List of marquessates in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

This page lists all marquessates, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Marquessates in the Peerage of England, 1385-1707

Title	Date of Creation	Surname	Current Status	Notes
Marquess of Dublin	1385	Vere	resigned 1386	created Duke of Ireland in 1386. Might be considered an Irish peerage.
Marquess of Somerset (or Dorset)	1397	Beaufort	deprived 1399
Marquess of Dorset	1443	Beaufort	forfeit 1464	created Duke of Somerset in 1448
Marquess of Suffolk	1444	de la Pole	forfeit 1504	created Duke of Suffolk in 1448; forfeit 1450 to 1463; did not use the title 1493-1504
Marquess of Montagu	1470	Nevill	deprived of title 1478	inherited by the Duke of Bedford in 1471
Marquess of Dorset	1475	Grey	forfeit 1554	forfeit between 1483 and 1485; created Duke of Suffolk in 1551.
Marquess of Berkeley	1489	Berkeley	extinct 1492
Marquess of Exeter	1525	Courtenay	forfeit 1538
Marchioness of Pembroke	1532	Boleyn	forfeit 1536	holder was also Queen Consort from 1533 to 1536
Marquess of Northampton	1547	Parr	forfeit 1553
Marquess of Winchester	1551	Paulet	extant	created Duke of Bolton in 1689, that title extinct 1794
Marquess of Northampton	1559	Parr	extinct 1571	this was a new creation for the former holder of the 1547 creation
Marquess of Buckingham	1618	Villiers	extinct 1687	created Duke of Buckingham in 1623
Marquess of Hertford	1641	Seymour	extinct 1675	restored to Dukedom of Somerset in 1660
Marquess of Worcester	1643	Somerset	extant	created Duke of Beaufort in 1682
Marquess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne	1643	Cavendish	extinct 1691	created Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1665
Marquess of Dorchester	1645	Pierrepont	extinct 1680
Marquess of Halifax	1682	Saville	extinct 1700
Marquess of Powis	1687	Herbert	extinct 1748
Marquess of Carmarthen	1689	Osborne	extinct 1963	created Duke of Leeds in 1694
Marquess of Harwich	1689	Schomberg	extinct 1719	subsidiary title of the Duke of Schomberg
Marquess of Alton	1694	Talbot	extinct 1718	subsidiary title of the Duke of Shrewsbury
Marquess of Normanby	1694	Sheffield	extinct 1735	created Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703
Marquess of Tavistock	1694	Russell	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Bedford
Marquess of Hartington	1694	Cavendish	extant	subisidary title of the Duke of Devonshire
Marquess of Clare	1694	Holles	extinct 1711	subsidiary title of the Duke of Newcastle
Marquess of Blandford	1702	Churchill	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Marlborough
Marquess of Granby	1703	Manners	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Rutland
Marquess of Monthermer	1705	Montagu	extinct 1749	subsidiary title of the Duke of Montagu
Marquess of Cambridge	1706	Guelph	merged in crown 1727	subsidiary title of the 1706 Dukedom of Cambridge
Marquess of Kent	1706	Grey	extinct 1740	created Duke of Kent in 1710
Marquess of Lindsey	1706	Bertie	extinct 1809	created Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven in 1715
Marquess of Dorchester	1706	Pierrepont	extinct 1773	created Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull in 1715

