PEERAGE | ||||||
Last updated 19/03/2024 | ||||||
Date | Rank | Order | Name | Born | Died | Age |
MANCE | ||||||
3 Oct 2005 | B[L] | 1 | Sir Jonathan Hugh Mance | 6 Jun 1943 | ||
Created Baron Mance for life 3 Oct 2005 | ||||||
Lord Justice of Appeal 1999-2005. Lord of | ||||||
Appeal in Ordinary 2005-2009. Justice of the | ||||||
Supreme Court 2009-2018. PC 1999 | ||||||
MANCHESTER | ||||||
5 Feb 1626 | E | 1 | Henry Montagu | c 1563 | 7 Nov 1642 | |
Created Baron Montagu of Kimbolton | ||||||
and Viscount Mandeville 19 Dec 1620 | ||||||
and Earl of Manchester 5 Feb 1626 | ||||||
MP for Higham Ferrers 1591-1593, 1597- | ||||||
1598 and 1601-1603 and London 1604-1611. | ||||||
Chief Justice of the Kings Bench 1616-1621. | ||||||
Lord High Treasurer 1620-1621. Lord | ||||||
President of the Council 1621-1628. Lord | ||||||
Privy Seal 1628-1642. Lord Lieutenant | ||||||
Huntingdon 1636-1642. | ||||||
7 Nov 1642 | 2 | Edward Montagu | 1602 | 5 May 1671 | 68 | |
MP for Huntingdonshire 1624-1626. Lord | ||||||
Lieutenant Northampton 1643 and | ||||||
Huntingdon 1660-1671. KG 1661 | ||||||
He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of | ||||||
Acceleration as Baron Montagu of Kimbolton | ||||||
22 May 1626 | ||||||
5 May 1671 | 3 | Robert Montagu | 25 Apr 1634 | 16 Mar 1683 | 48 | |
MP for Huntingdonshire 1660-1671. Lord | ||||||
Lieutenant Huntingdon 1671-1681 | ||||||
16 Mar 1683 | 4 | Charles Montagu | c 1662 | 20 Jan 1722 | ||
28 Apr 1719 | D | 1 | Created Duke of Manchester 28 Apr 1719 | |||
Secretary of State 1702. Lord Lieutenant | ||||||
Huntingdon 1689-1722. PC 1698 | ||||||
20 Jan 1722 | 2 | William Montagu | Apr 1700 | 21 Oct 1739 | 39 | |
Lord Lieutenant Huntingdon 1722-1739 | ||||||
21 Oct 1739 | 3 | Robert Montagu | c 1710 | 10 May 1762 | ||
MP for Huntingdonshire 1734-1739. Lord | ||||||
Lieutenant Huntingdon 1739-1762 | ||||||
10 May 1762 | 4 | George Montagu | 6 Apr 1737 | 2 Sep 1788 | 51 | |
MP for Huntingdonshire 1761-1762. Lord | ||||||
Lieutenant Huntingdon 1762-1788 PC 1782 | ||||||
2 Sep 1788 | 5 | William Montagu | 21 Oct 1771 | 18 Mar 1843 | 71 | |
Lord Lieutenant Huntingdon 1793-1841 | ||||||
Governor of Jamaica 1808-1827. Postmaster | ||||||
General 1827-1830 | ||||||
18 Mar 1843 | 6 | George Montagu | 9 Jul 1799 | 18 Aug 1855 | 56 | |
MP for Huntingdonshire 1826-1837 | ||||||
18 Aug 1855 | 7 | William Drogo Montagu | 15 Oct 1823 | 22 Mar 1890 | 66 | |
MP for Bewdley 1847-1852 and Huntingdonshire | ||||||
1852-1855. KP 1877 | ||||||
22 Mar 1890 | 8 | George Victor Drogo Montagu | 17 Jun 1853 | 18 Aug 1892 | 39 | |
MP for Huntingdonshire 1877-1880 | ||||||
18 Aug 1892 | 9 | William Angus Drogo Montagu | 3 Mar 1877 | 9 Feb 1947 | 69 | |
PC 1906 | ||||||
9 Feb 1947 | 10 | Alexander George Francis Drogo Montagu | 2 Oct 1902 | 23 Nov 1977 | 75 | |
23 Nov 1977 | 11 | Sidney Arthur Robin George Drogo Montagu | 5 Feb 1929 | 3 Jun 1985 | 56 | |
3 Jun 1985 | 12 | Angus Charles Drogo Montagu | 9 Oct 1938 | 25 Jul 2002 | 63 | |
25 Jul 2002 | 13 | Alexander Charles David Drogo Montagu | 11 Dec 1962 | |||
MANCROFT | ||||||
23 Feb 1937 | B | 1 | Sir Arthur Michael Samuel,1st baronet | 6 Dec 1872 | 17 Aug 1942 | 69 |
Created Baron Mancroft 23 Feb 1937 | ||||||
MP for Farnham 1918-1937. Financial | ||||||
Secretary to the Treasury 1927-1929 | ||||||
17 Aug 1942 | 2 | Stormont Mancroft Samuel [he changed his | 27 Jul 1914 | 14 Sep 1987 | 73 | |
surname to Mancroft by deed pool 1925] | ||||||
Minister without Portfolio 1957-1958 | ||||||
14 Sep 1987 | 3 | Benjamin Lloyd Stormont Mancroft [Elected | 16 May 1957 | |||
hereditary peer 1999-] | ||||||
MANDELSON | ||||||
13 Oct 2008 | B[L] | 1 | Peter Benjamin Mandelson | 21 Oct 1953 | ||
Created Baron Mandelson for life 13 Oct 2008 | ||||||
MP for Hartlepool 1992-2004. Minister without | ||||||
Portfolio 1997-1998. Secretary of State for Trade | ||||||
and Industry 1998. Secretary of State for | ||||||
for Northern Ireland 1999-2001. Secretary of | ||||||
State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory | ||||||
Reform 2008-2009. Secretary of State for | ||||||
Business, Innovation and Skills 2009- | ||||||
First Secretary of State and Lord President of the | ||||||
Council 2009-2010. PC 1998 | ||||||
MANDEVILLE | ||||||
19 Dec 1620 | V | 1 | Henry Montagu | c 1563 | 7 Nov 1642 | |
Created Baron Montagu of Kimbolton | ||||||
and Viscount Mandeville 19 Dec 1620 | ||||||
and Earl of Manchester 5 Feb 1626 | ||||||
See "Manchester"
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MANN | ||||||
28 Oct 2019 | B[L] | 1 | John Mann | 10 Jan 1960 | ||
Created Baron Mann for life 28 Oct 2019 | ||||||
MANNERS | ||||||
26 Oct 1309 | B | 1 | Baldwin de Manners | 9 Jul 1320 | ||
to | Summoned to Parliament as Lord | |||||
9 Jul 1320 | Manners 26 Oct 1309 | |||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
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20 Apr 1807 | B | 1 | Thomas Manners-Sutton | 24 Feb 1756 | 31 May 1842 | 86 |
Created Baron Manners 20 Apr 1807 | ||||||
MP for Newark 1796-1805. Solicitor | ||||||
General 1802-1805. Lord Chancellor of | ||||||
Ireland 1807-1827. PC 1807 PC [I] 1807 | ||||||
31 May 1842 | 2 | John Thomas Manners-Sutton | 17 Aug 1818 | 14 Nov 1864 | 46 | |
14 Nov 1864 | 3 | John Thomas Manners-Sutton | 15 May 1852 | 19 Aug 1927 | 75 | |
19 Aug 1927 | 4 | Francis Henry Manners | 21 Jul 1897 | 25 Nov 1972 | 75 | |
25 Nov 1972 | 5 | John Robert Cecil Manners | 13 Feb 1923 | 28 May 2008 | 85 | |
28 May 2008 | 6 | John Hugh Robert Manners | 5 May 1956 | |||
MANNERS DE HADDON | ||||||
30 Apr 1679 | B | 1 | John Manners | 29 May 1638 | 10 Jan 1711 | 72 |
Summoned to Parliament as Lord | ||||||
Manners de Haddon 30 Apr 1679. | ||||||
Created Marquess of Granby and | ||||||
Duke of Rutland 29 Mar 1703 | ||||||
See "Rutland" | ||||||
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6 Jun 1896 | Henry John Brinsley Manners | 16 Apr 1852 | 8 May 1925 | 73 | ||
He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of | ||||||
Acceleration as Baron Manners of Haddon | ||||||
6 Jun 1896 | ||||||
He succeeded as Duke of Rutland (qv) in 1906 | ||||||
MANNINGHAM-BULLER | ||||||
2 Jun 2008 | B[L] | 1 | Dame Elizabeth Lydia Manningham-Buller | 14 Jul 1948 | ||
Created Baroness Manningham-Buller | ||||||
for life 2 Jun 2008 | ||||||
LG 2014 | ||||||
MANNY | ||||||
12 Nov 1347 | B | 1 | Walter Manny | 13 Jan 1372 | ||
Summoned to Parliament as Lord | ||||||
Manny 12 Nov 1347 | ||||||
KG 1359 | ||||||
13 Jan 1372 | 2 | Anne Hastings | 1356 | 2 Apr 1384 | 27 | |
2 Apr 1384 | 3 | John Hastings,Earl of Pembroke | 1372 | 30 Dec 1389 | 17 | |
to | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
30 Dec 1389 | ||||||
MANSELL | ||||||
1 Jan 1712 | B | 1 | Sir Thomas Mansell,5th baronet | 9 Nov 1667 | 10 Dec 1723 | 56 |
Created Baron Mansell 1 Jan 1712 | ||||||
MP for Cardiff 1689-1698 and | ||||||
Glamorganshire 1701-1712. PC 1704 | ||||||
10 Dec 1723 | 2 | Thomas Mansell | 26 Dec 1719 | 29 Jan 1744 | 24 | |
29 Jan 1744 | 3 | Christopher Mansell | 26 Nov 1744 | |||
26 Nov 1744 | 4 | Bussy Mansell | c 1701 | 29 Nov 1750 | ||
to | MP for Cardiff 1722-1734 and Glamorgan | |||||
29 Nov 1750 | 1737-1744 | |||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
MANSFIELD | ||||||
3 Nov 1620 | V | 1 | William Cavendish | 16 Dec 1593 | 25 Dec 1676 | 83 |
Created Viscount Mansfield 3 Nov 1620 | ||||||
Baron Cavendish and Earl of Newcastle | ||||||
upon Tyne 7 Mar 1628,Marquess of | ||||||
Newcastle on Tyne 27 Oct 1643 and | ||||||
Duke of Newcastle 16 Mar 1665 | ||||||
See "Newcastle upon Tyne" | ||||||
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31 Oct 1776 | E | 1 | William Murray | 2 Mar 1705 | 20 Mar 1793 | 88 |
1 Aug 1792 | E | 1 | Created Baron Mansfield 8 Nov 1756, | |||
Earl of Mansfield 31 Oct 1776 and | ||||||
Earl of Mansfield 1 Aug 1792 | ||||||
The Earldom of 1776 included a special remainder, | ||||||
failing heirs male of his body,to Louisa Murray, | ||||||
Viscountess Stormont,wife of his nephew and heir | ||||||
David Murray,Viscount Stormont and the heirs | ||||||
male of her body by her said husband. | ||||||
For details of the special remainder included in the | ||||||
creation of the Earldom of 1792,see the note at the | ||||||
foot of this page | ||||||
MP for Boroughbridge 1742-1756. Solicitor | ||||||
General 1742-1754. Attorney General 1754- | ||||||
