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The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. From that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were closed to new creations, and new peers were created in a single Peerage of Great Britain .
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
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.
Toggle Peerage of England, Scotland and Great Britain subsection. 1.1 Dukes. 1.2 Marquesses. 1.3 Earls. 1.4 Viscounts. 1.5 Barons. 2 References. Toggle the table of ...
The peerage has a role as a system of honour or award, with the granting of a peerage title forming the highest rung of the modern British honours system. In the UK, five peerages or peerage divisions co-exist, namely: The Peerage of England – titles created by the kings and queens of England before the Acts of Union in 1707.
Peerage of England: Marquess of Winchester (1551) George Paulet, 12th Marquess of Winchester: 1794: 1800: Title previously held by the Dukes of Bolton Peerage of Scotland: Marquess of Tweeddale (1694) George Hay, 7th Marquess of Tweeddale: 1787: 1804: Marquess of Lothian (1701) William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian: 1775: 1815: Marquess of ...
Viscounts of Ireland have precedence below peers of England, Scotland, and Great Britain of the same rank, and above peers of the United Kingdom of the same rank; but Irish peers created after 1801 yield to United Kingdom peers of earlier creation. A number of Speakers of the House of Commons have been elevated to the peerage as viscounts.
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.