# List of marquessates in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

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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. The title of Marquess of Pembroke, created in 1532 by Henry VIII for Anne Boleyn, has the distinction of being the first English hereditary peerage granted to a woman in her own right (styled "Marchioness" in the patent). The English title Marquess of Winchester, created in 1551, is the earliest still extant, so is Premier Marquess of England. The title long remained less common, and on the evening of the Coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838, the Prime Minister Lord Melbourne explained to her (from her journals):
   "I spoke to Ld M. about the numbers of Peers present at the Coronation, & he said it was quite unprecedented. I observed that there were very few Viscounts, to which he replied "There are very few Viscounts," that they were an old sort of title & not really English; that they came from Vice-Comites; that Dukes & Barons were the only real English titles; — that Marquises were likewise not English, & that people were mere made Marquises, when it was not wished that they should be made Dukes".

## Marquessates in the Peerage of England, 1385–1707

* This indicates an extant Marquessate.
| Title | Date of creation | Surname | Current status | Notes |
| Marquess of Dublin | 1 December 1385 | Vere | Resigned 13 October 1386 | Created Duke of Ireland in 1386. Might be considered an Irish peerage. Creation for life only. |
| Marquess of Dorset | 29 September 1397 | Beaufort | Deprived 6 October 1399 | Also Marquess of Somerset |
| Marquess of Somerset | 29 September 1397 | Beaufort | Deprived 6 October 1399 | Also Marquess of Dorset |
| Marquess of Dorset | 24 June 1442 | Beaufort | Forfeit 3 April 1464 | Created Duke of Somerset in 1448; also forfeit 1461–1463 |
| Marquess of Suffolk | 14 September 1444 | de la Pole | Surrendered title 26 February 1493 | Created Duke of Suffolk in 1448 |
| Marquess of Montagu | 25 March 1470 | Neville | Forfeit 14 April 1471 | |
| Marquess of Dorset | 18 April 1475 | Grey | Forfeit 23 February 1554 | Forfeit between 1483 and 1485; created Duke of Suffolk in 1551. |
| Marquess of Berkeley | 28 January 1489 | Berkeley | Extinct 14 February 1492 | |
| Marquess of Exeter | 18 June 1525 | Courtenay | Forfeit 9 January 1539 | |
| Marquess of Pembroke | 1 September 1532 | Boleyn | Forfeit 19 May 1536 | holder was also queen consort from 1533 to 1536 |
| Marquess of Northampton | 16 February 1547 | Parr | Extinct 28 October 1571 | Forfeit 1554–13 January 1559 |
| Marquess of Winchester | 11 October 1551 | Paulet | Extant | Created Duke of Bolton in 1689, that title extinct 1794 |
| Marquess of Buckingham | 1 January 1618 | Villiers | Extinct 16 April 1687 | Created Duke of Buckingham in 1623 |
| Marquess of Hertford | 3 June 1641 | Seymour | Extinct 29 April 1675 | Restored to Dukedom of Somerset in 1660 |
| Marquess of Worcester | 2 March 1643 | Somerset | Extant | Created Duke of Beaufort in 1682 |
| Marquess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 27 October 1643 | Cavendish | Extinct 26 July 1691 | Created Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1665 |
| Marquess of Dorchester | 25 March 1645 | Pierrepont | Extinct 8 December 1680 | |
| Marquess of Halifax | 17 August 1682 | Saville | Extinct 31 August 1700 | |
| Marquess of Powis | 24 March 1687 | Herbert | Extinct 8 March 1748 | |
| Marquess of Carmarthen | 9 April 1689 | Osborne | Extinct 20 March 1964 | Created Duke of Leeds in 1694 |
| Marquess of Harwich | 10 April 1689 | Schomberg | Extinct 5 July 1719 | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Schomberg; also Duke of Leinster in Ireland from 1693 |
| Marquess of Alton | 30 April 1694 | Talbot | Extinct 1 February 1718 | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Shrewsbury |
| Marquess of Normanby | 10 May 1694 | Sheffield | Extinct 30 October 1735 | Created Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703 |
| Marquess of Tavistock | 11 May 1694 | Russell | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Bedford |
| Marquess of Hartington | 12 May 1694 | Cavendish | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Devonshire |
| Marquess of Clare | 14 May 1694 | Holles | Extinct 15 July 1711 | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Newcastle |
| Marquess of Blandford | 14 December 1702 | Churchill | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Marlborough |
| Marquess of Granby | 29 March 1703 | Manners | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Rutland |
| Marquess of Monthermer | 14 April 1705 | Montagu | Extinct 1749 | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Montagu |
| Marquess of Cambridge | 9 November 1706 | Guelph | Merged in crown 11 June 1727 | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Cambridge; also Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, and Duke of Rothesay from 1714 |
| Marquess of Kent | 14 November 1706 | Grey | Extinct 5 June 1740 | Created Duke of Kent in 1710; created Marquess Grey in 1740 |
| Marquess of Lindsey | 21 December 1706 | Bertie | Extinct 8 February 1809 | Created Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven in 1715 |
| Marquess of Dorchester | 23 December 1706 | Pierrepont | Extinct 23 September 1773 | Created Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull in 1715 |