1756. Lord Chief Justice 1756-1788. PC 1756 | ||||||
On his death the Barony became extinct, | ||||||
whilst the Earldom of 1776 passed to his | ||||||
nephew's wife (as under) and the Earldom of | ||||||
1792 passed to his nephew (see below) | ||||||
20 Mar 1793 | 2 | Louisa Murray (creation of 1776) | 1 Jul 1758 | 11 Jul 1843 | 85 | |
20 Mar 1793 | 2 | David Murray (creation of 1792) | 9 Oct 1727 | 1 Sep 1796 | 68 | |
Lord Justice General of Scotland 1778- | ||||||
1794. Secretary of State 1779-1782. Lord | ||||||
President of the Council 1782 and 1794- | ||||||
1796. PC 1763 KT 1768 | ||||||
1 Sep 1796 | 3 | David William Murray (creation of 1792) | 7 Mar 1777 | 18 Feb 1840 | 62 | |
Lord Lieutenant Clackmannan 1803-1840 | ||||||
KT 1835 | ||||||
18 Feb 1840 | 4 | William David Murray | 21 Feb 1806 | 2 Aug 1898 | 92 | |
3 | MP for Aldeburgh 1830-1831, Woodstock | |||||
1831-1832, Norwich 1832-1837 and | ||||||
Perthshire 1837-1840. Lord Lieutenant | ||||||
Clackmannan 1852-1898. KT 1843 | ||||||
He succeeded to the Earldom of 1776 in 1843 | ||||||
2 Aug 1898 | 5 | William David Murray | 20 Jul 1860 | 29 Apr 1906 | 45 | |
4 | PC 1905 | |||||
29 Apr 1906 | 6 | Alan David Murray | 25 Oct 1864 | 14 Mar 1935 | 70 | |
5 | ||||||
14 Mar 1935 | 7 | Mungo David Malcolm Murray | 9 Aug 1900 | 2 Sep 1971 | 71 | |
6 | MP for Perth 1931-1935. Lord Lieutenant | |||||
Perth 1960-1971 | ||||||
2 Sep 1971 | 8 | William David Mungo James Murray | 7 Jul 1930 | 21 Oct 2015 | 85 | |
7 | Minister of State, Scottish Office 1979-1983 and | |||||
Minister of State, Northern Ireland 1983-1984 | ||||||
21 Oct 2015 | 9 | Alexander David Mungo Murray | 17 Oct 1956 | |||
8 | ||||||
MANTON | ||||||
25 Jan 1922 | B | 1 | Joseph Watson | 10 Feb 1873 | 13 Mar 1922 | 49 |
Created Baron Manton 25 Jan 1922 | ||||||
13 Mar 1922 | 2 | George Miles Watson | 21 Jun 1899 | 10 Jun 1968 | 68 | |
10 Jun 1968 | 3 | Joseph Rupert Eric Robert Watson | 22 Jan 1924 | 8 Aug 2003 | 79 | |
8 Aug 2003 | 4 | Miles Ronald Marcus Watson | 7 May 1958 | |||
MANVERS | ||||||
9 Apr 1806 | E | 1 | Charles Pierrepont | 14 Nov 1737 | 17 Jun 1816 | 78 |
Created Baron Pierrepont and | ||||||
Viscount Newark 23 Jul 1796,and Earl | ||||||
Manvers 9 Apr 1806 | ||||||
MP for Nottinghamshire 1778-1796 | ||||||
17 Jun 1816 | 2 | Charles Herbert Pierrepont | 11 Aug 1778 | 27 Oct 1860 | 82 | |
MP for Nottinghamshire 1801-1816 | ||||||
27 Oct 1860 | 3 | Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont | 12 Mar 1825 | 16 Jan 1900 | 74 | |
MP for Nottinghamshire South 1852-1860 | ||||||
16 Jan 1900 | 4 | Charles William Sydney Pierrepont | 2 Aug 1854 | 17 Jul 1926 | 71 | |
MP for Newark 1885-1895 and 1898-1900 | ||||||
17 Jul 1926 | 5 | Evelyn Robert Pierrepont | 25 Jul 1888 | 6 Apr 1940 | 51 | |
6 Apr 1940 | 6 | Gervas Evelyn Pierrepont | 15 Apr 1881 | 13 Feb 1955 | 73 | |
to | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
13 Feb 1955 | ||||||
MANZOOR | ||||||
6 Sep 2013 | B[L] | 1 | Zahida Parveen Manzoor | 25 May 1958 | ||
Created Baroness Manzoor for life 6 Sep 2013 | ||||||
MAPLES | ||||||
24 Jun 2010 | B[L] | 1 | John Cradock Maples | 22 Apr 1943 | 9 Jun 2012 | 69 |
to | Created Baron Maples for life 24 Jun 2010 | |||||
9 Jun 2012 | MP for Lewisham West 1983-1992 and Stratford | |||||
on Avon 1997-2010. | ||||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
MAR | ||||||
c 1115 | E[S] | 1 | Rothri | c 1141 | ||
Witness to the Charter of Scone as | ||||||
Earl of Mar c 1115 | ||||||
c 1141 | 2 | Morgund | c 1182 | |||
c 1182 | 3 | Gilchrist | c 1228 | |||
c 1228 | 4 | Duncan | c 1243 | |||
c 1243 | 5 | William | c 1281 | |||
c 1281 | 6 | Donald | c 1297 | |||
c 1297 | 7 | Gratney | c 1305 | |||
c 1305 | 8 | Donald | 12 Aug 1332 | |||
12 Aug 1332 | 9 | Thomas | c 1374 | |||
c 1374 | 10 | Margaret Douglas | c 1390 | |||
c 1390 | 11 | Isabel | ||||
She married Alexander Stewart (see below) | ||||||
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28 May 1426 | E[S] | 1 | Alexander Stewart | 1 Aug 1435 | ||
Created Earl of Mar 28 May 1426 | ||||||
Illegitimate son of Robert II of Scotland | ||||||
On his death the peerage reverted to the | ||||||
Crown | ||||||
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1 Aug 1435 | 12 | Robert Erskine | c 1453 | |||
On his death the peerage was wrongly | ||||||
assumed to have become extinct and a number | ||||||
of new creations were made,as under - | ||||||
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c 1459 | E[S] | 1 | John Stewart | 1479 | ||
to | Created Earl of Mar and Garioch | |||||
1479 | c 1459 | |||||
3rd son of James II of Scotland | ||||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
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c Jan 1483 | E[S] | 1 | Alexander Stewart,Duke of Albany | c 1485 | ||
to | Created Earl of Mar and Garioch c | |||||
1483 | Jan 1483 | |||||
The peerage was forfeited a few months | ||||||
later | ||||||
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2 Mar 1486 | E[S] | 1 | John Stewart | c 1480 | 11 Mar 1503 | |
to | Created Earl of Mar and Garioch | |||||
11 Mar 1503 | 2 Mar 1486 | |||||
3rd son of James III of Scotland | ||||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
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c 1453 | 13 | Thomas Erskine | c 1493 | |||
c 1493 | 14 | Alexander Erskine | c 1509 | |||
c 1509 | 15 | Robert Erskine | 9 Sep 1513 | |||
9 Sep 1513 | 16 | John Erskine | 1552 | |||
1552 | 17 | John Erskine | 29 Oct 1572 | |||
24 Jun 1565 | E[S] | 1 | Created Earl of Mar 24 Jun 1565 | |||
For further information on this peerage see | ||||||
the note at the foot of this page | ||||||
29 Oct 1572 | 18 | John Erskine | 1562 | 14 Dec 1634 | 72 | |
2 | KG 1603. High Treasurer of Scotland | |||||
1615-1630 | ||||||
Created Lord Cardross 19 Jul 1606 | ||||||
14 Dec 1634 | 19 | John Erskine | c 1585 | 1654 | ||
3 | ||||||
1654 | 20 | John Erskine | Sep 1668 | |||
4 | ||||||
Sep 1668 | 21 | Charles Erskine | 19 Oct 1650 | 22 Apr 1689 | 38 | |
5 | ||||||
22 Apr 1689 | 22 | John Erskine | Feb 1675 | May 1732 | 57 | |
to | 6 | KT 1706. Secretary of State for Scotland | ||||
17 Feb 1716 | 1706-1707. PC 1708 | |||||
He was attainted and the peerages forfeited | ||||||
17 Jun 1824 | 23 | John Francis Erskine | 1741 | 20 Aug 1825 | 84 | |
7 | Restored to the peerages | |||||
20 Aug 1825 | 24 | John Thomas Erskine | 18 Jun 1772 | 20 Sep 1828 | 56 | |
8 | ||||||
20 Sep 1828 | 25 | John Francis Miller Erskine | 28 Dec 1795 | 19 Jun 1866 | 70 | |
9 | For further information on this peer, see the | |||||
note at the foot of this page | ||||||
He succeeded as 11th Earl of Kellie (qv) | ||||||
in 1829. On his death the creation of 1565 | ||||||
passed to his cousin (see below) whilst the | ||||||
original earldom passed to - | ||||||
19 Jun 1866 | 26 | John Francis Erskine Goodeve-Erskine | 29 Mar 1836 | 17 Jun 1930 | 94 | |
17 Jun 1930 | 27 | John Francis Hamilton Sinclair Cunliffe | ||||
Brooks Forbes Goodeve-Erskine | 27 Feb 1868 | 29 Sep 1932 | 64 | |||
29 Sep 1932 | 28 | Lionel Walter Young Erskine | 13 Jun 1891 | 27 Nov 1965 | 74 | |
27 Nov 1965 | 29 | James Clifton | 22 Nov 1914 | 21 Apr 1975 | 60 | |
21 Apr 1975 | 30 | Margaret of Mar [Elected hereditary peer 1999-] | 19 Sep 1940 | |||
MAR | ||||||
24 Jun 1565 | E[S] | 1 | John Erskine | 29 Oct 1572 | ||
Created Earl of Mar 24 Jun 1565 | ||||||
29 Oct 1572 | 2 | John Erskine | 1562 | 14 Dec 1634 | 72 | |
KG 1603. High Treasurer of Scotland | ||||||
1615-1630 | ||||||
14 Dec 1634 | 3 | John Erskine | c 1585 | 1654 | ||
1654 | 4 | John Erskine | Sep 1668 | |||
Sep 1668 | 5 | Charles Erskine | 19 Oct 1650 | 22 Apr 1689 | 38 | |
22 Apr 1689 | 6 | John Erskine | Feb 1675 | May 1732 | 57 | |
to | KT 1706. Secretary of State for Scotland | |||||
17 Feb 1716 | 1706-1707. PC 1708 | |||||
He was attainted and the peerages forfeited | ||||||
17 Jun 1824 | 7 | John Francis Erskine | 1741 | 20 Aug 1825 | 84 | |
Restored to the peerages | ||||||
20 Aug 1825 | 8 | John Thomas Erskine | 18 Jun 1772 | 20 Sep 1828 | 56 | |
20 Sep 1828 | 9 | John Francis Miller Erskine | 28 Dec 1795 | 19 Jun 1866 | 70 | |
He succeeded as 11th Earl of Kellie (qv) in 1829 | ||||||
19 Jun 1866 | 10 | Walter Coningsby Erskine (also 12th Earl of Kellie) | 12 Jul 1810 | 17 Jan 1872 | 61 | |
17 Jan 1872 | 11 | Walter Henry Erskine (also 13th Earl of Kellie) | 17 Dec 1839 | 16 Sep 1888 | 48 | |
