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  2. Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    If a prince or peer dies, his wife's style does not change unless the new peer is a married man (or a woman, if the succession permits). Traditionally, the widowed peeress puts "Dowager" in her style – for example, "The Most Hon. the Marchioness of London" becomes "The Most Hon. the Dowager Marchioness of London".

  3. Marquesses in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    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 marquess with no higher rank. All other marquesses in the Peerage of England are also dukes and use their title of Marquess as a subsidiary title .

  4. List of marquesses in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

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    Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury [2] Great Britain Robert Edward William Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne: 9 The Marquess of Bath: 1789 Ceawlin Thynn, 8th Marquess of Bath: Great Britain John Thynn, Viscount Weymouth: 10 The Marquess of Hertford: 1793 Henry Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford: Great Britain William Seymour, Earl ...

  5. Henrietta Russell, Duchess of Bedford - Wikipedia

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    Henrietta Joan Tiarks was born in London, on 5 March 1940, [1] daughter of Henry Frederick Tiarks III (Woodheath, Chislehurst, London, 8 September 1900 – Marbella, 2 July 1995), a wealthy merchant banker with Schroders, and wife (3 October 1936) Ina Florence Marshman Bell (Carlisle, Cumbria, 5 November 1903 – Marbella, 10 April 1989), an actress known as Joan Barry.

  6. List of marquessates in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

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    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.

  7. Forms of address in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Oral address Chief, chieftain or laird (Only lairds recognised in a territorial designation by the Lord Lyon) John Smith of Smith or John Smith of Edinburgh or John Smith of that Ilk or The Smith of Smith or The Smith of Edinburgh or The Smith [e] (only the 2nd form of address above applies to lairds) Sir or Dear Edinburgh (if placename in ...

  8. Marchioness of Bath - Wikipedia

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    Marchioness Image Marquess Married Became marchioness Ceased to be marchioness Died Elizabeth Bentinck: 1st: 22 March 1759 [8] 18 August 1789 19 November 1796 12 December 1825 Isabella Byng: 2nd: 14 April 1794 [9] 19 November 1796 1 May 1830 Harriet Baring: 3rd: 19 April 1830 [10] 27 March 1837 24 June 1837 1892 Frances Vesey: 4th: 20 August ...

  9. Marquess - Wikipedia

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    A woman with the rank of a marquess, or the wife of a marquess, is a marchioness / ˌ m ɑː r ʃ ə ˈ n ɛ s /. [4] The dignity, rank, or position of the title is a marquisate or marquessate. The honorific prefix " The Most Honourable " precedes the name of a marquess or marchioness of the United Kingdom .