## Marquessates in the Peerage of Scotland, 1488–1707

* This indicates an extant Marquessate.
| Title | Date of creation | Surname | Current status | Notes |
| Marquess of Ormonde | 28 January 1488 | Stewart | Extinct 17 January 1504 | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Ross |
| Marquess of Fife | 12 May 1567 | Hepburn | Forfeit 29 December 1567 | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Orkney |
| Marquess of Hamilton | 17 April 1599 | Hamilton | Extinct 12 September 1651 | Created Duke of Hamilton in 1643 |
| Marquess of Huntly | 17 April 1599 | Gordon | Extant | Created Duke of Gordon in 1684, which title became extinct in 1836, but reclaimed in 1838 |
| Marquess of Ormonde | 23 December 1600 | Stewart | Merged in crown 27 March 1625 | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Albany; created Duke of York in England in 1605; also Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, and Duke of Rothesay from 1612 |
| Marquess of Wigtown | 2 May 1602 | Stewart | Extinct 27 May 1602 | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Kintyre and Lorne |
| Marquess of Douglas | 14 June 1633 | Douglas | Extant | Created Duke of Douglas in 1703, which title became extinct in 1761; also Duke of Hamilton and Duke of Brandon from 1761 |
| Marquess of Argyll | 15 November 1641 | Campbell | Forfeit 27 May 1661 | |
| Marquess of Clydesdale | 12 April 1643 | Hamilton | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Hamilton |
| Marquess of Montrose | 6 May 1644 | Graham | Extant | Created Duke of Montrose in 1707 |
| Marquess of March | 1 May 1672 | Maitland | Extinct 24 August 1682 | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Lauderdale |
| Marquess of Atholl | 17 February 1676 | Murray | Extant | Created Duke of Atholl in 1703 |
| Marquess of Bambreich | 29 May 1680 | Leslie | Extinct 27 July 1681 | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Rothes |
| Marquess of Queensberry | 11 February 1682 | Douglas | Extant | Created Duke of Queensberry in 1684. The titles were separated from 1711 to 1715 and again after 1810 |
| Marquess of Dumfriesshire | 3 November 1684 | Douglas | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Queensberry; also Marquess of Queensberry 1684–1711 and 1715–1810; also Duke of Buccleuch from 1810 |
| Marquess of Tweeddale | 17 December 1694 | Hay | Extant | |
| Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne | 23 June 1701 | Campbell | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Argyll; created Duke of Greenwich in Great Britain 1719–1743; created Duke of Argyll in the United Kingdom in 1892 |
| Marquess of Lothian | 23 June 1701 | Kerr | Extant | |
| Marquess of Annandale | 24 June 1701 | Johnston/Johnstone/Vanden Bempde | Dormant 29 April 1792 | |
| Marquess of Angus and Abernethy | 10 April 1703 | Douglas | Extinct 21 July 1761 | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Douglas |
| Marquess of Tullibardine | 30 June 1703 | Murray | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Atholl; also Marquess of Atholl |
| Marquess of Graham and Buchanan | 24 April 1707 | Graham | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Montrose |
| Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford | 25 April 1707 | Ker | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Roxburghe |

