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 title of Marquess of Pembroke, created in 1532 by Henry VIII for Anne Boleyn, has the distinction of being the first English hereditary peerage granted to a woman in her own right (styled "Marchioness" in the patent). The English title Marquess of Winchester, created in 1551, is the earliest still extant, so is Premier Marquess of England. The title long remained less common, and on the evening of the Coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838, the Prime Minister Lord Melbourne explained to her (from her journals):
"I spoke to Ld M. about the numbers of Peers present at the Coronation, & he said it was quite unprecedented. I observed that there were very few Viscounts, to which he replied "There are very few Viscounts," that they were an old sort of title & not really English; that they came from Vice-Comites; that Dukes & Barons were the only real English titles; — that Marquises were likewise not English, & that people were mere made Marquises, when it was not wished that they should be made Dukes".[1]
| Title | Date of creation | Surname | Current status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquess of Dublin | Vere | Resigned | Created Duke of Ireland in 1386. Might be considered an Irish peerage. Creation for life only. | |
| Marquess of Dorset | Beaufort | Deprived | Also Marquess of Somerset | |
| Marquess of Somerset | Beaufort | Deprived | Also Marquess of Dorset | |
| Marquess of Dorset | Beaufort | Forfeit | Created Duke of Somerset in 1448; also forfeit 1461–1463 | |
| Marquess of Suffolk | de la Pole | Surrendered title | Created Duke of Suffolk in 1448 | |
| Marquess of Montagu | Neville | Forfeit | ||
| Marquess of Dorset | Grey | Forfeit | Forfeit between 1483 and 1485; created Duke of Suffolk in 1551. | |
| Marquess of Berkeley | Berkeley | Extinct | ||
| Marquess of Exeter | Courtenay | Forfeit | ||
| Marquess of Pembroke | Boleyn | Forfeit | holder was also queen consort from 1533 to 1536 | |
| Marquess of Northampton | Parr | Extinct | Forfeit 1554 - 13 January 1559 | |
| Marquess of Winchester | Paulet | Extant | Created Duke of Bolton in 1689, that title extinct 1794 | |
| Marquess of Buckingham | Villiers | Extinct | Created Duke of Buckingham in 1623 | |
| Marquess of Hertford | Seymour | Extinct | Restored to Dukedom of Somerset in 1660 | |
| Marquess of Worcester | Somerset | Extant | Created Duke of Beaufort in 1682 | |
| Marquess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Cavendish | Extinct | Created Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1665 | |
| Marquess of Dorchester | Pierrepont | Extinct | ||
| Marquess of Halifax | Saville | Extinct | ||
| Marquess of Powis | Herbert | Extinct | ||
| Marquess of Carmarthen | Osborne | Extinct | Created Duke of Leeds in 1694 | |
| Marquess of Harwich | Schomberg | Extinct | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Schomberg; also Duke of Leinster in Ireland from 1693 | |
| Marquess of Alton | Talbot | Extinct | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Shrewsbury | |
| Marquess of Normanby | Sheffield | Extinct | Created Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703 | |
| Marquess of Tavistock | Russell | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Bedford | |
| Marquess of Hartington | Cavendish | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Devonshire | |
| Marquess of Clare | Holles | Extinct | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Newcastle | |
| Marquess of Blandford | Churchill | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Marlborough | |
| Marquess of Granby | Manners | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Rutland | |
| Marquess of Monthermer | Montagu | Extinct | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Montagu | |
| Marquess of Cambridge | Guelph | Merged in crown | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Cambridge; also Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, and Duke of Rothesay from 1714 | |
| Marquess of Kent | Grey | Extinct | Created Duke of Kent in 1710; created Marquess Grey in 1740 | |
| Marquess of Lindsey | Bertie | Extinct | Created Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven in 1715 | |
| Marquess of Dorchester | Pierrepont | Extinct | Created Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull in 1715 | |
| Title | Date of creation | Surname | Current status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquess of Ormonde[2] | Stewart | Extinct | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Ross | |
| Marquess of Fife | Hepburn | Forfeit | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Orkney | |
