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List of marquesses in the peerages of the British Isles
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:Marquesses of England
- The Marquess of Winchester (1551)
Marquesses of Scotland
- The Marquess of Huntly (1599)
- The Marquess of Queensberry (1682)
- The Marquess of Tweeddale (1694)
- The Marquess of Lothian (1701)
Marquesses of Great Britain
- The Marquess of Lansdowne (1784)
- The Marquess Townshend (1787)
- The Marquess of Salisbury (1789)
- The Marquess of Bath (1789)
- The Marquess of Hertford (1793)
- The Marquess of Bute (1796)
Marquesses of Ireland
The two Irish Marquesses created after 1801 yield precedence to earlier created Marquesses of the United Kingdom.
- The Marquess of Waterford (1789)
- The Marquess of Downshire (1789)
- The Marquess of Donegall (1791)
- The Marquess of Headfort (1800)
- The Marquess of Sligo (1800)
- The Marquess of Ely (1800)
- The Marquess of Londonderry (1816)
- The Marquess Conyngham (1816)
Marquesses of the United Kingdom
Precedence of Irish Marquesses shown in italics.
- The Marquess of Exeter (1801)
- The Marquess of Northampton (1812)
- The Marquess Camden (1812)
- The Marquess of Anglesey (1815)
- The Marquess of Cholmondeley (1815) (holds higher rank as Lord Great Chamberlain)
- :Marquess of Londonderry (Ireland)
- :Marquess Conyngham (Ireland)
- The Marquess of Ailesbury (1821)
- The Marquess of Bristol (1826)
- The Marquess of Ailsa (1831)
- The Marquess of Normanby (1838)
- The Marquess of Abergavenny (1876)
- The Marquess of Zetland (1892)
- The Marquess of Linlithgow (1902)
- The Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1916)
- The Marquess of Milford Haven (1917)
- The Marquess of Reading (1926)
List of eldest sons of Marquesses in the Peerages of the British Isles
- Earl of Wiltshire, eldest son of the Marquess of Winchester
- Earl of Abyone, eldest son of the Marquess of Huntly
- Viscount Drumlanrig, eldest son of the Marquess of Queensberry
- Earl of Kerry, eldest son of the Marquess of Lansdowne
- Viscount Raynham, eldest son of the Marquess Townshend
- Viscount Cranborne, eldest son of the Marquess of Salisbury
- Viscount Weymouth, eldest son of the Marquess of Bath
- Earl of Yarmouth, eldest son of the Marquess of Hertford
- Earl of Dumfries, eldest son of the Marquess of Bute
- Earl of Tyrone, eldest son of the Marquess of Waterford
- Earl of Hillsborough, eldest son of the Marquess of Downshire
- Earl of Belfast, eldest son of the Marquess of Donegall
- Earl of Bective, eldest son of the Marquess of Headfort
- Lord Burghley, eldest son of the Marquess of Exeter
- Earl Compton, eldest son of the Marquess of Northampton
- Earl of Brecknock, eldest son of the Marquess Camden
- Earl of Uxbridge, eldest son of the Marquess of Anglesey
- Earl of Rocksavage, eldest son of the Marquess of Cholmondeley
- Viscount Castlereagh, eldest son of the Marquess of Londonderry
- Earl of Mount Charles, eldest son of the Marquess Conyngham
- Earl of Cardigan, eldest son of the Marquess of Ailesbury
- Earl of Mulgrave, eldest son of the Marquess of Normanby
- Earl of Ronaldshay, eldest son of the Marquess of Zetland
- Earl of Hopetoun, eldest son of the Marquess of Linlithgow
- Earl of Haddo, eldest son of the Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
- Earl of Medina, eldest son of the Marquess of Milford Haven
- Viscount Erleigh, eldest son of the Marquess of Reading
List of younger sons of Marquesses in the Peerages of the British Isles
- (Lord) Alistair Hay (does not use courtesy prefix)
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