Marquess is a rank of nobility in the peerages of the United Kingdom, ranking below a duke and above an earl. There are currently 35 marquessates.
Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry, carrying the Sword of State at the coronation of Edward VII; a page bears his coronet, which has four strawberry leaves and four silver balls.
A portrait of William Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian wearing his British Army uniform.
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The British nobility is made up of the peerage and the gentry of the British Isles.
Marquesses in the United Kingdom
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Lady Margaret Beaufort
Elizabeth de Clare
The Lord Bishop William Smyth
Margaret, Countess of Salisbury