16 Sep 1888 | 12 | Walter John Francis Erskine (also 14th Earl of | ||||
Kellie) | 29 Aug 1865 | 3 Jun 1955 | 89 | |||
Lord Lieutenant Clackmannan 1898-1955 | ||||||
KT 1911 | ||||||
3 Jun 1955 | 13 | John Francis Hervey Erskine (also 15th Earl of | ||||
Kellie) | 15 Feb 1921 | 22 Dec 1993 | 72 | |||
Lord Lieutenant Clackmannan 1966-1993 | ||||||
22 Dec 1993 | 14 | James Thorne Erskine (also 16th Earl of Kellie) | 10 Mar 1949 | |||
Created Baron Erskine of Alloa Tower | ||||||
for life 19 Apr 2000 | ||||||
MARCH (England) | ||||||
9 Nov 1328 | E | 1 | Roger Mortimer,2nd Lord Mortimer | 29 Apr 1286 | 29 Nov 1330 | 44 |
to | Created Earl of March 9 Nov 1328 | |||||
29 Nov 1330 | Chief Governor of Ireland 1316-1319 | |||||
He was attainted and the peerages forfeited | ||||||
For further information on this peer,see the | ||||||
note at the foot of this page | ||||||
1354 | 2 | Roger Mortimer | 11 Nov 1328 | 26 Feb 1360 | 31 | |
Obtained a reversal of the attainder | ||||||
KG 1348 | ||||||
26 Nov 1360 | 3 | Edmund Mortimer | 1 Feb 1351 | 27 Dec 1381 | 30 | |
Chief Governor of Ireland 1379-1381 | ||||||
27 Dec 1381 | 4 | Roger Mortimer | 11 Apr 1374 | 20 Jul 1398 | 24 | |
Chief Governor of Ireland 1395-1398 | ||||||
20 Jul 1398 | 5 | Edmond Mortimer | 6 Nov 1391 | 19 Jan 1425 | 33 | |
Chief Governor of Ireland 1423-1425 | ||||||
19 Jan 1425 | 6 | Richard Plantagenet,3rd Duke of York | 21 Sep 1411 | 30 Dec 1460 | 49 | |
30 Dec 1460 | 7 | Edward Plantagenet,4th Duke of York | 28 Apr 1442 | 9 Apr 1483 | 40 | |
to | He succeeded to the throne as Edward IV | |||||
1461 | in 1461 when the peerage merged with the | |||||
Crown | ||||||
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18 Jul 1479 | E | 1 | Edward Plantagenet,Duke of Cornwall | |||
to | Created Earl of Earl of March and | |||||
9 Apr 1483 | Earl of Pembroke 18 Jul 1479 | |||||
He succeeded to the crown as Edward V | ||||||
when all his honours merged with the Crown | ||||||
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7 Jun 1619 | E | 1 | Esme Stuart | 1579 | 30 Jul 1624 | 45 |
Created Baron Stuart of Leighton | ||||||
Bromswold and Earl of March | ||||||
7 Jun 1619 | ||||||
See "Lennox" - these titles extinct 1672 | ||||||
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9 Aug 1675 | E | 1 | Charles Lennox | 29 Jul 1672 | 27 May 1723 | 50 |
Created Baron Setrington,Earl of | ||||||
March and Duke of Richmond 9 Aug | ||||||
1675 and Lord of Torboltoun,Earl of | ||||||
Darnley and Duke of Lennox 9 Sep 1675 | ||||||
See "Richmond" | ||||||
MARCH (Scotland) | ||||||
1455 | E[S] | 1 | Alexander Stewart | c 1485 | ||
Created Earl of March 1455 and Duke | ||||||
of Albany c 1456 | ||||||
See "Albany" | ||||||
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5 Mar 1580 | E[S] | 1 | Robert Stuart | 29 Mar 1586 | ||
to | Created Lord of Dunbar and Earl of | |||||
29 Mar 1586 | March 5 Mar 1580 | |||||
Peerages extinct on his death | ||||||
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1 May 1672 | M[S] | 1 | John Maitland | 24 May 1616 | 24 Aug 1682 | 66 |
to | Created Marquess of March and Duke of | |||||
24 Aug 1682 | Lauderdale 1 May 1672 and Baron | |||||
Petersham and Earl of Guilford | ||||||
25 Jun 1674 | ||||||
Peerages extinct on his death | ||||||
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20 Apr 1697 | E[S] | 1 | Lord William Douglas | c 1665 | 2 Sep 1705 | |
Created Lord Douglas of Neidpath, | ||||||
Viscount of Peebles and Earl of | ||||||
March 20 Apr 1697 | ||||||
2 Sep 1705 | 2 | William Douglas | c 1696 | 7 Mar 1731 | ||
7 Mar 1731 | 3 | William Douglas,later [1748] 3rd Earl of Ruglen and | ||||
[1778] 4th Duke of Queensberry | 16 Dec 1724 | 23 Dec 1810 | 86 | |||
23 Dec 1810 | 4 | Francis Charteris-Wemyss | 15 Apr 1772 | 28 Jun 1853 | 81 | |
He had previously succeeded to the Earldom | ||||||
of Wemyss (qv) in 1808 with which title | ||||||
this peerage then merged and so remains | ||||||
MARCHAMLEY | ||||||
3 Jul 1908 | B | 1 | George Whiteley | 30 Aug 1855 | 21 Oct 1925 | 70 |
Created Baron Marchamley 3 Jul 1908 | ||||||
MP for Stockport 1893-1900 and Pudsey | ||||||
1900-1908. PC 1907 | ||||||
21 Oct 1925 | 2 | William Tattersall Whiteley | 22 Nov 1886 | 17 Nov 1949 | 62 | |
17 Nov 1949 | 3 | John William Tattersall Whiteley | 24 Apr 1922 | 26 May 1994 | 72 | |
26 May 1994 | 4 | William Francis Whiteley | 27 Jul 1968 | |||
MARCHMONT | ||||||
23 May 1697 | E[S] | 1 | Sir Patrick Hume,2nd baronet | 13 Jan 1641 | 2 Aug 1724 | 83 |
Created Lord Polwarth 26 Dec 1690 | ||||||
and Lord Polwarth,Viscount of | ||||||
Blasonberrie and Earl of Marchmont | ||||||
23 May 1697 | ||||||
High Chancellor of Scotland 1696-1702 | ||||||
2 Aug 1724 | 2 | Alexander Hume-Campbell | 1 Jan 1675 | 27 Feb 1740 | 65 | |
KT 1725 PC 1726 | ||||||
27 Feb 1740 | 3 | Hugh Hume-Campbell | 15 Feb 1708 | 10 Jan 1794 | 85 | |
to | MP for Berwick upon Tweed 1734-1740 PC 1762 | |||||
10 Jan 1794 | On his death the peerage became dormant | |||||
MARCHWOOD | ||||||
13 Sep 1945 | V | 1 | Sir Frederick George Penny,1st baronet | 10 Mar 1876 | 1 Jan 1955 | 78 |
Created Baron Marchwood 8 Jun 1937 | ||||||
and Viscount Marchwood 13 Sep 1945 | ||||||
MP for Kingston upon Thames 1922-1937 | ||||||
1 Jan 1955 | 2 | Peter George Penny | 7 Nov 1912 | 6 Apr 1979 | 66 | |
6 Apr 1979 | 3 | David George Staveley Penny | 22 May 1936 | 3 Oct 2022 | 86 | |
3 Oct 2022 | 4 | Peter George Worsley Penny | 8 Oct 1965 | |||
MARGADALE | ||||||
1 Jan 1965 | B | 1 | John Granville Morrison | 16 Dec 1906 | 25 May 1996 | 89 |
Created Baron Margadale 1 Jan 1965 | ||||||
MP for Salisbury 1942-1964 | ||||||
Lord Lieutenant Wiltshire 1969-1981 | ||||||
25 May 1996 | 2 | James Ian Morrison | 17 Jul 1930 | 6 Apr 2003 | 72 | |
6 Apr 2003 | 3 | Alastair John Morrison | 4 Apr 1958 | |||
MARGESSON | ||||||
27 Apr 1942 | V | 1 | Henry David Reginald Margesson | 26 Jul 1890 | 24 Dec 1965 | 75 |
Created Viscount Margesson | ||||||
27 Apr 1942 | ||||||
MP for Upton 1922-1923 and Rugby | ||||||
1924-1942. Secretary of State for War | ||||||
1940-1942. PC 1933 | ||||||
24 Dec 1965 | 2 | Francis Vere Hampden Margesson | 17 Apr 1922 | 11 Nov 2014 | 92 | |
11 Nov 2014 | 3 | Richard Francis David Margesson | 25 Dec 1960 | |||
MARISCHAL | ||||||
c 1458 | E[S] | 1 | William Keith | after 1458 | ||
Created Earl Marischal c 1458 | ||||||
after 1458 | 2 | William Keith | 1483 | |||
1483 | 3 | William Keith | c 1527 | |||
c 1527 | 4 | William Keith | 7 Oct 1581 | |||
7 Oct 1581 | 5 | George Keith | 1554 | 2 Apr 1623 | 68 | |
He subsequently [c 1593] succeeded as 2nd | ||||||
Lord Altrie (qv) | ||||||
2 Apr 1623 | 6 | William Keith | c 1585 | 28 Oct 1635 | ||
28 Oct 1635 | 7 | William Keith | 1614 | 1671 | 57 | |
Lord Privy Seal of Scotland 1660-1661 | ||||||
1671 | 8 | George Keith | Mar 1694 | |||
Mar 1694 | 9 | William Keith | c 1664 | 27 May 1712 | ||
27 May 1712 | 10 | George Keith | 1693 | 28 May 1778 | 84 | |
to | He was attainted and the peerages forfeited | |||||
1716 | ||||||
MARJORIBANKS | ||||||
12 Jun 1873 | B | 1 | David Robertson | 2 Apr 1797 | 19 Jun 1873 | 76 |
to | Created Baron Marjoribanks 12 Jun 1873 | |||||
19 Jun 1873 | MP for Berwickshire 1859-1873. Lord | |||||
Lieutenant Berwickshire 1860-1873 | ||||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
MARKHAM | ||||||
7 Oct 2022 | B[L] | 1 | Nicholas Markham | 13 Feb 1968 | ||
Created Baron Markham for life 7 Oct 2022 | ||||||
MARKS | ||||||
16 Jul 1929 | B | 1 | Sir George Croydon Marks | 9 Jun 1858 | 24 Sep 1938 | 80 |
to | Created Baron Marks 16 Jul 1929 | |||||
24 Sep 1938 | MP for Launceston 1906-1918 and Cornwall | |||||
North 1918-1924 | ||||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
MARKS OF BROUGHTON | ||||||
10 Jul 1961 | B | 1 | Sir Simon Marks | 9 Jul 1888 | 8 Dec 1964 | 76 |
Created Baron Marks of Broughton | ||||||
10 Jul 1961 | ||||||
For further information on this peer,see | ||||||
the note at the foot of this page | ||||||
8 Dec 1964 | 2 | Michael Marks | 27 Aug 1920 | 9 Sep 1998 | 78 | |
9 Sep 1998 | 3 | Simon Richard Marks | 3 May 1950 | |||
MARKS OF HALE | ||||||
8 Mar 2024 | B[L] | 1 | Stuart Adam Marks, CBE | 11 Sep 1966 | ||
Created Baron Marks of Hale for life 8 March 2024 | ||||||
MARKS | ||||||
16 Jul 1929 | B | 1 | Sir George Croydon Marks | 9 Jun 1858 | 24 Sep 1938 | 80 |
to | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
