Marquesses of Dorchester; First Creation (1645)
- Other titles: Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (1628), Viscount Newark and Baron Pierrepont, of Holme Pierrepont in the County of Nottingham (1627)
- Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester (1607–1680), eldest son of the 1st Earl, died without issue, and his Marquessate went extinct
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