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This is a list of present Marquesses in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Note that it does not mention any Marquessates held as a subsidiary title of a Duke. For a more complete listing, which adds these "hidden" Marquessates as well as extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, and forfeit ones, see List of Marquessates.

Contents

Order of precendence

Marquesses of England

Marquesses of Scotland

Marquesses of Great Britain

Marquesses of Ireland

Marquesses of the United Kingdom

List of eldest sons of Marquesses in the Peerages of the British Isles

List of younger sons of Marquesses in the Peerages of the British Isles

Order of precendence

The general order of precedence among Marquesses is:
# Marquesses of England
# Marquesses of Scotland
# Marquesses of Great Britain
# Marquesses of Ireland created before 1801
# Marquesses of the United Kingdom and of Ireland created after 1801

Marquesses of England

#The Marquess of Winchester (1551)
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★ Nigel Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester

Marquesses of Scotland

#The Marquess of Huntly (1599)
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★ Granville Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly
#The Marquess of Queensberry (1682)
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★ David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry
#The Marquess of Tweeddale (1694)
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★ Charles Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale
#The Marquess of Lothian (1701)
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★ Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian

Marquesses of Great Britain

#The Marquess of Lansdowne (1784)
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★ Charles Petty-FitzMaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne
#The Marquess Townshend (1787)
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★ George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend
#The Marquess of Salisbury (1789)
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★ Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury
#The Marquess of Bath (1789)
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★ Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath
#The Marquess of Hertford (1793)
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★ Henry Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford
#The Marquess of Bute (1796)
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★ John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute

Marquesses of Ireland

:''The two Irish Marquesses created after 1801 yield precedence to earlier created Marquesses of the United Kingdom.
#The Marquess of Waterford (1789)
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★ John Hubert de La Poer Beresford, 8th Marquess of Waterford
#The Marquess of Downshire (1789)
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★ Arthur Francis Nicholas Wills Hill, 9th Marquess of Downshire
#The Marquess of Donegall (1791)
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★ Patrick Chichester, 8th Marquess of Donegall
#The Marquess of Headfort (1800)
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★ Thomas Taylour, 7th Marquess of Headfort
#The Marquess of Sligo (1800)
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★ Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo
#The Marquess of Ely (1800)
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★ Charles John Tottenham, 9th Marquess of Ely
#The Marquess of Londonderry (1816)
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★ Alexander Charles Robert Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 9th Marquess of Londonderry
#The Marquess Conyngham (1816)
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★ Frederick William Henry Francis Conyngham, 7th Marquess Conyngham

Marquesses of the United Kingdom

:''Precedence of Irish Marquesses shown in ''italics.
#The Marquess of Exeter (1801)
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★ Michael Cecil, 8th Marquess of Exeter
#The Marquess of Northampton (1812)
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★ Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton
#The Marquess Camden (1812)
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★ David George Edward Henry Pratt, 6th Marquess Camden
#The Marquess of Anglesey (1815)
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★ George Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey
#The Marquess of Cholmondeley (1815) (holds higher rank as Lord Great Chamberlain)
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★ David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley
#:''Marquess of Londonderry (Ireland)
#:''Marquess Conyngham (Ireland)
#The Marquess of Ailesbury (1821)
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★ Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury
#The Marquess of Bristol (1826)
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★ Frederick Hervey, 8th Marquess of Bristol
#The Marquess of Ailsa (1831)
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★ Archibald Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa
#The Marquess of Normanby (1838)
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★ Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby
#The Marquess of Abergavenny (1876)
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★ Christopher Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny
#The Marquess of Zetland (1892)
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★ Mark Dundas, 4th Marquess of Zetland
#The Marquess of Linlithgow (1902)
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★ Adrian John Charles Hope, 4th Marquess of Linlithgow
#The Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1916)
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★ Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
#The Marquess of Milford Haven (1917)
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★ George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven
#The Marquess of Reading (1926)
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★ Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading

List of eldest sons of Marquesses in the Peerages of the British Isles

#Earl of Wiltshire, eldest son of the Marquess of Winchester
#Earl of Abyone, eldest son of the Marquess of Huntly
#Viscount Drumlanrig, eldest son of the Marquess of Queensberry
#Earl of Kerry, eldest son of the Marquess of Lansdowne
#Viscount Raynham, eldest son of the Marquess Townshend
#Viscount Cranborne, eldest son of the Marquess of Salisbury
#Viscount Weymouth, eldest son of the Marquess of Bath
#Earl of Yarmouth, eldest son of the Marquess of Hertford
#Lord Mount Stuart, eldest son of the Marquess of Bute
#Earl of Tyrone, eldest son of the Marquess of Waterford
#Earl of Hillsborough, eldest son of the Marquess of Downshire
#Earl of Belfast, eldest son of the Marquess of Donegall
#Earl of Bective, eldest son of the Marquess of Headfort
#Lord Burghley, eldest son of the Marquess of Exeter
#Earl Compton, eldest son of the Marquess of Northampton
#Earl of Brecknock, eldest son of the Marquess Camden
#Earl of Uxbridge, eldest son of the Marquess of Anglesey
#Viscount Castlereagh, eldest son of the Marquess of Londonderry
#Earl of Mount Charles, eldest son of the Marquess Conyngham
#Earl of Cardigan, eldest son of the Marquess of Ailesbury
#Earl of Mulgrave, eldest son of the Marquess of Normanby
#Earl of Ronaldshay, eldest son of the Marquess of Zetland
#Earl of Hopetoun, eldest son of the Marquess of Linlithgow
#Earl of Haddo, eldest son of the Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
#Earl of Medina, eldest son of the Marquess of Milford Haven
#Viscount Erleigh, eldest son of the Marquess of Reading

List of younger sons of Marquesses in the Peerages of the British Isles

#Lord Richard Paulet
#Lord Gawain Douglas
#Lord Charles Hay
#(Lord) Alistair Hay (does not use courtesy prefix)
#Lord Andrew Hay
#Lord Hamish Hay
#Lord John Kerr
#Lord Ralph Kerr
#Lord Robert Mercer Nairne
#Lord William Petty-FitzMaurice
#Lord John Townshend
#Lord Charles Cecil
#Lord Valentine Cecil
#Lord Michael Cecil
#Lord James Cecil
#Lord Christopher Thynne
#Lord Edward Seymour
#Lord Patrick Beresford
#Lord Charles Beresford
#Lord James Beresford
#Lord Anthony Hill
#Lord Desmond Chichester
#Lord Timothy Tottenham
#Lord Richard Tottenham
#Lord William Compton
#Lord Rupert Paget
#Lord Reginald Vane-Tempest-Stewart
#Lord Simon Conyngham
#Lord Patrick Conyngham
#Lord Charles Brudenell-Bruce
#Lord David Kennedy
#Lord Thomas Phipps
#Lord David Dundas
#Lord Bruce Dundas
#Lord James Dundas
#Lord Alexander Hope
#Lord Rupert Hope
#Lord Sam Gordon
#Lord Charles Gordon
#Lord Ivar Mountbatten
#Lord Anthony Isaacs
#Lord Alexander Isaacs