24 Sep 1938 | ||||||
MARKS OF HENLEY-ON-THAMES | ||||||
11 Jan 2011 | B[L] | 1 | Jonathan Marks | 19 Oct 1952 | ||
Created Baron Marks of Henley-on-Thames | ||||||
for life 11 Jan 2011 | ||||||
MARLAND | ||||||
8 Jun 2006 | B[L] | 1 | Jonathan Peter Marland | 14 Aug 1956 | ||
Created Baron Marland for life 8 Jun 2006 | ||||||
MARLBOROUGH | ||||||
5 Feb 1626 | E | 1 | Sir James Ley,1st baronet | 1552 | 14 Mar 1629 | 76 |
Created Baron Ley 31 Dec 1625 and | ||||||
Earl of Marlborough 5 Feb 1626 | ||||||
Lord High Treasurer 1624-1628. Lord | ||||||
President of the Council 1628. | ||||||
14 Mar 1629 | 2 | Henry Ley | 3 Dec 1595 | 1 Apr 1638 | 42 | |
1 Apr 1638 | 3 | James Ley | 28 Jan 1618 | 3 Jun 1665 | 47 | |
3 Jun 1665 | 4 | William Ley | 12 Mar 1612 | 1679 | 67 | |
to | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
1679 | ||||||
------------------------------------------------- | ||||||
14 Dec 1702 | D | 1 | John Churchill | 24 Jun 1650 | 16 Jun 1722 | 71 |
Created Baron Churchill 21 Dec 1682 | ||||||
and 14 May 1685,Earl of Marlborough | ||||||
9 Apr 1689, Marquess of Blandford | ||||||
and Duke of Marlborough 14 Dec 1702 | ||||||
MP for Newtown 1678-1679. Lord | ||||||
Lieutenant Oxfordshire 1706-1712. PC 1689 | ||||||
KG 1702 | ||||||
16 Jun 1722 | 2 | Henrietta Godolphin | 20 Jul 1681 | 24 Oct 1733 | 52 | |
24 Oct 1733 | 3 | Charles Spencer | 22 Nov 1706 | 20 Oct 1758 | 51 | |
Lord Privy Seal 1755. Lord Lieutenant | ||||||
Oxford and Buckingham 1739-1758. KG 1741 | ||||||
PC 1749 | ||||||
20 Oct 1758 | 4 | George Spencer | 26 Jan 1739 | 29 Jan 1817 | 78 | |
Lord Lieutenant Oxford 1760-1817. Lord Privy | ||||||
Seal 1763-1765. PC 1762 KG 1768 | ||||||
29 Jan 1817 | 5 | George Spencer-Churchill | 6 Mar 1766 | 5 Mar 1840 | 73 | |
MP for Oxfordshire 1790-1796 and | ||||||
Tregony 1802-1804 | ||||||
He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of | ||||||
Acceleration as Baron Spencer of Wormleighton | ||||||
12 Mar 1806 | ||||||
5 Mar 1840 | 6 | George Spencer-Churchill | 27 Dec 1793 | 1 Jul 1857 | 63 | |
MP for Chippenham 1818-1820 and | ||||||
Woodstock 1826-1831,1832-1835 and 1838- | ||||||
1840. Lord Lieutenant Oxford 1842-1857 | ||||||
1 Jul 1857 | 7 | John Winston Spencer-Churchill | 2 Jun 1822 | 5 Jul 1883 | 61 | |
MP for Woodstock 1844-1845 and 1847- | ||||||
1857. Lord Lieutenant Oxford 1857-1883. | ||||||
Lord President of the Council 1867-1868. | ||||||
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1876-1880. | ||||||
PC 1866 KG 1868 | ||||||
5 Jul 1883 | 8 | George Charles Spencer-Churchill | 15 May 1844 | 9 Nov 1892 | 48 | |
9 Nov 1892 | 9 | Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill | 13 Nov 1871 | 30 Jun 1934 | 62 | |
Paymaster General 1899-1902. PC 1899 | ||||||
KG 1902. Lord Lieutenant Oxfordshire | ||||||
1915-1934 | ||||||
30 Jun 1934 | 10 | John Albert Edward William Spencer- | ||||
Churchill | 18 Sep 1897 | 11 Mar 1972 | 74 | |||
11 Mar 1972 | 11 | John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer- | ||||
Churchill | 13 Apr 1926 | 16 Oct 2014 | 88 | |||
16 Oct 2014 | 12 | Charles James Spencer-Churchill | 24 Nov 1955 | |||
MARLESFORD | ||||||
7 Jun 1991 | B[L] | 1 | Mark Shuldham Schreiber | 11 Sep 1931 | ||
Created Baron Marlesford for life 7 Jun 1991 | ||||||
MARLEY | ||||||
16 Jan 1930 | B | 1 | Dudley Leigh Amon | 16 May 1884 | 29 Feb 1952 | 67 |
Created Baron Marley 16 Jan 1930 | ||||||
29 Feb 1952 | 2 | Godfrey Pelham Leigh Amon | 6 Sep 1913 | 13 Mar 1990 | 76 | |
to | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
13 Mar 1990 | ||||||
MARMION | ||||||
26 Jul 1313 | B | 1 | John Marmion | 1322 | ||
Summoned to Parliament as Lord | ||||||
Marmion 26 Jul 1313 | ||||||
1322 | 2 | John Marmion | c 1292 | 30 Apr 1335 | ||
30 Apr 1335 | 3 | Robert Marmion | c 1360 | |||
to | On his death the peerage fell into abeyance | |||||
c 1360 | ||||||
MARNY | ||||||
9 Apr 1523 | B | 1 | Henry Marny | c 1457 | 24 May 1523 | |
Created Baron Marny 9 Apr 1523 | ||||||
KG 1510 | ||||||
24 May 1523 | 2 | John Marny | c 1493 | 27 Apr 1525 | ||
to | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
27 Apr 1525 | ||||||
MARPLES | ||||||
8 May 1974 | B[L] | 1 | Alfred Ernest Marples | 9 Dec 1907 | 6 Jul 1978 | 70 |
to | Created Baron Marples for life 8 May 1974 | |||||
6 Jul 1978 | MP for Wallasey 1945-1974. Postmaster | |||||
General 1957-1959. Minister of Transport | ||||||
1959-1964. PC 1957 | ||||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
MARSH | ||||||
15 Jul 1981 | B[L] | 1 | Sir Richard William Marsh | 14 Mar 1928 | 29 Jul 2011 | 83 |
to | Created Baron Marsh for life 15 Jul 1981 | |||||
29 Jul 2011 | MP for Greenwich 1959-1971. Minister of | |||||
Power 1966-1968. Minister of Transport | ||||||
1968-1969. PC 1966 | ||||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
MARSHAL | ||||||
8 Dec 1309 | B | 1 | William Marshal | 24 Sep 1277 | 24 Jun 1314 | 36 |
Summoned to Parliament as Lord | ||||||
Marshal 8 Dec 1309 | ||||||
24 Jun 1314 | 2 | John Marshal | 1 Aug 1292 | 12 Aug 1316 | 24 | |
to | On his death the peerage fell into abeyance | |||||
12 Aug 1316 | ||||||
MARSHALL OF CHIPSTEAD | ||||||
14 Jan 1921 | B | 1 | Sir Horace Brooks Marshall | 5 Aug 1865 | 29 Mar 1936 | 70 |
to | Created Baron Marshall of Chipstead | |||||
29 Mar 1936 | 14 Jan 1921 | |||||
PC 1919 | ||||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
MARSHALL OF GORING | ||||||
22 Jul 1985 | B[L] | 1 | Sir Walter Charles Marshall | 5 Mar 1932 | 20 Feb 1996 | 63 |
to | Created Baron Marshall of Goring for life | |||||
20 Feb 1996 | 22 Jul 1985 | |||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
MARSHALL OF KNIGHTSBRIDGE | ||||||
20 Jul 1998 | B[L] | 1 | Sir Colin Marsh Marshall | 16 Nov 1933 | 5 Jul 2012 | 78 |
to | Created Baron Marshall of Knightsbridge | |||||
5 Jul 2012 | for life 20 Jul 1998 | |||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
MARSHALL OF LEEDS | ||||||
11 Jul 1980 | B[L] | 1 | Sir Frank Shaw Marshall | 26 Sep 1915 | 1 Nov 1990 | 75 |
to | Created Baron Marshall of Leeds for life | |||||
1 Nov 1990 | 11 Jul 1980 | |||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
MARSHAM | ||||||
22 Jun 1801 | V | 1 | Charles Marsham | 28 Sep 1744 | 1 Mar 1811 | 66 |
Created Viscount Marsham and Earl of | ||||||
Romney 22 Jun 1801 | ||||||
See "Romney" | ||||||
MARTIN | ||||||
23 Jun 1295 | B | 1 | William Martin | 1257 | 1325 | 68 |
Summoned to Parliament as Lord | ||||||
Martin 23 Jun 1295 | ||||||
1325 | 2 | William Martin | 1295 | 1326 | 31 | |
to | On his death the peerage fell into abeyance | |||||
1326 | ||||||
MARTIN OF SPRINGBURN | ||||||
25 Aug 2009 | B[L] | 1 | Michael John Martin | 3 Jul 1945 | 29 Apr 2018 | 72 |
to | Created Baron Martin of Springburn for life | |||||
29 Apr 2018 | 25 Aug 2009 | |||||
MP for Springburn 1979-2005 and Glasgow North | ||||||
East 2005-2009. Speaker of the House of | ||||||
Commons 2000-2009. PC 2000 | ||||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
MARTONMERE | ||||||
13 May 1964 | B | 1 | Sir John Roland Robinson | 22 Feb 1907 | 3 May 1989 | 82 |
Created Baron Martonmere 13 May 1964 | ||||||
MP for Widnes 1931-1935, Blackpool 1935- | ||||||
1945 and Blackpool South 1945-1964. Governor | ||||||
of Bermuda 1964-1972. PC 1962 | ||||||
3 May 1989 | 2 | John Stephen Robinson | 10 Jul 1963 | |||
MARYBOROUGH | ||||||
17 Jul 1821 | B | 1 | William Wellesley-Pole | 20 May 1763 | 22 Feb 1845 | 81 |
Created Baron Maryborough | ||||||
17 Jul 1821 | ||||||
See "Mornington" | ||||||
MASHAM | ||||||
5 May 1955 | B | 1 | Philip Cunliffe-Lister,1st Viscount Swinton | 1 May 1884 | 27 Jul 1972 | 88 |
Created Baron Masham and Earl of Swinton | ||||||
5 May 1955 | ||||||
See "Swinton" | ||||||
MASHAM OF ILTON | ||||||
12 Feb 1970 | B[L] | 1 | Susan Lilian Primrose Cunliffe-Lister | 14 Apr 1935 | 12 Mar 2023 | 87 |
to | Created Baroness Masham of Ilton for life | |||||
12 Mar 2023 | 12 Feb 1970 | |||||
Peerage extinct on her death | ||||||
MASHAM OF OTES | ||||||
1 Jan 1712 | B | 1 | Samuel Masham | c 1679 | 16 Oct 1758 | |
MP for Ilchester 1710-1711 and Windsor | ||||||
1711-1712 | ||||||
Created Baron Masham of Otes | ||||||
1 Jan 1712 | ||||||
For information on his wife Abigail,see the | ||||||
note at the foot of this page | ||||||
16 Oct 1758 | 2 | Samuel Masham | Nov 1712 | 14 Jun 1776 | 63 | |
to | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
