Marquess of Reading

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Sir Rufus Isaacs, around 1910
Coat of arms of the Marquess of Reading

Marquess of Reading is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom , named after the city of Reading .

The family seat of the Marquesses is Jaynes Court near Bisley in Gloucestershire .

Award

The title was created on May 7, 1926 for Rufus Isaacs, 1st Earl of Reading . He had been Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and Viceroy of India . Later he became foreign minister for a few months .

Since the title of Marquess of Willingdon (awarded in 1936) 1979 has been extinguished, the Marquessate of Reading is the youngest still existing Marquesswürde the United Kingdom . The respective Marquess Reading is also the Jew with the highest title of nobility in the United Kingdom.

Subordinate title

The 1st Marquess already had the title Baron Reading , of Erleigh in the County of Berkshire on January 9, 1914 , the title Viscount Reading , of Erleigh in the County of Berkshire on June 26, 1916 , and the title on December 20, 1917 Earl of Reading and Viscount Erleigh , of Erleigh in the County of Berkshire. All of these titles belong to the Peerage of the United Kingdom and are listed as subordinate titles of the respective Marquess.

The eldest son of the respective marquess carries the courtesy title Viscount Erleigh as title heir ( Heir Apparent ) .

The title of Baron Reading had already been offered to the outgoing Prime Minister Henry Addington in 1804 . At the time, he refused to be elevated to the nobility, as it would have made him lose his seat in the House of Commons . He later accepted the title of Viscount Sidmouth .

List of Marquesses of Reading (1926)

Heir Apparent is the son of the current marquess, Julian Michael Rufus Isaacs, Viscount Erleigh (* 1986).

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