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 subsidary 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. A marquess is a nobleman of hereditary rank in Europe China and Japan. ... The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... This page lists all marquessates, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom. ...

The general order of precedence among Marquesses is:

1. Marquesses of England
2. Marquesses of Scotland
3. Marquesses of Great Britain
4. Marquesses of Ireland created before 1801
5. Marquesses of the United Kingdom and of Ireland created after 1801

Marquesses of England

1. The Marquess of Winchester (1551)

The title Marquess of Winchester was created in 1551 in the Peerage of England, making it the oldest English (and British) Marquessate still in existence. ... Events Russia, Reforming Synod of the metropolite Macaire, Orthodoxy: introduction of a calendar of the saints and an ecclesiastical law code ( Stoglav ) Major outbreak of the sweating sickness in England. ...

Marquesses of Scotland

1. The Marquess of Huntly (1599)
2. The Marquess of Queensberry (1682)
3. The Marquess of Tweeddale (1694)
4. The Marquess of Lothian (1701)

The title Marquess of Huntly was created in the peerage of Scotland in 1599, making it the oldest existing marquessate in Scotland, and the second-oldest in the British Isles, only the English Marquessate of Winchester being older. ... Events Swedish King Sigismund III Vasa is replaced by his brother Charles IX of Sweden. ... Marquess of Queensberry is a title in the peerage of Scotland. ... Events March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England May 6 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles. ... Marquess of Tweeddale is a title of the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1694 for the 2nd Earl of Tweeddale. ... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... The title of Marquess of Lothian was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1701 for the 4th Earl of Lothian. ... Events January 18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. ...

Marquesses of Great Britain

1. The Marquess of Lansdowne (1784)
2. The Marquess Townshend (1787)
3. The Marquess of Salisbury (1789)
4. The Marquess of Bath (1789)
5. The Marquess of Hertford (1793)
6. The Marquess of Bute (1796)

The title of Marquess of Lansdowne was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1784 for William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, the former Prime Minister. ... 1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The title of Marquess Townshend was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1787 for George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend. ... 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The title Marquess of Salisbury is a British title of Peerage, created in 1789 for James Cecil, 7th Earl of Salisbury. ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The title of Marquess of Bath was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1789 for Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth, a former Secretary of State. ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The titles of Earl of Hertford and Marquess of Hertford have been created several times in the peerages of England and Great Britain. ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The title of Marquess of Bute was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1796 for the 4th Earl of Bute (in the Peerage of Scotland). ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ...

Marquesses of Ireland prior to 1801

1. The Marquess of Waterford (1789)
2. The Marquess of Downshire (1789)
3. The Marquess of Donegall (1791)
4. The Marquess of Headfort (1800)
5. The Marquess of Sligo (1800)
6. The Marquess of Ely (1800)

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Marquesses of the United Kingdom and of Ireland after 1801

1. The Marquess of Exeter (1801)
2. The Marquess of Northampton (1812)
3. The Marquess Camden (1812)
4. The Marquess of Anglesey (1815)
5. The Marquess of Cholmondeley (1815) (holds higher rank as Lord Great Chamberlain)
6. The Marquess of Londonderry (1816)
7. The Marquess Conyngham (1816)
8. The Marquess of Ailesbury (1821)
9. The Marquess of Bristol (1826)
10. The Marquess of Ailsa (1831)
11. The Marquess of Normanby (1838)
12. The Marquess of Abergavenny (1876)
13. The Marquess of Zetland (1892)
14. The Marquess of Linlithgow (1902)
15. The Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1916)
16. The Marquess of Milford Haven (1917)
17. The Marquess of Reading (1926)