14 Jun 1776 | ||||||
MASHAM OF SWINTON | ||||||
15 Jul 1891 | B | 1 | Samuel Cunliffe-Lister | 1 Jan 1815 | 2 Feb 1906 | 91 |
Created Baron Masham of Swinton | ||||||
15 Jul 1891 | ||||||
2 Feb 1906 | 2 | Samuel Cunliffe-Lister | 2 Aug 1857 | 24 Jan 1917 | 59 | |
24 Jan 1917 | 3 | John Cunliffe-Lister | 9 Aug 1867 | 4 Jan 1924 | 56 | |
to | Peerage extinct on his death | |||||
4 Jan 1924 | ||||||
MASON OF BARNSLEY | ||||||
20 Oct 1987 | B[L] | 1 | Roy Mason | 18 Apr 1924 | 20 Apr 2015 | 91 |
to | Created Baron Mason of Barnsley for life | |||||
20 Apr 2015 | 20 Oct 1987 | |||||
MP for Barnsley 1953-1983 and Barnsley Central | ||||||
1983-1987. Minister of State,Board of Trade 1964- | ||||||
1967. Minister of Defence (Equipment) 1967-1968. | ||||||
Postmaster General 1968. Minister of Power 1968- | ||||||
1969. President of the Board of Trade 1969-1970. | ||||||
Secretary of State for Defence 1974-1976. | ||||||
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | ||||||
1976-1979. PC 1968 | ||||||
Peerage extinct on his death | ||||||
MASSEREENE | ||||||
21 Nov 1660 | V[I] | 1 | John Clotworthy | 23 Sep 1665 | ||
Created Baron of Loughneagh and | ||||||
Viscount Massereene 21 Nov 1660 | ||||||
23 Sep 1665 | 2 | Sir John Skeffington,4th baronet | 21 Jun 1695 | |||
PC [I] 1690 | ||||||
21 Jun 1695 | 3 | Clotworthy Skeffington | 1661 | 14 Mar 1714 | 52 | |
14 Mar 1714 | 4 | Clotworthy Skeffington | c 1681 | 11 Feb 1738 | ||
11 Feb 1738 | 5 | Clotworthy Skeffington | 17 Sep 1757 | |||
28 Jul 1756 | E[I] | 1 | Created Earl of Massereene 28 Jul 1756 | |||
PC [I] 1746 | ||||||
17 Sep 1757 | 6 | Clotworthy Skeffington | 28 Jan 1742 | 28 Feb 1805 | 63 | |
2 | For further information on this peer, see the | |||||
note at the foot of this page. | ||||||
28 Feb 1805 | 7 | Henry Skeffington | 1744 | 12 Jun 1811 | 66 | |
3 | ||||||
12 Jun 1811 | 8 | Chichester Skeffington | c 1746 | 25 Feb 1816 | ||
4 | On his death the Earldom became extinct, | |||||
whilst the Viscountcy passed to - | ||||||
25 Feb 1816 | 9 | Harriet Skeffington | 2 Jan 1831 | |||
2 Jan 1831 | 10 | John Foster-Skeffington | 30 Nov 1812 | 28 Apr 1863 | 50 | |
He succeeded as 3rd Viscount Ferrard in 1843 | ||||||
KP 1851 | ||||||
28 Apr 1863 | 11 | Clotworthy John Eyre Foster-Skeffington | ||||
(also 4th Viscount Ferrard) | 9 Oct 1842 | 26 Jun 1905 | 62 | |||
Lord Lieutenant Louth 1879-1898 | ||||||
26 Jun 1905 | 12 | Algernon William John Clotworthy | ||||
Skeffington (also 5th Viscount Ferrard) | 28 Nov 1873 | 20 Jul 1956 | 82 | |||
Lord Lieutenant Antrim 1916-1938 | ||||||
20 Jul 1956 | 13 | John Clotworthy Talbot Foster Whyte-Melville | ||||
Skeffington (also 6th Viscount Ferrard) | 23 Oct 1914 | 27 Dec 1992 | 78 | |||
27 Dec 1992 | 14 | John David Clotworthy Whyte-Melville | ||||
Foster Skeffington (also 7th Viscount Ferrard) | 3 Jun 1940 | |||||
The special remainder to the Earldom of Mansfield created in 1792 | ||||||
From the "London Gazette" of 24 July 1792 (issue 13444, page 586):- | ||||||
"The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of an Earl of the Kingdom of Great Britain to | ||||||
the Right Honourable William Earl of Mansfield, in the County of Nottingham, and the Heirs Male | ||||||
of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Style and Title of Earl of Mansfield, in the County | ||||||
of Middlesex; with Remainder to the Right Honourable David Viscount Stormont, and the Heirs | ||||||
Male of his Body lawfully begotten." | ||||||
The Earldoms of Mar | ||||||
Why are there two Earldoms of Mar? The following extract, taken from "The Great Historic | ||||||
Families of Scotland" by James Taylor [2 vols, J S Virtue & Co. London 1889] is as good an | ||||||
explanation as I have found:- | ||||||
'On the death of John Francis, sixteenth Earl of Mar and eleventh Earl of Kellie, in 1866, his | ||||||
cousin, Walter Coningsby Erskine, inherited the family estates along with the earldom of Kellie, | ||||||
which were entailed on heirs male ; while the ancient earldom of Mar was claimed by John | ||||||
Francis Goodeve, the only son of the late earl's sister, who thereupon assumed the name of | ||||||
Erskine. His claim was at first universally admitted. He was presented at Court as Earl of Mar, | ||||||
his vote was repeatedly received at the election of representative peers, and his right to the | ||||||
title was conceded even by his cousin, Walter Coningsby Erskine, the new Earl of Kellie. By- | ||||||
and-by, however, Lord Kellie laid claim also to the earldom of Mar, but he died before his | ||||||
petition could be considered by the House of Lords. It was renewed by his son, and was in | ||||||
due course referred to the Committee for Privileges. In support of the claim it was pleaded | ||||||
that the title of Earl of Mar, conferred by Queen Mary on John, Lord Erskine, in 1565, was not | ||||||
the restoration of an ancient peerage, but the creation of a new one; that the original earldom | ||||||
of Mar was purely territorial, one of the seven ancient earldoms of Scotland, and was therefore | ||||||
indivisible ; that this dignity terminated at the death of Earl Thomas in 1377; that William, first | ||||||
Earl of Douglas, his sister's husband, must have obtained the earldom by charter and not by | ||||||
right of his wife, as at his death the title and estates descended to their son James, second | ||||||
Earl of Douglas, while his mother was still living; that her daughter, Isabella, became the wife | ||||||
Sir Malcolm Drummond, who was styled Lord of Mar and of the Garioch, not earl; that her | ||||||
second husband, Alexander Stewart, obtained possession of the territorial earldom of Mar in | ||||||
right of his wife, but did not become earl until he obtained seizen under the Crown; that he | ||||||
survived the Countess for many years, and acted, and was treated by the Crown, as the owner | ||||||
in fee of the earldom, and that on his death the Crown entered into possession of the estates | ||||||
in terms of the charter granted to the earl by King James I; that from this period downwards the | ||||||
lands had been broken up and disposed of by the Sovereign at his pleasure, different portions of | ||||||
them having been granted at various times to royal favourites, and that the title had been | ||||||
in succession upon several persons who had no connection with its original possessors. The | ||||||
territorial earldom, it was asserted, was indivisible, and could not be separated from the title, | ||||||
and as the former had ceased to exist, the ancient dignity could not be revived. It was, | ||||||
therefore, contended that Queen Mary must have created a new dignity when on her marriage | ||||||
to Darnley in 1565 she raised Lord Erskine to the rank of an earl; that the fact that throughout | ||||||
Queen Mary's reign he ranked as the junior and not the premier earl, as must have been the | ||||||
case if the title had been the old dignity revived in his person, shows that his earldom was a | ||||||
new creation, and that as there is no charter in existence describing the dignity conferred upon | ||||||
Lord Erskine, the prima-facie presumption is that it descended to heirs male. | ||||||
'On the other hand, it was pleaded by Mr. Goodeve Erskine, who opposed Lord Kellie's claim, | ||||||
that inasmuch as the earldom of Mar was enjoyed by two countesses, mother and daughter, it | ||||||
could not be a male fief; and that as Sir Robert Erskine is admitted to have been second heir 'of | ||||||
line and blood' to the Countess Isabel through his mother, Janet Keith, great-granddaughter of | ||||||
Donald, third earl, he was de jure Earl of Mar, though excluded from the title and estates by an | ||||||
act of tyranny and oppression on the part of James I, who was at this time bent of breaking | ||||||
down the power of the nobles, and for that reason illegally seized the land and suppressed the | ||||||
dignity of this great earldom; that the Erskines never relinquished their claim to the earldom, | ||||||
while it remained ' in the simple and nakit possession of the Crown without ony richt of property | ||||||
therein,' and made repeated though unsuccessful efforts to recover their rights; that Queen | ||||||
Mary, therefore, it was contended, did not create a new peerage but had in express terms | ||||||
