Marquess of Ailesbury

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The title Marquess of Ailesbury was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 17 July 1821 for the 2nd Earl of Ailesbury.

Lord Kinloss, eldest son of the 1st Earl of Elgin, was created Earl of Ailesbury, Viscount Bruce, of Ampthill in the County of Bedford, and Baron Bruce, of Skelton in the County of York, on 18 March 1664, all in the Peerage of England. He subsequently inherited the Earldom of Elgin in the Peerage of Scotland, and the titles remained united until 1747. The 3rd Earl of Ailesbury (and 4th Earl of Elgin) was created Baron Bruce, of Tottenham in the County of Wilts, on 17 April 1746, in the Peerage of Great Britain, but on his death in 1747, his English titles became extinct, except for the 1746 Barony of Bruce, which was inherited by his nephew Thomas Brudenell (who later changed his surname to Brudenell-Bruce) by special remainder. His Scottish titles passed to the 9th Earl of Kincardine.

The 2nd Baron Bruce was then created Earl of Ailesbury, on 10 June 1776, in the Peerage of Great Britain. The 2nd Earl of Ailesbury was created Marquess of Ailesbury on 17 July 1821, along with the subsidiary titles Earl Bruce, of Whorlton in the County of York, and Viscount Savernake, of Savernake Forest in the County of Wilts, all in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. In 1868, the 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury inherited the Earldom of Cardigan, and so the Marquesses of Ailesbury now also hold the titles Earl of Cardigan (1661) and Baron Brudenell, of Stanton Wyvill in the County of Leicester (1628), in the Peerage of England, as well as being Baronets of England, styled "of Deene in the County of Northampton".

Lord Ailesbury is also Hereditary Warden of Savernake Forest.

The Heir Apparent to the Marquessate bears the courtesy title Earl of Cardigan, and his Heir Apparent bears the title Viscount Savernake.

The county town of Buckinghamshire to which the title refers is now spelt "Aylesbury".

1 Earls of Ailesbury, First Creation (1664)
2 Barons Bruce (1746)
3 Earls of Ailesbury, Second Creation (1776)
4 Marquesses of Ailesbury (1821)
5 References

[edit] Earls of Ailesbury, First Creation (1664)

Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin, 1st Earl of Ailesbury (1627–1685)
Thomas Bruce, 3rd Earl of Elgin, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury (1656–1741)
Charles Bruce, 4th Earl of Elgin, 3rd Earl of Ailesbury (1682–1747)

[edit] Barons Bruce (1746)

Charles Bruce, 4th Earl of Elgin, 3rd Earl of Ailesbury, 1st Baron Bruce (1682–1747)
Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Baron Bruce (1739–1814) (created Earl of Ailesbury in 1776)

[edit] Earls of Ailesbury, Second Creation (1776)

Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury (1739–1814)
Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury (1773–1856) (created Marquess of Ailesbury in 1821)

[edit] Marquesses of Ailesbury (1821)

Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury (1773–1856)
George William Frederick Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury (1804–1878)
Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury (1811–1886)
George William Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 4th Marquess of Ailesbury (1863–1894)
Henry Augustus Brudenell-Bruce, 5th Marquess of Ailesbury (1842–1911)
George William James Chandos Brudenell-Bruce, 6th Marquess of Ailesbury (1873–1961)
Chandos Sydney Cedric Brudenell-Bruce, 7th Marquess of Ailesbury (1904–1974)
Michael Sydney Cedric Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury (b. 1926)