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The Marquess of Pembroke. The then extinct title of Earl of Pembroke had been very significant for the House of Tudor. It was held by Henry VIII's grand-uncle, Jasper Tudor, and it referred to the birthplace of King Henry VII. Henry VIII decided to raise his lover to the dignity of a marquess prior to finally marrying her.
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
Heraldic representation of the Coronet of a British Marquess. 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
The genuine marquess as a peer, however, is always "The Most Honourable The Marquess of [X]", to differentiate a marquess by courtesy (i.e., the heir to a dukedom) from a marquess in his own right. The spelling of the title in a few older Scottish cases is "Marquis", particularly when the title was created prior to the formation of the Kingdom ...
Earl of Berkshire in Peerage of England The Earl of Exeter: 1605 Marquess of Exeter in the Peerage of the United Kingdom: The Earl of Salisbury: 1605 Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain: The Earl of Montgomery: 1605 Held with the Earl of Pembroke in Peerage of England The Earl of Northampton: 1618
This is a list of the 189 present earls in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.It does not include extant earldoms which have become merged (either through marriage or elevation) with marquessates or dukedoms and are today only seen as subsidiary titles.
also Earl of Pembroke 1468–1479 also Earl of Worcester 1526-1984 also Marquess of Worcester 1642–1984 also Duke of Beaufort 1682–1984 Abeyant 1984–2002 Baron Lumley: 1461: Lumley: forfeit 1545: Baron Ogle: 1461: Ogle, Cavendish: abeyant 1691: 9th baron had been created Viscount Mansfield, 1620 and Earl of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1628.
The Marquess Townshend: Viscount Raynham* The Marquess of Salisbury: Viscount Cranborne* [10] The Marquess of Bath: Viscount Weymouth* The Marquess of Hertford: Earl of Yarmouth* Viscount Beauchamp* The Marquess of Bute: Earl of Dumfries: Viscount Mountjoy: The Marquess of Waterford: Earl of Tyrone* Lord Le Poer: The Marquess of Downshire: Earl ...