recognised the right of Sir Robert Erskine's descendant, John, Lord Erskine, to the earldom of | ||||||
which his ancestor had been unjustly deprived, as she said, through 'the troubles of the times | ||||||
and the influence of corrupt advisers,' and had declared that, 'moved by conscience, as it was | ||||||
her duty to restore just heritages to their lawful heirs, she restored to John, Lord Erskine, the | ||||||
the earldom of Mar and the lordship and regality of Garioch, with all the usual privileges incident | ||||||
and belonging thereto, together with the lands of Strathdon, Braemar, Cromar and Strathdee.' | ||||||
Queen Mary, therefore, it was contended, did not create a new peerage but restored an old | ||||||
one; and even if the title conferred upon Lord Erskine had been a new creation, the presumption | ||||||
is that, like the original dignity, it would have descended to heirs female as well as male. With | ||||||
regard to the assumption that Queen Mary must have granted a patent or charter conferring | ||||||
the 'peerage earldom' on Lord Erskine, it was pointed out that there is no proof that any such | ||||||
document ever existed, that there is not the remotest allusion to it in any contemporary history, | ||||||
and that Lord Redesdale's suggestion that the deed may have been accidentally destroyed, or | ||||||
that the Earl of Mar may have destroyed it to serve some sinister purpose, is a mere conjecture, | ||||||
wholly unsupported by evidence. When it was proposed to restore the forfeited title, in 1824, to | ||||||
John Erskine of Mar, it was remitted to the law officers of the Crown, one of whom was Sir John | ||||||
Copley, afterwards Lord Chancellor Lyndhurst, to investigate whether he had proved himself to | ||||||
be heir to his grandfather, the attainted earl. They reported in the affirmative, and the attainder | ||||||
was reversed in his favour. It was noted as an important fact that John Erskine was declared in | ||||||
the Act to be the grandson and lineal heir of his grandfather through his mother - a striking | ||||||
proof, it was said, that the earldom restored by Queen Mary was not limited to heirs male. Mr. | ||||||
Goodeve Erskine rests his claim to be the heir of his uncle on the very same ground on which | ||||||
his grandfather based his claim to be the heir of the Jacobite earl, viz., through his mother; and | ||||||
it was argued that, since the claim was regarded as valid in the one case, it ought to be so held | ||||||
in the other also. Great stress was laid on the position which the earldom occupies in the Union | ||||||
Roll, as showing that it has all along been regarded as the original dignity, and not a new | ||||||
creation. In 1606 commissioners were appointed by James VI to prepare a roll of the Scottish | ||||||
peers, according to their precedence, and the document prepared by them, which was | ||||||
corrected by the Court of Session, is known in Scottish history as the 'Decreet of Ranking' - the | ||||||
official register of the peerage of Scotland — the basis, in fact, of the Union Roll. Now in this | ||||||
nearly contemporary document the earldom of Mar has a much higher antiquity assigned to it | ||||||
than the date of 1565, the earl being placed above several earls whose titles were conferred in | ||||||
the fifteenth century. On the Union Roll it has the date of 1457 prefixed to it. | ||||||
'These arguments, however, failed to satisfy the Committee for Privileges, consisting of Lords | ||||||
Redesdale, Chelmsford, and Cairns, who decided that the dignity conferred by Queen Mary on | ||||||
Lord Erskine was a new and personal honour, and is held on the same tenure as the other | ||||||
peerages possessed by the Erskine family, all of which are limited to heirs male. This decision | ||||||
which are limited to heirs male. This decision has not given universal satisfaction. A considerable | ||||||
number of influential Scottish peers, including the Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, Stair, | ||||||
Galloway and Mansfield, the Marquis of Huntly, Viscounts Strathallan and Arbuthnot, and Lord | ||||||
Napier of Ettrick, have repeatedly protested against the Earl of Kellie's claim to vote as the | ||||||
Earl of Mar, whose name stands fifth on the Union Roll. An elaborate work in two volumes | ||||||
octavo was prepared by the late Earl of Crawford and Balcarres to prove that a miscarriage of | ||||||
justice has taken place in consequence of the decision of the Committee for Privileges on the | ||||||
Mar peerage case. Mr. Goodeve Erskine, who has at last regained the title of Ear; of Mar and | ||||||
Baron Garioch, asserted that though the Committee for Privileges had unwarrantably authorised | ||||||
the Earl of Kellie to assume a title which never had an existence and is a mere figment of their | ||||||
own imagination, their decision had no bearing on his right to the ancient earldom of Mar, which | ||||||
is claimed by no one but himself, and of which he is the undoubted lineal heir. | ||||||
'The feeling that injustice was done to Mr. Goodeve Erskine by the decision of the Committee | ||||||
was so strong that a Bill, entitled 'Earldom of Mar Restitution Bill.' was brought into the House of | ||||||
Lords, by command of the Queen, for the purpose of restoring the ancient earldom to Mr. | ||||||
Erskine. It was read a second time on the 20th of May, 1885, and referred to a Select | ||||||
Committee, who reported that the preamble had been proved. The Bill passed through both | ||||||
Houses of Parliament without opposition, and became law before the close of the session.' | ||||||
John Francis Miller Erskine, 25th Earl of Mar | ||||||
The Earl found himself in a spot of bother in late 1831, when he appeared in court charged with | ||||||
an assault by shooting in the direction of a man named John Oldham. The following account of | ||||||
the trial appeared in 'The Examiner' of 25 December 1831:- | ||||||
'High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, Dec 19. | ||||||
Trial of the Earl of Mar - The Earl of Mar was accused of assault, by shooting in the direction | ||||||
of John Oldham, Esq., on the moor of Cochrage, Perth, on the 12th August last. John Oldham, | ||||||
Esq., stated that he had a shooting on Cochrage Moor, of which he went to take possession | ||||||
on the 12th August. Andrew Michie pointed out the boundary to him, and shortly afterwards, he | ||||||
observed that there were three men shooting upon his moor. He rode up to them, when one of | ||||||
them, which proved to be the Earl of Mar, seized hold of the bridle of his poney [sic], and | ||||||
asked who and what he was, and what business he had there? Witness said he was on his own | ||||||
moor - when his lordship replied that he was a poacher and a thief, and that he would as lief | ||||||
shoot his horse as him. He thought, from his lordship's manner, that he must be drunk; and, | ||||||
therefore, merely asked him what was the name of his moor. He said it was Blackcraig, and | ||||||
witness answered that this is not Blackcraig, but Mr. Campbell's moor. Lord Mar then threatened | ||||||
to prosecute witness, insisted on knowing who he was, and seeing his license. The witness | ||||||
continued, "I said I should like first to know who he was: one of his men came forward, and said, | ||||||
this is the Earl of Mar. Lord Mar immediately added, do you know who I am? I was a great deal | ||||||
irritated at this, that he should suppose I should care more for him that Douglas, and I | ||||||
answered that I knew not, nor cared who he was. I had never seen him before. I told him he | ||||||
was off his own ground, and I was not. I said I was no poacher nor thief, and that he was a | ||||||
liar and scoundrel. There was some repetition of these words; and he also said that I had | ||||||
robbed him; it was his moor, and he had paid for it. At this time my men came up. I then said | ||||||
to Lord Mar, here is a man (A. Michie) who is well acquainted with the moor: I should like to | ||||||
have the limits of the moor defined. Lord Mar seemed quite furious at the proposal to have | ||||||
the limits of the moor defined. He kicked my pony, let go of the bridle, and separated himself | ||||||
about five or six yards. He then said he would fire at us if we did not leave the moor | ||||||
immediately, and began to wave about the gun in all directions. A short parley took place | ||||||
