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Marquess


1997 Hugh Seymour, 8th Marquess of Hertford, Peerage of Great Britain, dies at 67

1960 7th marquess of Cholmondeley, English large landowner/millionaire

1954 7th marquess of Bristol, English large landowner/multi-millionaire

1954 Constantine Phipps, born in England, Constantine Edmund Walter Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby, sold Warter Priory estate in 1998 for 48 million pounds, leases Mulgrave Castle to supermodel Elle MacPherson

1933 6th marquess of Bute, Scottish large landowner/bibliophile

1930 Hugh Seymour, born in Britain, 8th Marquess of Hertford, Peerage of Great Britain

1929 Arthur Hill, born in Brompton Square, London, Arthur Robin Ian Hill, 8th Marquess of Downshire, the Hereditary Constable of Hillsborough Fort. Conservative Party, House of Lords

1923 Marquess of Ripon, game hunter, dies, after shooting 52nd grouse

1905 Marquess of Bath, English large landowner/multi-millionaire

1895 Oscar Wilde loses libel case against Marquess of Queensberry, who accused him of homosexual practices

1872 Robert marquess of Flers, French author, Habit Vert

1845 Henry C K Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th marquess of Landsdowne/Governor-General Canada

1830 Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury, C, British Prime Minister, 1885-1902

1781 Marie de Negre Dables, marquess, dies

1759 Marquis and Marquess of Tavora, Portugese nobles, executed

1733 Ann-Therese de Marguent de Lambert, French marquess/author, dies at 86

1730 Marquess of Rockingham, Whig, British Prime Minister, 1765-66, 1782

1611 Hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome

1524 Earl Henry III of Nassau weds Mencia de Medoza, 16-years old marquess


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