in the Peerage of Scotland created on 17 April 1599 for George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly. It is the oldest existing marquessate in Scotland, and the second-oldest in the British Isles, only the English marquessate of Winchester being older... - Viscount Drumlanrig, eldest son of the Marquess of QueensberryMarquess of QueensberryMarquess of Queensberry is a title in the peerage of Scotland. The title has been held since its creation in 1682 by a member of the Douglas family...
- Earl of Kerry, eldest son of the Marquess of LansdowneMarquess of LansdowneMarquess of Lansdowne, in the County of Somerset, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain held by the head of the Petty-Fitzmaurice family. This branch of the family descends from the Hon...
- Viscount Raynham, eldest son of the Marquess TownshendMarquess TownshendMarquess Townshend is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain held by the Townshend family of Raynham Hall in Norfolk. This family descends from Roger Townshend, who in 1617 was created a Baronet, of Raynham in the County of Norfolk, in the Baronetage of England. He later represented Orford and...
- Viscount Cranborne, eldest son of the Marquess of SalisburyMarquess of SalisburyMarquess of Salisbury is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1789 for the 7th Earl of Salisbury. Most of the holders of the title have been prominent in British political life over the last two centuries, particularly the 3rd Marquess, who served three times as Prime Minister...
- Viscount WeymouthCeawlin Thynn, Viscount WeymouthCeawlin Henry Laszlo Thynn, Viscount Weymouth is a British businessman and the second child of Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath and his wife, Anna Gael Gyarmathy...
, eldest son of the Marquess of BathMarquess of BathMarquess of Bath is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1789 for Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth. The Thynne family descends from the soldier and courtier Sir John Thynne , who constructed Longleat House between 1567 and 1579... - Earl of Yarmouth, eldest son of the Marquess of HertfordMarquess of HertfordThe titles of Earl of Hertford and Marquess of Hertford have been created several times in the peerages of England and Great Britain.The third Earldom of Hertford was created in 1559 for Edward Seymour, who was simultaneously created Baron Beauchamp of Hache...
- Earl of Dumfries, eldest son of the Marquess of ButeMarquess of ButeMarquess of the County of Bute, shortened in general usage to Marquess of Bute, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1796 for John Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute.-Family history:...
- Earl of Tyrone, eldest son of the Marquess of WaterfordMarquess of WaterfordMarquess of Waterford is a title in the Peerage of Ireland and the premier marquessate in that peerage. It was created in 1789 for George Beresford, 2nd Earl of Tyrone.-Family history:...
- Earl of Hillsborough, eldest son of the Marquess of DownshireMarquess of DownshireMarquess of Downshire is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1789 for Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough, a former Secretary of State....
- Earl of Belfast, eldest son of the Marquess of DonegallMarquess of DonegallMarquess of Donegall is a title in the Peerage of Ireland held by the head of the Chichester family, originally from Devon, England. Sir John Chichester sat as a Member of Parliament and was High Sheriff of Devon in 1557. One of his sons, Sir Arthur Chichester, was Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1604...
- Earl of BectiveThomas Taylour, Earl of BectiveThomas Taylour, Earl of Bective , styled Lord Kenlis until 1870, was an Anglo-Irish Conservative politician....
, eldest son of the Marquess of HeadfortMarquess of HeadfortMarquess of Headfort is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for Thomas Taylor, 2nd Earl of Bective. Despite the official title, the family unfailingly use the alternative rendering Marquis of Headfort, and this is the spelling more commonly encountered in references to family... - Lord Burghley, eldest son of the Marquess of ExeterMarquess of ExeterMarquess of Exeter is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1525 for Henry Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon...
- Earl Compton, eldest son of the Marquess of NorthamptonMarquess of NorthamptonMarquess of Northampton is a title that has been created twice.-William Parr:First creation, 1547–1571The title was created for the first time in the Peerage of England in 1547 in favour of William Parr, brother of Catherine Parr, the sixth and last wife of King Henry VIII. The title was forfeited...
- Earl of Brecknock, eldest son of the Marquess CamdenMarquess CamdenMarquess Camden is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1812 for the politician John Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden. The Pratt family descends from Sir John Pratt, Lord Chief Justice from 1718 to 1725. His third son from his second marriage, Sir Charles Pratt, was also a...
- Earl of Uxbridge, eldest son of the Marquess of AngleseyMarquess of AngleseyMarquess of Anglesey is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1815 for Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge, a hero of the Battle of Waterloo...
- Earl of Rocksavage, eldest son of the Marquess of CholmondeleyMarquess of CholmondeleyMarquess of Cholmondeley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1815 for George Cholmondeley, 4th Earl of Cholmondeley. Each Marquess of Cholmondeley is a descendant of Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain....
- Viscount Castlereagh, eldest son of the Marquess of LondonderryMarquess of LondonderryMarquess of Londonderry is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1816 for Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Londonderry. He had earlier represented County Down in the Irish House of Commons. Stewart had already been created Baron Londonderry in 1789, Viscount Castlereagh in 1795 and Earl...