between Lord Mar and his own men who earnestly begged of him not to fire, and put the gun | ||||||
aside. As soon as the men ceased to put aside the gun, his lordship put the gun to his | ||||||
shoulder and fired. The charge passed near me, I instantly got off the poney [sic], expecting | ||||||
that he would fire the other barrel, but his men prevented him. One of Lord Mar's men, | ||||||
Salmon, begged that we should leave the moor; if we did not, he was sure mischief would | ||||||
happen. I rather demurred to be driven off my ground in this way, but fearing to be shot said, | ||||||
'We are going.' I went off, leaving his lordship standing, and when they had got away about | ||||||
120 or 130 yards, I heard two shots fired. Robert Stewart looked about, and said he was | ||||||
firing at us again, but I did not see him fire. Three witnesses corroborated this statement. | ||||||
'Lord Mar admitted firing, with a view to scaring the party away, but not in the direction of | ||||||
Mr. Oldham. Two witnesses gave his lordship a character for kindness, mildness and humanity, | ||||||
The jury, after a few minutes' conversation, unanimously found the assault proven - Lord | ||||||
Gillies after adverting to the distressing nature of the case that a young nobleman, the | ||||||
representative of a most ancient family, should be convicted of crime, and to the necessity | ||||||
of dispensing equal justice to the high and to the low, sentenced his lordship to imprisonment | ||||||
for two months, and thereafter to find security to the extent of £5,000 to keep the peace | ||||||
for five years, or to be confined for a further period of six months.' | ||||||
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March | ||||||
The following sketch of the downfall of the Earl of March is taken from "Chambers' Book of | ||||||
Days" published in 1869:- | ||||||
'To the traveller approaching Nottingham by rail from the Derbyside, the commanding position of | ||||||
its ruined castle cannot but be an object of interest. Though commerce has completely | ||||||
surrounded the rock it stands upon with workshops, wharves, and modern dwelling houses, the | ||||||
castle seems literally "to dwell alone." Associations of a character peculiar to itself cluster round | ||||||
it. It has a distinctive existence, claims a distinct parentage from the puny, grovelling erections | ||||||
beneath it and soars as much beyond them by the events it calls to mind, as by its proud and | ||||||
lofty position. Its history, in fact, is interwoven in the history of the nation; and part of the | ||||||
glory and shame of its country's deeds rests upon it. | ||||||
'The old castle must have frowned with unusual gloominess when Isabella, queen of Edward II, | ||||||
and her unprincipled paramour, Mortimer, took up their abode in it. The queen had rebelled | ||||||
against and deposed her husband. Mortimer had accomplished his death. And with the young | ||||||
king, Edward III, in their tutelage, they tyrannised over the country, and squandered its | ||||||
treasures as they pleased. | ||||||
'As a fresh instance of her favour, the frail princess had recently elevated Mortimer to the | ||||||
earldom of March. But the encroaching arrogance of the haughty minion was awakening in the | ||||||
minds of the barons a determination to curb his insolence and overgrown power. The spirit of | ||||||
revenge was still further excited by the execution of the king's uncle, [Edmund Plantagenet] | ||||||
the Earl of Kent, who appears to have been slain merely to shew that there was no one too | ||||||
high to be smitten down if he dared to make himself obnoxious to the profligate rulers. The | ||||||
bow, however, was this time strained beyond its strength. The blow that was intended to | ||||||
quell the rising storm of indignation rebounded, with increased force, on the guilty Mortimer, | ||||||
and proved his own destruction. For all parties, weary of his insolence and oppression, were | ||||||
forgetting their former feuds in the common anxiety to work his overthrow, and this last | ||||||
savage act of his government aroused them to a full sense of their danger, and gave increased | ||||||
intensity to their hatred and desire of vengeance. Besides which, they saw in the young king, | ||||||
now in his eighteenth year, signs of growing impatience of the yoke which Mortimer, as regent, | ||||||
had imposed on his authority. Daily they poured complaints into the royal ear of the profligacy, | ||||||
the exactions, and the illegal practices of the paramour, and found in Edward a willing listener. | ||||||
At length he was brought to see his own danger, to look upon Mortimer as the murderer of his | ||||||
father and uncle, the usurper of power which ought to be in his hands, the spoiler of his | ||||||
people, and the man who was bringing daily dishonour to himself and the nation by an illicit | ||||||
connection with his royal mother. He determined, accordingly, to humble the pride of the | ||||||
arrogant chief, and redress the public grievances. | ||||||
'A parliament was summoned to meet at Nottingham, about Michaelmas 1330. The castle was | ||||||
occupied by the dowager queen and the Earl of March, attended by a guard of a hundred and | ||||||
eighty knights, with their followers; while the king, with his queen, Philippa, and a small retinue, | ||||||
took up his abode in the town. The number of their attendants, and the jealous care with which | ||||||
the castle was guarded, implied suspicions in the mind of the guilty pair. Every night the gates | ||||||
of the fortress were locked, and the keys delivered to the queen, who slept with them under | ||||||
her pillow. But with all their precautions, justice was more than a match for their villainy. Sir | ||||||
William Montacute [later 1st Earl of Salisbury], under the sanction of his sovereign, summoned | ||||||
to his aid several nobles, on whose loyalty and good faith he could depend, and obtained the | ||||||
king's warrant for the apprehension of the Earl of March and others. The plot was now ripe for | ||||||
execution. | ||||||
'For a time, however, the inaccessible nature of the castle rock, and the vigilance with which | ||||||
the passes were guarded, appeared to present an insuperable obstacle to the accomplishment | ||||||
of their designs. Could Sir William Eland, the constable of the castle, be won over, and induced | ||||||
to betray the fortress into their hands? The experiment was worth a trial, and Montacute | ||||||
undertook the delicate task. Sir William joyfully fell in with a proposition which enabled him at | ||||||
once to testify his loyalty to his sovereign and his detestation of the haughty tyrant. | ||||||
'Everything being now arranged, Edward and his loyal associates were conducted by Sir William | ||||||
Eland through a secret passage in the rock to the interior of the castle. Proceeding at once to | ||||||
a chamber adjoining the queen's apartment, they found the object of their search in close | ||||||
consultation with the bishop of Lincoln and others of his party. The Earl of March was seized; | ||||||
Sir Hugh Turplinton and Sir John Monmouth, two of the state-guards, were slain in attempting | ||||||
to rescue him from the king's associates; and the queen, hearing the tumult, and suspecting | ||||||
the cause, rushed into the room in an agony of terror, exclaiming: "Fair son, fair son, have pity | ||||||
on the gentle Mortimer!" Notwithstanding the cries and entreaties of the weeping Isabella, her | ||||||
beloved earl was torn from her presence, and hurried down the secret passage by which his | ||||||
captors entered, and which has ever since been designated Mortimer's Hole. With so much | ||||||
secrecy and despatch was this stratagem executed, that the guards on the ramparts of the | ||||||
castle were not disturbed, and the good people of Nottingham knew nothing of the enterprise | ||||||
till the following day, when the arrest of Mortimer's sons and several of his adherents by the | ||||||
royalists, gave a significant and acceptable indication that the luxurious and profligate | ||||||
usurpation of the Earl of March had at length been terminated by kingly authority. | ||||||
'Mortimer was conveyed by a strong guard to the Tower of London. Edward repaired to | ||||||
