Marquesses In The United Kingdom
Marquess is a rank of nobility in the peerages of the United Kingdom.
Unlike the position on the continent of Europe, in the Kingdom of England, and later in Great Britain and the United Kingdom, the monarch is the only one capable of awarding titles of nobility. There are currently thirty-four such marquessates (see List).
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