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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.
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.
The Marquess of Winchester (created in 1551) is the oldest surviving English or British marquessate, and as a result the holder of the title is considered the "Premier Marquess of England". Since marquessates in England created after 1707 became marquessates of Great Britain and, from 1801, of the United Kingdom , he is now the only English ...
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. There are five peerages in the United Kingdom in total.
The ranks of the peerage are duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. [7]The last non-royal dukedom was created in 1874, and the last marquessate was created in 1936. . Creation of the remaining ranks, except baronies for life, mostly ceased once Harold Wilson's Labour government took office in 1964, and only thirteen (nine non-royal and four royal) people have been created hereditary peers sinc
List of marquessates in the peerages of Britain and Ireland; List of marquisates in Norway; List of French marquesses; List of Polish noble families with the title of Marquess; List of marquisates in Portugal
The coronet for a marquess in the British realms The theoretical distinction between a marquess and other titles has, since the Middle Ages , faded into obscurity. In times past, the distinction between a count and a marquess was that the land of a marquess, called a march , was on the border of the country, while a count's land, called a ...
Earl of Chichester in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [note 2] Baron Vernon: 12 May 1762 George Venables-Vernon, Esq, MP: Former Member of Parliament for Lichfield and Derby. Baron Ducie: 27 April 1763 Earl of Ducie in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [note 2] Baron Camden: 17 July 1765 Marquess Camden in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ...