Marquess of Ailesbury
Marquess of Ailesbury , in the County of Buckingham , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
The title refers to the place Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire .
Award
The title was created on July 17, 1821 for Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury .
prehistory
On March 18, 1664, the great-great-grandfather of the 1st Marquess, Robert Bruce , 2nd Earl of Elgin in the Peerage of Scotland received the title Earl of Ailesbury , in the County of Buckingham, Viscount Bruce , of Ampthill in the County of Bedford and Baron Bruce , of Skelton in the County of York, all as titles in the Peerage of England . For his son Charles Bruce, 3rd Earl of Ailesbury , the title Baron Bruce , of Tottenham in the County of Wilts, was created in the Peerage of Great Britain on April 17, 1746 , with the special note that this title was also given to his nephew , Thomas Brudenell , the youngest son of his sister Elisabeth Bruce and her husband George Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan . With the death of the 3rd Earl of Ailesbury in 1747, the English titles became extinct, while his nephew Thomas Brudenell, the father of the future 1st Marquess, inherited the Barony Bruce. The Scottish title fell to his relative Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin .
Thomas Brudenell, 2nd Baron Bruce , took the name Bruce in his surname with royal permission from 1767. On June 10, 1776 he was raised in the second bestowal to Earl of Ailesbury , in the County of Buckingham, in the Peerage of Great Britain .
Subordinate title
The 1st Marquess had inherited the titles Earl of Ailesbury (1776) and Baron Bruce (1746) from his father in 1814 . Simultaneously with the marquess of 1821 he was awarded the subordinate titles Earl Bruce , of Whorlton in the County of York and Viscount Savernake , of Savernake Forest in the County of Wilts in Peerage of the United Kingdom.
1868, the 2nd Marquess of his deceased relatives inherited James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan the title Earl of Cardigan (1661), Baron Brudenell , of Stonton in the County of Leicester (1628), as well as the Baronetwürde of Deene in the County of Northampton. All of these titles belong to the Peerage or Baronetage of England.
Courtesy title of the title heir
From 1776 to 1821 the eldest son and title heir ( Heir Apparent ) of the Earl of Ailesbury carried the courtesy title of Lord Bruce . 1821 to 1868 led the Heir Apparent of the Marquess of Ailesbury the courtesy title Earl Bruce and his Heir Apparent the courtesy title Viscount Savernake . Since 1868 Heir Apparent des Marquess the courtesy title Earl of Cardigan , whose Heir Apparent the courtesy title Viscount Savernake .
List of the Earls and Marquesses of Ailesbury and the Barons Bruce
Earls of Ailesbury (first bestowed, 1664)
- Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury , 2nd Earl of Elgin (1627–1685)
- Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury , 3rd Earl of Elgin (1656–1741)
- Charles Bruce, 3rd Earl of Ailesbury , 4th Earl of Elgin (1682–1747) (from 1746 also Baron Bruce )
Barone Bruce (1746)
- Charles Bruce, 3rd Earl of Ailesbury , 4th Earl of Elgin, 1st Baron Bruce (1682–1747)
- Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Baron Bruce (1739–1814) (promoted to Earl of Ailesbury in 1776 )
Earls of Ailesbury (second bestowal, 1776)
- Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury (1729–1814)
- Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury (1773-1856) (promoted to Marquess of Ailesbury in 1821 )
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 (* 1926)
Title heir to the current Marquess (Heir Apparent) is his son David Michael James Brudenell-Bruce, Earl of Cardigan (* 1952).
His heir (Heir Apparent) is in turn his son Thomas James Brudenell-Bruce, Viscount Savernake (* 1982).
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page (English)