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A marquess (UK: / ˈ m ɑː (r) k w ɪ s /; [1] French: marquis) [2] [a] is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. . The German-language equivalent is Markgraf (margrav
England Michael Paulet, Earl of Wiltshire: 2 The Marquess of Huntly: 1599 Granville Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly: Scotland Alastair Gordon, Earl of Aboyne: 3 The Marquess of Queensberry: 1682 David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry: Scotland Sholto Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig: 4 The Marquess of Tweeddale: 1694 Charles Hay, 14th Marquess ...
The first marquesses (Irish: marcas) in the Peerage of Ireland were Randal MacDonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim (1645) and Ulick Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde (1646), both titles created during the Irish Confederate Wars. (The above-mentioned Robert de Vere was created Marquess of Dublin and Duke of Ireland, but both of these were titles in ...
The Marquessate of Winchester is the oldest English marquessate still in existence, and as a result the holder of the peerage is the premier marquess of England. The marquess of Winchester is also the only one in the peerage of England without a higher title; as all other marquesses in that peerage are also dukes.
The title of Marquess of Northampton 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 in 1554 after the accession of Queen Mary but restored in 1559 by Queen Elizabeth I .
Marquess of Cambridge was a title that was created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.. The first creation was for Prince George Augustus in 1706, when he was created Duke of Cambridge, Marquess of Cambridge, Earl of Milford Haven, Viscount Northallerton and Baron of Tewkesbury.
The title Marquess of Dorset has been created three times in the Peerage of England. It was first created in 1397 for John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, but he lost the title two years later. It was then created in 1442 for Edmund Beaufort, 1st Earl of Dorset, who was created Duke of Somerset in 1448. That creation was attainted in 1463.
In 1801 he was created Baron Loftus, of Long Loftus in the County of York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, [6] by which title the Marquesses of Ely sat in the House of Lords until the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999. Lord Ely also succeeded his father as second Baronet in 1786.