List of Marquesses in the peerages of the British Isles

This is a list of present Marquess

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

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. 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 Winchester
Marquess of Winchester
Marquess 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 Winchester
  Nigel Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester
  Nigel 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...

Marquesses of Scotland

The Marquess of Huntly
Marquess of Huntly
Marquess 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 Huntly
  Granville Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly
  Granville 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...
The Marquess of Queensberry
Marquess of Queensberry
Marquess 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 Queensberry
  David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry
  David 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...
The Marquess of Tweeddale
Marquess of Tweeddale
Marquess 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 Lothian
Marquess of Lothian
Marquess 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 Lothian
  Michael Ancram
  Michael 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)

Marquesses of Great Britain

The Marquess of Lansdowne
Marquess of Lansdowne
Marquess 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 Lansdowne
  Charles Petty-FitzMaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne
  Charles Maurice Petty-FitzMaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne LVO DL , styled Earl of Shelburne between 1944 and 1997, is a British peer.-Early life:...
The Marquess Townshend
Marquess Townshend
Marquess 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 Townshend
  Charles Townshend, 8th Marquess Townshend
  Charles 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...
The Marquess of Salisbury
Marquess of Salisbury
Marquess 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 Salisbury
  Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury
  Robert 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...
The Marquess of Bath
Marquess of Bath
Marquess 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 Bath
  Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath
  Alexander George Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath , styled Viscount Weymouth between 1946 and 1992, is an English politician, artist and author...
The Marquess of Hertford
Marquess of Hertford
The 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 Hertford
  Henry Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford
  Henry 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:...
The Marquess of Bute
Marquess of Bute
Marquess 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 Bute
  John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute
  John 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...

Marquesses of Ireland

The two Irish Marquesses created after 1801 yield precedence to earlier created Marquesses of the United Kingdom.

The Marquess of Waterford
Marquess of Waterford
Marquess 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 Downshire
Marquess of Downshire
Marquess 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 Donegall
Marquess of Donegall
Marquess 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 Headfort
Marquess of Headfort
Marquess 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 Sligo
Marquess of Sligo
Marquess 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 Sligo
  Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo
  Jeremy 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...
The Marquess of Ely
Marquess of Ely
Marquess 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 Londonderry
Marquess of Londonderry
Marquess 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 Londonderry
  Alexander Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 9th Marquess of Londonderry
  Alexander 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 ....
The Marquess Conyngham
Marquess Conyngham
Marquess 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

Marquesses of the United Kingdom

Precedence of Irish Marquesses shown in italics.

The Marquess of Exeter
Marquess of Exeter
Marquess 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 Northampton
Marquess of Northampton
Marquess 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 Northampton
  Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton
  Spencer "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...
The Marquess Camden
Marquess Camden
Marquess 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 Anglesey
Marquess of Anglesey
Marquess 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 Anglesey
  George Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey
  George Charles Henry Victor Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey DL FSA FRHistS FRSL , styled Earl of Uxbridge until 1947, is a British peer....
The Marquess of Cholmondeley
Marquess of Cholmondeley
Marquess 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 Chamberlain
Lord Great Chamberlain
The 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 Cholmondeley
  David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley
  David 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)
The Marquess of Ailesbury
Marquess of Ailesbury
Marquess 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 Ailesbury
  Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury
  Michael 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...
The Marquess of Bristol
Marquess of Bristol
Marquess 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 Bristol
  Frederick Hervey, 8th Marquess of Bristol
  Frederick William Augustus Hervey, 8th Marquess of Bristol , succeeded his elder half-brother the 7th Marquess in January 1999 as Marquess of Bristol...
The Marquess of Ailsa
Marquess of Ailsa
Marquess 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 Ailsa
  Archibald Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa
  Archibald 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:...
The Marquess of Normanby
Marquess of Normanby
Marquess 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 Normanby
  Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby
  Constantine 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....
The Marquess of Abergavenny
Marquess of Abergavenny
Marquess 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 Zetland
Marquess of Zetland
Marquess 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 Zetland
  Mark Dundas, 4th Marquess of Zetland
  Lawrence 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....
The Marquess of Linlithgow
Marquess of Linlithgow
Marquess 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 Linlithgow
  Adrian Hope, 4th Marquess of Linlithgow
  Adrian John Charles Hope, 4th Marquess of Linlithgow , styled Viscount Aithrie until 1952 and Earl of Hopetoun between 1952 and 1987, is a British aristocrat...
The Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
Marquess 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 Temair
  Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
  Alexander 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....
The Marquess of Milford Haven
Marquess of Milford Haven
Marquess 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 Haven
  George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven
  George 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:...
The Marquess of Reading
Marquess of Reading
Marquess 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

List of eldest sons of Marquesses in the Peerages of the British Isles

Earl of Wiltshire
Christopher Paulet, Earl of Wiltshire
Christopher 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 Winchester
Marquess of Winchester
Marquess 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 Aboyne
Alastair Gordon, Earl of Aboyne
Alastair 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 Huntly
Marquess of Huntly
Marquess 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 Queensberry
Marquess of Queensberry
Marquess 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 Lansdowne
Marquess of Lansdowne
Marquess 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 Townshend
Marquess Townshend
Marquess 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 Salisbury
Marquess of Salisbury
Marquess 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 Weymouth
Ceawlin Thynn, Viscount Weymouth
Ceawlin 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 Bath
Marquess of Bath
Marquess 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 Hertford
Marquess of Hertford
The 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 Bute
Marquess of Bute
Marquess 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 Waterford
Marquess of Waterford
Marquess 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 Downshire
Marquess of Downshire
Marquess 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 Donegall
Marquess of Donegall
Marquess 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 Bective
Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective
Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective , styled Lord Kenlis until 1870, was an Anglo-Irish Conservative politician....

, eldest son of the Marquess of Headfort
Marquess of Headfort
Marquess 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 Exeter
Marquess of Exeter
Marquess 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 Northampton
Marquess of Northampton
Marquess 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 Camden
Marquess Camden
Marquess 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 Anglesey
Marquess of Anglesey
Marquess 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 Cholmondeley
Marquess of Cholmondeley
Marquess 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 Londonderry
Marquess of Londonderry
Marquess 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 Conyngham
Marquess Conyngham
Marquess 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 Cardigan
David Brudenell-Bruce, Earl of Cardigan
David 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 Ailesbury
Marquess of Ailesbury
Marquess 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 Normanby
Marquess of Normanby
Marquess 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 Ronaldshay
Robin Dundas, Earl of Ronaldshay
Robin 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 Zetland
Marquess of Zetland
Marquess 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 Linlithgow
Marquess of Linlithgow
Marquess 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 Temair
Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
Marquess 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 Haven
Marquess of Milford Haven
Marquess 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 Reading
Marquess of Reading
Marquess 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 Winchester
Marquess of Winchester
Marquess 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 Queensberry
Marquess of Queensberry
Marquess 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 Lothian
Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian
Peter 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 Zetland
Marquess of Zetland
Marquess 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 Dundas
Lord David Dundas
Lord 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 Zetland
Lawrence Dundas, 3rd Marquess of Zetland
Lawrence 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 Mountbatten
Lord Ivar Mountbatten
Lord 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 Haven
David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven
David 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

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