- Earl of Mount Charles, eldest son of the Marquess ConynghamMarquess ConynghamMarquess Conyngham, of the County of Donegal, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1816 for Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham. He was the great-nephew of another Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham, the member of a family of Scottish descent which had settled in County Donegal...
- Earl of CardiganDavid Brudenell-Bruce, Earl of CardiganDavid Michael James Brudenell-Bruce, Earl of Cardigan is the heir apparent to the Marquessate of Ailesbury, and its subsidiary titles...
, eldest son of the Marquess of AilesburyMarquess of AilesburyMarquess of Ailesbury is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 17 July 1821 for Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury.... - Earl of Mulgrave, eldest son of the Marquess of NormanbyMarquess of NormanbyMarquess of Normanby is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.The first creation came in 1694 in the Peerage of England in favour of John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave KG...
- Earl of RonaldshayRobin Dundas, Earl of RonaldshayRobin Lawrence Dundas, Earl of Ronaldshay is the eldest son of the 4th Marquess of Zetland.Lord Ronaldshay was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Agricultural College. On 12 April 1997, he married Heather Hoffman and they have four daughters...
, eldest son of the Marquess of ZetlandMarquess of ZetlandMarquess of Zetland is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 22 August 1892 for the former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lawrence Dundas, 3rd Earl of Zetland. Zetland is an archaic spelling of Shetland. The Dundas family descends from the wealthy Scottish businessman and... - Earl of Hopetoun, eldest son of the Marquess of LinlithgowMarquess of LinlithgowMarquess of Linlithgow, in the County of Linlithgow or West Lothian, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1902 for John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun....
- Earl of Haddo, eldest son of the Marquess of Aberdeen and TemairMarquess of Aberdeen and TemairMarquess of Aberdeen and Temair, in the County of Aberdeen, in the County of Meath and in the County of Argyll, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 4 January 1916 for John Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen. The Gordon family descends from John Gordon, who fought...
- Earl of Medina, eldest son of the Marquess of Milford HavenMarquess of Milford HavenMarquess of Milford Haven is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1917 for Prince Louis of Battenberg, the former First Sea Lord, and a relation to the British Royal family, who amidst the anti-German sentiments of the First World War abandoned the use of his German...
- Viscount Erleigh, eldest son of the Marquess of ReadingMarquess of ReadingMarquess of Reading is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1926 for Rufus Isaacs, 1st Earl of Reading, the former Viceroy of India and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales...
List of younger sons of Marquesses in the Peerages of the British Isles
- Lord Richard Paulet, younger son of the Marquess of WinchesterMarquess of WinchesterMarquess of Winchester is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1551 for the prominent statesman William Paulet, 1st Earl of Wiltshire. He had already been created Baron St John in 1539 and Earl of Wiltshire in 1550, also in the Peerage of England...
- Lord Torquil Douglas, second son of the Marquess of QueensberryMarquess of QueensberryMarquess of Queensberry is a title in the peerage of Scotland. The title has been held since its creation in 1682 by a member of the Douglas family...
- Lord Gawain Douglas, second of the 11th Marquess of Queensberry
- (Lord) Alistair Hay, third son of the 12th Marquess of Tweeddale (does not use courtesy prefix)
- Lord Andrew Hay, fourth son of the 12th Marquess of Tweeddale
- Lord Hamish Hay, fifth son of the 12th Marquess of Tweeddale
- Lord Ralph Kerr, younger son of the 12th Marquess of LothianPeter Kerr, 12th Marquess of LothianPeter Francis Walter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian, KCVO was a British peer, politician and landowner....
- Lord John 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 Oliver Cholmondeley
- Lord Reginald Vane-Tempest-Stewart
- Lord Simon Conyngham
- Lord Patrick Conyngham
- Lord Charles Brudenell-Bruce
- Lord David Kennedy
- Lord Thomas Phipps
- Lord James Dundas, second son of the Marquess of ZetlandMarquess of ZetlandMarquess of Zetland is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 22 August 1892 for the former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lawrence Dundas, 3rd Earl of Zetland. Zetland is an archaic spelling of Shetland. The Dundas family descends from the wealthy Scottish businessman and...
- Lord David DundasLord David DundasLord David Paul Nicholas Dundas is an English musician known for his film and television scoring, having previously had chart success in the rock genre.-Biography:...
, second son of the 3rd Marquess of ZetlandLawrence Dundas, 3rd Marquess of ZetlandLawrence Aldred Mervyn Dundas, 3rd Marquess of Zetland was a lawn tennis player of some note in the 1940s, known before 1971 as the Earl of Ronaldshay.... - Lord Bruce Dundas, third son of the 3rd Marquess of Zetland
- Lord Alexander Hope
- Lord Rupert Hope
- Lord Sam Gordon
- Lord Charles Gordon
- Lord Ivar MountbattenLord Ivar MountbattenLord Ivar Alexander Michael Mountbatten, DL is the younger son of the 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven and Janet Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven...
, second son of the 3rd Marquess of Milford HavenDavid Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford HavenDavid Michael Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven , styled Viscount Alderney before 1921 and Earl of Medina between 1921 and 1938, was the son of the 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven and Countess Nadejda de Torby.... - Lord Anthony Isaacs
- Lord Alexander Isaacs