Talk:Marquesses in the United Kingdom

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Untitled[edit]

It might be best to change the title of this page to "Marquesses in the United Kingdom", since British titles generally have no legal significance in the other nations of the Commonwealth. The Queen in her role as independent monarch of the other Commonwealth Realms does not create hereditary titles, and certainly does not in the Commonwealth nations that are republics.

Titles had some significance in the Dominions and colonies of the pre-Commonwealth British Empire, but generally they have no role in the Commonwealth today. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.167.104.70 (talk) 23:59, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Marquis?[edit]

Are any marquesses in the British Isles styled "Marquis"? 99.238.74.216 (talk) 18:37, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Douro[edit]

Douro is an exception to the rule of "Marquess of XYZ". The Duke of Wellington is "Marquess Douro", not "Marquess OF Douro". I can't remember my source for this but I believe the reason for it is that the Douro (the river) is not within the territories of the United Kingdom, but is in the Iberian Peninsula, and the U.K. Monarch won't grant a title over foreign territory. He's not the Marquess OVER that territory, he's the Marquess NAMED after that territory. Someone whose job this is (it's not mine) should track that down, find the source which I am at present unable to remember, and change the article.2604:2000:C682:2D00:5D2D:B629:6EF7:225C (talk) 17:45, 12 December 2018 (UTC)Christopher L. Simpson[reply]