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. 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 in the peerages of Britain and Ireland.
They were a relatively late introduction to the British peerage, and on the evening of the Coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838, the Prime Minister Lord Melbourne explained to her why (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 odd 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]
The general order of precedence among Marquesses is:
| Heir apparent to the peerage | ||
| Heir presumptive to the peerage |
| Order | Title | Date of creation | Arms | Current holder | Peerage | Heir | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Marquess of Winchester | 1551 | Christopher Paulet, 19th Marquess of Winchester | data-sort-value=1 | England | |||
| 2 | The Marquess of Huntly | 1599 | Granville Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly | data-sort-value=2 | Scotland | |||
| 3 | The Marquess of Queensberry | 1682 | David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry | data-sort-value=2 | Scotland | |||
| 4 | The Marquess of Tweeddale | 1694 | Charles Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale | data-sort-value=2 | Scotland | |||
| 5 | The Marquess of Lothian | 1701 | Michael Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian[2] | data-sort-value=2 | Scotland | |||
| 6 | The Marquess of Lansdowne | 1784 | Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne | data-sort-value=3 | Great Britain | |||
| 7 | data-sort-value="The Marquess of Townshend" | The Marquess Townshend | 1787 | Charles Townshend, 8th Marquess Townshend | data-sort-value=3 | Great Britain | ||
| 8 | The Marquess of Salisbury | 1789 | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury[3] | data-sort-value=3 | Great Britain | |||
| 9 | The Marquess of Bath | 1789 | Ceawlin Thynn, 8th Marquess of Bath | data-sort-value=3 | Great Britain | |||
| 10 | The Marquess of Hertford | 1793 | Henry Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford | data-sort-value=3 | Great Britain | |||
| 11 | The Marquess of Bute | 1796 | John Bryson Crichton-Stuart, 8th Marquess of Bute | data-sort-value=3 | Great Britain | |||
| 12 | The Marquess of Waterford | 1789 | Henry Beresford, 9th Marquess of Waterford | data-sort-value=4 | Ireland | |||
| 13 | The Marquess of Downshire | 1789 | Nicholas Hill, 9th Marquess of Downshire | data-sort-value=4 | Ireland | |||
| 14 | The Marquess of Donegall | 1791 | Patrick Chichester, 8th Marquess of Donegall | data-sort-value=4 | Ireland | |||
| 15 | The Marquess of Headfort | 1800 | Christopher Taylour, 7th Marquess of Headfort | data-sort-value=4 | Ireland | |||
| 16 | The Marquess of Sligo | 1800 | Sebastian Browne, 12th Marquess of Sligo | data-sort-value=4 | Ireland | |||
| 17 | The Marquess of Ely | 1800 | John Tottenham, 9th Marquess of Ely | data-sort-value=4 | Ireland | |||
| 18 | The Marquess of Exeter | 1801 | Michael Cecil, 8th Marquess of Exeter | data-sort-value=5 | United Kingdom | |||
| 19 | The Marquess of Northampton | 1812 | Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton | data-sort-value=5 | United Kingdom | |||
| 20 | data-sort-value="The Marquess of Camden" | The Marquess Camden | 1812 | David Pratt, 6th Marquess Camden | data-sort-value=5 | United Kingdom | ||
| 21 | The Marquess of Anglesey | 1815 | Charles Paget, 8th Marquess of Anglesey | data-sort-value=5 | United Kingdom | |||
| 22 | The Marquess of Cholmondeley | 1815 | David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley | data-sort-value=5 | United Kingdom | |||
| 23 | The Marquess of Londonderry | 1816[4] | Frederick Aubrey Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 10th Marquess of Londonderry | data-sort-value=4 | Ireland | |||
| 24 | data-sort-value="The Marquess of Conyngham" | The Marquess Conyngham | 1816[5] | Henry Conyngham, 8th Marquess Conyngham | data-sort-value=4 | Ireland | ||
| 25 | The Marquess of Ailesbury | 1821 | David Brudenell-Bruce, 9th Marquess of Ailesbury | data-sort-value=5 | United Kingdom | |||
| 26 | The Marquess of Bristol | 1826 | Frederick Hervey, 8th Marquess of Bristol | data-sort-value=5 | United Kingdom | |||
| 27 | The Marquess of Ailsa | 1831 | David Kennedy, 9th Marquess of Ailsa | data-sort-value=5 | United Kingdom | |||
| 28 | The Marquess of Normanby | 1838 | Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby | data-sort-value=5 | United Kingdom | |||
| 29 | The Marquess of Abergavenny | 1876 | Christopher Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny | data-sort-value=5 | United Kingdom | none; David Michael Ralph Nevill (third cousin once removed) is heir presumptive to the Earldom of Abergavenny | ||
| 30 | The Marquess of Zetland | 1892 | Mark Dundas, 4th Marquess of Zetland | data-sort-value=5 | United Kingdom | |||
| 31 | The Marquess of Linlithgow | 1902 | Adrian Hope, 4th Marquess of Linlithgow | data-sort-value=5 | United Kingdom | |||
| 32 | The Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair | 1916 | George Gordon, 8th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair | data-sort-value=5 | United Kingdom | |||
| 33 | The Marquess of Milford Haven | 1917 | George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven | data-sort-value=5 | United Kingdom | |||
| 34 | The Marquess of Reading | 1926 | Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading | data-sort-value=5 | United Kingdom |