| Marquess of Hamilton | Hamilton | Extinct | Created Duke of Hamilton in 1643 | |
| Marquess of Huntly | Gordon | Extant | Created Duke of Gordon in 1684, which title became extinct in 1836, but reclaimed in 1838 | |
| Marquess of Ormonde[3] | Stewart | Merged in crown | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Albany; created Duke of York in England in 1605; also Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, and Duke of Rothesay from 1612 | |
| Marquess of Wigtown | Stewart | Extinct | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Kintyre and Lorne | |
| Marquess of Douglas | Douglas | Extant | Created Duke of Douglas in 1703, which title became extinct in 1761; also Duke of Hamilton and Duke of Brandon from 1761 | |
| Marquess of Argyll | Campbell | Forfeit | ||
| Marquess of Clydesdale | Hamilton | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Hamilton | |
| Marquess of Montrose | Graham | Extant | Created Duke of Montrose in 1707 | |
| Marquess of March | Maitland | Extinct | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Lauderdale | |
| Marquess of Atholl | Murray | Extant | Created Duke of Atholl in 1703 | |
| Marquess of Bambreich | Leslie | Extinct | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Rothes | |
| Marquess of Queensberry | Douglas | Extant | Created Duke of Queensberry in 1684. The titles were separated from 1711 to 1715 and again after 1810 | |
| Marquess of Dumfriesshire | Douglas | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Queensberry; also Marquess of Queensberry 1684–1711 and 1715–1810; also Duke of Buccleuch from 1810 | |
| Marquess of Tweeddale | Hay | Extant | ||
| Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne | Campbell | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Argyll; created Duke of Greenwich in Great Britain 1719–1743; created Duke of Argyll in the United Kingdom in 1892 | |
| Marquess of Lothian | 2 | Kerr | Extant | |
| Marquess of Annandale | Johnston/Johnstone/Vanden Bempde | Dormant | ||
| Marquess of Angus and Abernethy | Douglas | Extinct | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Douglas | |
| Marquess of Tullibardine | Murray | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Atholl; also Marquess of Atholl | |
| Marquess of Graham and Buchanan | Graham | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Montrose | |
| Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford | Ker | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Roxburghe | |
| Title | Date of creation | Surname | Current status | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquess of Beverley | Douglas | Extinct | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Dover, who was also Duke of Queensberry and Marquess of Dumfriesshire in the Peerage of Scotland; also Marquess of Queensberry 1708–1711 and 1715–1778 | ||
| Marquess of Wharton | Wharton | Extinct | Also Marquess of Malmesbury and Marquess of Catherlough in Ireland; created Duke of Wharton in 1718 | ||
| Marquess of Malmesbury | Wharton | Extinct | Also Marquess of Wharton and Marquess of Catherlough in Ireland; created Duke of Wharton in 1718 | ||
| Marquess of Clare | Pelham-Holles | Extinct | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Marquess of Titchfield | Bentinck | Extinct | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Portland | ||
| Marquess of Carnarvon | Brydges | Extinct | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Chandos | ||
| Marquess of Brackley | Egerton | Extinct | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Bridgewater | ||
| Marquess of the Isle of Ely | Guelph | Merged in crown | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Edinburgh; also Prince of Wales from 1727; also Duke of Cornwall in England and Duke of Rothesay in Scotland 1727–1751. The marquessate was apparently erroneously gazetted as Marquess of the Isle of Wight although Marquess of the Isle of Ely was the intended title. In later editions of The London Gazette the Duke is referred to as the Marquess of the Isle of Ely. | ||
| Marquess of Berkhampstead | Guelph | Extinct | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Cumberland | ||
| data-sort-value=Marquess of Grey | Marquess Grey | Grey | Extinct | Also Duke of Kent until 1740, when this title became extinct; passed by special patent to his granddaughter | |
| Marquess of Rockingham | Watson-Wentworth | Extinct | |||
| Marquess of Monthermer | Montagu | Extinct | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Montagu | ||
| Marquess of Buckingham | Temple-Nugent-Grenville | Extinct | Created Duke of Buckingham and Chandos in 1822 | ||