Marquessates in the Peerage of Scotland, 1488-1707

Title	Date of Creation	Surname	Current Status	Notes
Marquess of Ormonde	1488	Stewart	extinct 1504	subsidiary title of the Duke of Ross
Marquess of Hamilton	1599	Hamilton	extant	created Duke of Hamilton in 1643
Marquess of Huntly	1599	Gordon	extant	created Duke of Gordon in 1684, that title extinct in 1836
Marquess of Ormonde	1600	Stewart	merged in crown 1625	subsidiary title of the Duke of Albany
Marquess of Wigtown	1602	Stewart	extinct 1602	subsidiary title of the Duke of Kintyre and Lorne
Marquess of Douglas	1633	Douglas	extant	created Duke of Douglas in 1703, that title extinct in 1761; inherited by the Duke of Hamilton in 1761
Marquess of Argyll	1641	Campbell	forfeit 1661
Marquess of Clydesdale	1643	Hamilton	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Hamilton
Marquess of Montrose	1644	Graham	extant	created Duke of Montrose in 1707
Marquess of March	1672	Maitland	extinct 1682	subsidiary title of the Duke of Lauderdale
Marquess of Atholl	1676	Murray	extant	created Duke of Atholl in 1703
Marquess of Bambreich	1680	Leslie	extinct 1681	subsidiary title of the Duke of Rothes
Marquess of Queensberry	1682	Douglas	extant	created Duke of Queensberry in 1684. The titles separated in 1812
Marquess of Dumfriesshire	1684	Douglas	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Queensberry
Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne	1701	Campbell	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Argyll
Marquess of Lothian	1701	Kerr	extant
Marquess of Annandale	1701	Johnston	dormant 1792
Marquess of Tullibardine	1703	Murray	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Atholl
Marquess of Angus	1703	Douglas	extinct 1761	subsidiary title of the Duke of Douglas
Marquess of Graham and Buchanan	1707	Graham	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Montrose
Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford	1707	Ker	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Roxburghe

Marquessates in the Peerage of Great Britain, 1707-1801

Title	Date of Creation	Surname	Current Status	Notes
Marquess of Beverley	1708	Douglas	extinct 1778	subsidiary title of the Duke of Dover, who was also Duke of Queensberry in the Peerage of Scotland
Marquess of Wharton	1715	Wharton	extinct 1731	created Marquess of Malmesbury at the same time; created Duke of Wharton in 1718
Marquess of Malmesbury	1715	Wharton	extinct 1731	created Marquess of Wharton at the same time; created Duke of Wharton in 1718
Marquess of Clare	1715	Pelham-Holles	extinct 1768	subsidiary title of the Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Marquess of Titchfield	1716	Bentinck	extinct 1990	subsidiary title of the Duke of Portland
Marquess of Carnarvon	1719	Brydges	extinct 1789	subsidiary title of the Duke of Chandos
Marquess of Brackley	1720	Egerton	extinct 1803	subsidiary title of the Duke of Bridgwater
Marquess of the Isle of Ely	1726	Guelph	merged in crown 1760	subsidiary title of the Duke of Edinburgh
Marquess of Berkhampstead	1726	Guelph	extinct 1765	subsidiary title of the Duke of Cumberland
Marquess Grey	1740	Grey	extinct 1797	created for the Duke of Kent, but passed by special patent to his granddaughter
Marquess of Rockingham	1746	Watson-Wentworth	extinct 1782
Marquess of Monthermer	1766	Montagu	extinct 1790	subsidiary title of the Duke of Montagu
Marquess of Buckingham	1784	Temple-Nugent-Grenville	extinct 1889	created Duke of Buckingham and Chandos in 1822
Marquess of Lansdowne	1784	Petty-Fitzmaurice	extant
Marquess of Stafford	1786	Leveson-Gower	extant	created Duke of Sutherland in 1833
Marquess Townshend	1787	Townshend	extant
Marquess of Salisbury	1789	Cecil	extant
Marquess of Bath	1789	Thynne	extant
Marquess of Abercorn	1790	Hamilton	extant	created Duke of Abercorn in 1868
Marquess Cornwallis	1792	Cornwallis	extinct 1823
Marquess of Hertford	1793	Seymour-Conway	extant
Marquess of Bute	1796	Stuart	extant

Marquessates in the Peerage of Ireland, 1645-1801

Title	Date of Creation	Surname	Current Status	Notes

Marquessates in the Peerages of the United Kingdom and Ireland, 1801-present

Title	Date of Creation	Surname	Current Status	Notes