List of marquesses in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

This is a list of the 34 present and extant marquesses in the peerages of the Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Ireland, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1922. 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 in the peerages of Britain and Ireland.
They were a relatively late introduction to the British peerage, and on the evening of the Coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838, the Prime Minister Lord Melbourne explained to her why (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 odd 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".Queen Victoria's Journals, Thursday 28th June 1838, Buckingham Palace, Princess Beatrice's copies, Volume:4 (1st June 1838-1st October 1838) p. 84, online, accessed May 25, 2013
==Order of precedence==
The general order of precedence among Marquesses is:
#Marquesses in the Peerage of England
#Marquesses in the Peerage of Scotland
#Marquesses in the Peerage of Great Britain
#Marquesses in the Peerage of Ireland created before 1801
#Marquesses in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and Marquesses in the Peerage of Ireland created after 1801
==Marquesses in the Peerages of Britain and Ireland==
Key
	Heir apparent to the peerage
	Heir presumptive to the peerage
Order	Title 	Date of creation 	Arms	Current holder 	Peerage 	Heir
1 	The Marquess of Winchester 	1551 	 	Christopher Paulet, 19th Marquess of Winchester 	England 	
2 	The Marquess of Huntly 	1599 	 	Granville Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly 	Scotland 	
3 	The Marquess of Queensberry 	1682 	 	David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry 	Scotland 	
4 	The Marquess of Tweeddale 	1694 	 	Charles Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale 	Scotland 	
5 	The Marquess of Lothian 	1701 	 	Michael Kerr, 13th Marquess of LothianCurrent Marquess has life peerage Baron Kerr of Monteviot 	Scotland 	
6 	The Marquess of Lansdowne 	1784 	 	Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne 	Great Britain 	
7 	The Marquess Townshend 	1787 	 	Charles Townshend, 8th Marquess Townshend 	Great Britain 	
8 	The Marquess of Salisbury 	1789 	 	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of SalisburyCurrent Marquess has life peerage Baron Gascoyne-Cecil	Great Britain 	
9 	The Marquess of Bath 	1789 	 	Ceawlin Thynn, 8th Marquess of Bath 	Great Britain 	
10 	The Marquess of Hertford 	1793 	 	Henry Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford 	Great Britain 	
11 	The Marquess of Bute 	1796 	 	John Bryson Crichton-Stuart, 8th Marquess of Bute 	Great Britain 	
12 	The Marquess of Waterford 	1789 	 	Henry Beresford, 9th Marquess of Waterford 	Ireland 	
13 	The Marquess of Downshire 	1789 	 	Nicholas Hill, 9th Marquess of Downshire 	Ireland 	
14 	The Marquess of Donegall 	1791 	 	Patrick Chichester, 8th Marquess of Donegall 	Ireland 	
15 	The Marquess of Headfort 	1800 	 	Christopher Taylour, 7th Marquess of Headfort 	Ireland 	
16 	The Marquess of Sligo 	1800 	 	Sebastian Browne, 12th Marquess of Sligo 	Ireland 	
17 	The Marquess of Ely 	1800 	 	John Tottenham, 9th Marquess of Ely 	Ireland 	
18 	The Marquess of Exeter 	1801 	 	Michael Cecil, 8th Marquess of Exeter 	United Kingdom	
19 	The Marquess of Northampton 	1812 	 	Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton 	United Kingdom	
20 	The Marquess Camden 	1812 	 	David Pratt, 6th Marquess Camden 	United Kingdom	
21 	The Marquess of Anglesey 	1815 	 	Charles Paget, 8th Marquess of Anglesey 	United Kingdom	
22 	The Marquess of Cholmondeley 	1815 	 	David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley 	United Kingdom	
23 	The Marquess of Londonderry 	1816 The Marquess of Londonderry was created after the Acts of Union 1800. It takes precedence after earlier Marquessates of the United Kingdom.	 	Frederick Aubrey Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 10th Marquess of Londonderry 	Ireland 	
24 	The Marquess Conyngham 	1816 The Marquess of Conyngham was created after the Acts of Union 1800. It takes precedence after earlier Marquessates of the United Kingdom. 	 	Henry Conyngham, 8th Marquess Conyngham 	Ireland 	
25 	The Marquess of Ailesbury 	1821 	 	Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury 	United Kingdom	
26 	The Marquess of Bristol 	1826 	 	Frederick Hervey, 8th Marquess of Bristol 	United Kingdom	
27 	The Marquess of Ailsa 	1831 	 	David Kennedy, 9th Marquess of Ailsa 	United Kingdom	
28 	The Marquess of Normanby 	1838 	 	Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby 	United Kingdom	
29 	The Marquess of Abergavenny 	1876 	 	Christopher Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny 	United Kingdom	none; David Michael Ralph Nevill (cousin) is heir presumptive to the Earldom of Abergavenny
30 	The Marquess of Zetland 	1892 	 	Mark Dundas, 4th Marquess of Zetland 	United Kingdom	
31 	The Marquess of Linlithgow 	1902 	 	Adrian Hope, 4th Marquess of Linlithgow 	United Kingdom	
32 	The Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair	1916 	 	George Gordon, 8th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair 	United Kingdom	
33 	The Marquess of Milford Haven 	1917 	 	George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven 	United Kingdom	
34 	The Marquess of Reading 	1926 	 	Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading 	United Kingdom	
==See also==
*British nobility
*Marquesses in the United Kingdom
*List of marquessates in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
==References==
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