| Marquess of Lansdowne | Petty-Fitzmaurice | Extant | |||
| Marquess of Stafford | Leveson-Gower | Extant | Created Duke of Sutherland in 1833 | ||
| Marquess Townshend | Townshend | Extant | |||
| Marquess of Salisbury | Cecil | Extant | |||
| Marquess of Bath | Thynne | Extant | |||
| Marquess of Abercorn | Hamilton | Extant | Created Duke of Abercorn in Ireland in 1868 | ||
| data-sort-value=Marquess of Cornwallis | Marquess Cornwallis | Cornwallis | Extinct | ||
| Marquess of Hertford | Seymour-Conway | Extant | |||
| Marquess of Bute | Stuart | Extant | |||
| Title | Date of creation | Surname | Current status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquess of Ormonde | Butler | Extinct | Created Duke of Ormonde in 1661 and Duke of Ormonde in England in 1682, the English Dukedom being attainted in 1715; title was not used by the third duke 1745–1758 | |
| Marquess of Antrim | MacDonnell | Extinct | ||
| Marquess of Clanricarde | Burke | Extinct | ||
| Marquess of Catherlough | Wharton | Extinct | Created Marquess of Wharton and Marquess of Malmesbury in Great Britain later in 1715. Created Duke of Wharton in 1718. | |
| Marchioness of Dungannon | Schulenberg | Extinct | Subsidiary title of the Duchess of Munster; created Duchess of Kendal in Great Britain in 1719; peerage for life only | |
| Marquess of Kildare | FitzGerald | Extant | Created Duke of Leinster in 1766 | |
| Marquess of Clanricarde | de Burgh-Canning | Extinct | ||
| Marquess of Antrim | MacDonnell | Extinct | ||
| Marquess of Waterford | Beresford | Extant | ||
| Marquess of Downshire | Hill | Extant | ||
| Marquess of Donegall | Chichester | Extant | ||
| Marquess of Drogheda | Moore | Extinct | ||
| Marquess Wellesley | Wellesley | Extinct | ||
| Marquess of Headfort | Taylour | Extant | ||
| Marquess of Sligo | Browne | Extant | ||
| Marquess of Thomond | O'Brien | Extinct | ||
| Marquess of Ely | Tottenham | Extant | ||
| Marquess of Londonderry | Stewart | Extant | ||
| Marquess Conyngham | Conyngham | Extant | ||
| Marquess of Ormonde | Butler | Extinct | ||
| Marquess of Westmeath | Nugent | Extinct | ||
| Marquess of Ormonde | Butler | Extinct | ||
| Marquess of Clanricarde | de Burgh-Canning | Extinct | ||
| Marquess of Hamilton | Hamilton | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Abercorn; also Marquess of Abercorn in Great Britain | |
| Title | Date of creation | Surname | Current status | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquess of Exeter | Cecil | Extant | |||
| Marquess of Northampton | Compton | Extant | |||
| Marquess Camden | Pratt | Extant | |||
| Marquess of Wellington | Wellesley | Extant | Created Duke of Wellington in 1814 | ||
| Marquess Douro | Wellesley | Extant | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Wellington | ||
| Marquess of Anglesey | Paget | Extant | |||
| Marquess of Cholmondeley | Cholmondeley | Extant | |||
| Marquess of Hastings | Rawdon-Hastings | Extinct | |||
| Marquess of Ailesbury | Brudenell-Bruce | Extant | |||
| Marquess of Chandos | Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville | Extinct | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos | ||
| Marquess of Bristol | Hervey | Extant | |||
| Marquess of Cleveland | Vane | Extinct | Created Duke of Cleveland in 1833 | ||
| Marquess of Ailsa | Kennedy | Extant | |||
| Marquess of Breadalbane | Campbell | Extinct | |||
| Marquess of Westminster | Grosvenor | Extant | Created Duke of Westminster in 1874 | ||
| Marquess of Normanby | Phipps | Extant | |||
| Marquess of Dalhousie | Broun-Ramsay | Extinct | |||
| Marquess of Ripon | Robinson | Extinct | |||
| Marquess of Abergavenny | Neville | Extant | |||
| Marquess of Breadalbane | Campbell | Extinct | |||
| Marquess of Dufferin and Ava | Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood | Extinct | |||
| Marquess of Macduff | Duff | Extinct | Subsidiary title of the Duke of Fife (1889 creation); also Duke of Fife from 1900 | ||
| Marquess of Zetland | Dundas | Extant | |||
| Marquess of Linlithgow | Hope | Extant | |||
| Marquess of Crewe | Crewe-Milnes | Extinct | |||
| Marquess of Lincolnshire | Wynn-Carrington | Extinct | |||
| Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair | Hamilton-Gordon, later Gordon | Extant | |||
| Marquess of Cambridge | Cambridge | Extinct | |||
| Marquess of Milford Haven | Mountbatten | Extant | |||
| Marquess of Carisbrooke | Mountbatten | Extinct | |||
| data-sort-value="Marquess of Curzon" | Marquess Curzon of Kedleston | Curzon | Extinct | ||
| Marquess of Reading | Isaacs, later Rufus Isaacs | Extant | |||
| Marquess of Willingdon | Freeman-Thomas | Extinct | |||