## Marquessates in the Peerage of Great Britain, 1707–1801

* This indicates an extant Marquessate.
| Title | Date of creation | Surname | Current status | Notes |
| Marquess of Beverley | 26 May 1708 | Douglas | Extinct 22 October 1778 | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Dover, who was also Duke of Queensberry and Marquess of Dumfriesshire in the Peerage of Scotland; also Marquess of Queensberry 1708–1711 and 1715–1778 |
| Marquess of Wharton | 15 February 1715 | Wharton | Extinct 31 May 1731 | Also Marquess of Malmesbury and Marquess of Catherlough in Ireland; created Duke of Wharton in 1718 |
| Marquess of Malmesbury | 15 February 1715 | Wharton | Extinct 31 May 1731 | Also Marquess of Wharton and Marquess of Catherlough in Ireland; created Duke of Wharton in 1718 |
| Marquess of Clare | 11 August 1715 | Pelham-Holles | Extinct 1768 | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
| Marquess of Titchfield | 6 July 1716 | Bentinck | Extinct 30 July 1990 | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Portland |
| Marquess of Carnarvon | 29 April 1719 | Brydges | Extinct 29 September 1789 | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Chandos |
| Marquess of Brackley | 18 June 1720 | Egerton | Extinct 8 March 1803 | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Bridgewater |
| Marquess of the Isle of Ely | 26 July 1726 | Guelph | Merged in crown 25 October 1760 | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Edinburgh; also Prince of Wales from 1727; also Duke of Cornwall in England and Duke of Rothesay in Scotland 1727–1751. The marquessate was apparently erroneously gazetted as Marquess of the Isle of Wight although Marquess of the Isle of Ely was the intended title. In later editions of The London Gazette the Duke is referred to as the Marquess of the Isle of Ely. |
| Marquess of Berkhampstead | 27 July 1726 | Guelph | Extinct 31 October 1765 | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Cumberland |
| Marquess Grey | 19 May 1740 | Grey | Extinct 19 January 1797 | Also Duke of Kent until 1740, when this title became extinct; passed by special patent to his granddaughter |
| Marquess of Rockingham | 19 April 1746 | Watson-Wentworth | Extinct 2 July 1782 | |
| Marquess of Monthermer | 5 November 1766 | Montagu | Extinct 23 May 1790 | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Montagu |
| Marquess of Buckingham | 4 December 1784 | Temple-Nugent-Grenville | Extinct 26 March 1889 | Created Duke of Buckingham and Chandos in 1822 |
| Marquess of Lansdowne | 6 December 1784 | Petty-Fitzmaurice | Extant | |
| Marquess of Stafford | 1 March 1786 | Leveson-Gower | Extant | Created Duke of Sutherland in 1833 |
| Marquess Townshend | 31 October 1787 | Townshend | Extant | |
| Marquess of Salisbury | 18 August 1789 | Cecil | Extant | |
| Marquess of Bath | 24 August 1789 | Thynne | Extant | |
| Marquess of Abercorn | 15 October 1790 | Hamilton | Extant | Created Duke of Abercorn in Ireland in 1868 |
| Marquess Cornwallis | 8 October 1792 | Cornwallis | Extinct 9 August 1823 | |
| Marquess of Hertford | 5 July 1793 | Seymour-Conway | Extant | |
| Marquess of Bute | 21 March 1796 | Stuart | Extant | |

## Marquessates in the Peerage of Ireland, 1642–1825

* This indicates an extant Marquessate.
| Title | Date of creation | Surname | Current status | Notes |
| Marquess of Ormonde | 30 August 1642 | Butler | Extinct 17 December 1758 | Created Duke of Ormonde in 1661 and Duke of Ormonde in England in 1682, the English Dukedom being attainted in 1715; title was not used by the third duke 1745–1758 |
| Marquess of Antrim | 26 January 1645 | MacDonnell | Extinct 3 February 1682 | |
| Marquess of Clanricarde | 21 February 1646 | Burke | Extinct July 1657 | |
| Marquess of Catherlough | 7 January 1715 | Wharton | Extinct 31 May 1731 | Created Marquess of Wharton and Marquess of Malmesbury in Great Britain later in 1715. Created Duke of Wharton in 1718. |
| Marchioness of Dungannon | 18 July 1716 | Schulenberg | Extinct 10 May 1743 | Subsidiary title of the Duchess of Munster; created Duchess of Kendal in Great Britain in 1719; peerage for life only |
| Marquess of Kildare | 3 March 1761 | FitzGerald | Extant | Created Duke of Leinster in 1766 |
| Marquess of Clanricarde | 17 August 1789 | de Burgh-Canning | Extinct 8 December 1797 | |
| Marquess of Antrim | 18 August 1789 | MacDonnell | Extinct 29 July 1791 | |
| Marquess of Waterford | 19 August 1789 | Beresford | Extant | |
| Marquess of Downshire | 20 August 1789 | Hill | Extant | |
| Marquess of Donegall | 27 June 1791 | Chichester | Extant | |
| Marquess of Drogheda | 5 July 1791 | Moore | Extinct 29 June 1892 | |
| Marquess Wellesley | 2 December 1799 | Wellesley | Extinct 26 September 1842 | |
| Marquess of Headfort | 29 December 1800 | Taylour | Extant | |
| Marquess of Sligo | 29 December 1800 | Browne | Extant | |
| Marquess of Thomond | 29 December 1800 | O'Brien | Extinct 3 July 1855 | |
| Marquess of Ely | 29 December 1800 | Tottenham | Extant | |
| Marquess of Londonderry | 13 January 1816 | Stewart | Extant | |
| Marquess Conyngham | 22 January 1816 | Conyngham | Extant | |
| Marquess of Ormonde | 22 January 1816 | Butler | Extinct 10 August 1820 | |
| Marquess of Westmeath | 12 January 1822 | Nugent | Extinct 5 May 1871 | |
| Marquess of Ormonde | 5 October 1825 | Butler | Extinct 25 October 1997 | |
| Marquess of Clanricarde | 26 November 1825 | de Burgh-Canning | Extinct 12 April 1916 | |
| Marquess of Hamilton | 10 August 1868 | Hamilton | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Abercorn; also Marquess of Abercorn in Great Britain |

## Marquessates in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, 1801 to present

* This indicates an extant Marquessate.
| Title | Date of creation | Surname | Current status | Notes |
| Marquess of Exeter | 4 February 1801 | Cecil | Extant | |
| Marquess of Northampton | 7 September 1812 | Compton | Extant | |
| Marquess Camden | 7 September 1812 | Pratt | Extant | |
| Marquess of Wellington | 3 October 1812 | Wellesley | Extant | Created Duke of Wellington in 1814 |
| Marquess Douro | 11 May 1814 | Wellesley | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Wellington |
| Marquess of Anglesey | 4 July 1815 | Paget | Extant | |
| Marquess of Cholmondeley | 22 November 1815 | Cholmondeley | Extant | |
| Marquess of Hastings | 13 February 1817 | Rawdon-Hastings | Extinct 10 November 1868 | |
| Marquess of Ailesbury | 17 July 1821 | Brudenell-Bruce | Extant | |
| Marquess of Chandos | 4 February 1822 | Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville | Extinct 26 March 1889 | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos |
| Marquess of Bristol | 30 June 1826 | Hervey | Extant | |
| Marquess of Cleveland | 5 October 1827 | Vane | Extinct 21 August 1891 | Created Duke of Cleveland in 1833 |
| Marquess of Ailsa | 10 September 1831 | Kennedy | Extant | |
| Marquess of Breadalbane | 12 September 1831 | Campbell | Extinct 8 November 1862 | |
| Marquess of Westminster | 13 September 1831 | Grosvenor | Extant | Created Duke of Westminster in 1874 |
| Marquess of Normanby | 25 June 1838 | Phipps | Extant | |
| Marquess of Dalhousie | 25 August 1849 | Broun-Ramsay | Extinct 19 December 1860 | |
| Marquess of Ripon | 23 June 1871 | Robinson | Extinct 22 September 1923 | |
| Marquess of Abergavenny | 14 January 1876 | Neville | Extant | |
| Marquess of Breadalbane | 11 July 1885 | Campbell | Extinct 19 October 1922 | |
| Marquess of Dufferin and Ava | 17 November 1888 | Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood | Extinct 29 May 1988 | |
| Marquess of Macduff | 29 July 1889 | Duff | Extinct 29 January 1912 | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Fife (1889 creation); also Duke of Fife from 1900 |
| Marquess of Zetland | 22 August 1892 | Dundas | Extant | |
| Marquess of Linlithgow | 27 October 1902 | Hope | Extant | |
| Marquess of Crewe | 3 July 1911 | Crewe-Milnes | Extinct 20 June 1945 | |
| Marquess of Lincolnshire | 26 February 1912 | Wynn-Carrington | Extinct 13 June 1928 | |
| Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair | 4 January 1916 | Hamilton-Gordon, later Gordon | Extant | |
| Marquess of Cambridge | 16 July 1917 | Cambridge | Extinct 16 April 1981 | |
| Marquess of Milford Haven | 17 July 1917 | Mountbatten | Extant | |
| Marquess of Carisbrooke | 18 July 1917 | Mountbatten | Extinct 23 February 1960 | |
| Marquess Curzon of Kedleston | 28 June 1921 | Curzon | Extinct 20 March 1925 | |
| Marquess of Reading | 7 May 1926 | Isaacs, later Rufus Isaacs | Extant | |
| Marquess of Willingdon | 26 May 1936 | Freeman-Thomas | Extinct 19 March 1979 | |