Leicester, whence he issued writs for the assembling of a new parliament at Westminster, for | ||||||
the purpose of hearing charges against the late administration, and redressing the grievances | ||||||
under which the kingdom had laboured. At this parliament Mortimer was impeached and | ||||||
convicted in a most summary manner of high treason and other crimes. No proof in evidence | ||||||
of his guilt was heard, and he was condemned to die as a traitor, by being drawn and | ||||||
and hanged on the common gallows; a sentence which was executed at 'The Elms,' in | ||||||
Smithfield, on the 29th of November 1330. His body was allowed to hang two days on the | ||||||
gallows, and was then interred in the church of the Greyfriars.' | ||||||
Further reference: “The Greatest Traitor – the Life of Sir Roger Mortimer ruler of England 1327 – 1330.” Published in 2010 | ||||||
Simon Marks, 1st Baron Marks of Broughton | ||||||
The following biography of Lord Marks of Broughton appeared in the February 1971 issue of the | ||||||
Australian monthly magazine "Parade.":- | ||||||
'Sir Simon Marks, the British retail store colossus, never lost his reverence for the memory of his | ||||||
father, Michael, the Polish Jew who had earned his first shillings in England selling odds and ends | ||||||
from a pack he carried on his back. Michael was a man of absolute integrity, a quality he passed | ||||||
on to his son. And it was the lessons the younger Marks learned from his father that caused him | ||||||
to treat the 28,000 members of his staff in his 240 stores like little princes and princesses. | ||||||
Nothing was too good for these employees. Any humble salesgirl could, during the midday break, | ||||||
have her hair shampooed in the staff hairdressing salon for 3/6 while a 1/- three-course meal | ||||||
was served to her on a tray. | ||||||
'Once a left-wing politician complimented Marks on his staff welfare services. "You're putting | ||||||
socialism into practice," the politician said. Marks looked hard at the man. Quietly he said: "Not | ||||||
exactly. I learned a very fine code of conduct towards my fellow men, not from Karl Marx, but | ||||||
from Michael Marks." | ||||||
'A sad-eyed little man who looked like Eddie Cantor, Simon Marks revolutionised shopping in | ||||||
Britain until his stores were selling 10 per cent of all the clothing in the nation and serving 10 | ||||||
million customers a week. Starting with 50 penny bazaars left him by his father, Simon Marks | ||||||
built Britain's most successful retail chain by selling quality goods at economy prices. His aim in | ||||||
business, he always said, was to see that every shopgirl and typist could dress like a duchess. | ||||||
"And eat like an epicure," he added when the firm began building up sales of food lines as well | ||||||
as clothing. | ||||||
'This romantic story of the creation of a great business began in 1880 when Michael Marks | ||||||
arrived in England having fled his native Poland to escape conscription. Poland was then under | ||||||
the control of Russia and the 17-year-old Jew had made up his mind he was not going to bear | ||||||
arms for a country that was notorious for its anti-Semitism. Michael Marks landed at Hull in | ||||||
Yorkshire and set up as pedlar round nearby villages. He sold buttons, pins, needles, cotton and | ||||||
darning wool from a pack he carried on his back. After four years he had advanced enough to | ||||||
marry Hannah Cohen and open a permanent stall in the Leeds market. The stall sold the same | ||||||
sort of household odds and ends he had previously peddled from door to door. Marks called it | ||||||
the Penny Bazaar and it carried a sign: "Don't ask the price - it's a penny." | ||||||
'On July 9, 1888, Hannah Marks gave birth to a son who was named Simon. Meanwhile, the idea | ||||||
of the penny bazaar had caught on and by 1890 Michael Marks was running five of them in | ||||||
in different market towns. In 1894 Michael Marks found himself over-extended financially, so he | ||||||
decided to take in a partner. Tom Spencer [1852-1905], a cashier at one of the warehouses | ||||||
where Marks bought his goods, agreed to put up £300 for a half-share and the firm Marks and | ||||||
Spencer was born. | ||||||
'Young Simon Marks attended Manchester Grammar School and by the time he was 15, Marks | ||||||
and Spencer had 40 market stalls in the Midlands. With increasing prosperity, Michael Marks was | ||||||
able to go to a workman's club every weekend and present sovereigns to needy members | ||||||
pointed out by the secretary. "God gives to him who gives," Marks used to tell his son. | ||||||
'Simon left school in 1905 and was packed off to the Continent for two years so that he could | ||||||
learn French and German. That year Tom Spencer died. In a period of constant business growth, | ||||||
this meant overwork and worry for Michael Marks. He was so overworked that in 1907 it killed | ||||||
him. In the same year Simon Marks, back from Europe only a couple of weeks and still a novice | ||||||
in business, had to take control of the 50 penny bazaars run by Marks and Spencer. Yet seven | ||||||
years later he had built the business up to 145 shops and bazaars, 50 of which were in London. | ||||||
Although economy prices were still the firm's watch-word, the price ceiling was being raised | ||||||
progressively, shops were replacing the bazaars and clothing was becoming the principal Marks | ||||||
and Spencer line. | ||||||
'With the outbreak of World War I, Simon Marks left the expanding business for his staff to run | ||||||
and enlisted as a signaller in the artillery. A year later he was seconded from the army to act as | ||||||
assistant to Dr. Chaim Weizmann [later the first President of Israel] in his government-supported | ||||||
campaign to establish a Jewish national home in Palestine. Thus it was 1919 before Simon Marks | ||||||
was able to go back to Marks and Spencer full-time and resume the building of a gigantic retail | ||||||
chain. By the 1930s there was a Marks and Spencer store in every town of any size in England, | ||||||
Scotland and Wales. And sales and profits were growing year by year with almost mathematical | ||||||
progression. | ||||||
'Simon Marks always gave the credit for the firm's success to commercial principles dinned into | ||||||
him by his father. These included ploughing profits back into the business, making direct contact | ||||||
with manufacturers, keeping the lines simple and worrying over the welfare of the staff. As the | ||||||
number of Marks and Spencer stores bounded upwards, the firm became a byword in Britain. | ||||||
Indeed, it was one of the rare commercial names the BBC allowed to be mentioned in broad- | ||||||
casts. | ||||||
'Simon Marks had revolutionised retailing with his passionate belief that "cheap need never be | ||||||
nasty." Thus concentrating on quality he kept quantity soaring. By 1935 the Marks and Spencer | ||||||
Marble Arch branch in London was selling more goods per square foot of space than any other | ||||||
store in the world. | ||||||
'To get the quality and selection of goods Marks wanted, the firm dictated to the 900 manufact- | ||||||
urers it dealt with. They had to come up to Mark's standards or their contracts were cancelled. | ||||||
He even bought the output of entire factories after making them conform to his specifications. | ||||||
Virtually every item of clothing sold by Marks and Spencer was tested in laboratories for fabric | ||||||
strength, colour fastness, durability of stitching, quality of buttons and so on. | ||||||
'Marks ran the business like a benevolent dictatorship. "He wants to know about everything, | ||||||
right down to the last button," summed up a staff member. His executives were driven hard but | ||||||
they rarely left the firm. One who had been there 13 years described himself as a "new boy." | ||||||
'Simon Marks was always seeking to reduce prices but not at the expense of the chain's profit | ||||||
margins. Reductions came only from increasing efficiency and cutting expenses. Most of his | ||||||
time was spent visiting stores. And when he got there he spent more time talking to the girls | ||||||
behind the counter than to the executives. "The salesgirls are Marks and Spencer," he used | ||||||
to say. "They know what is selling well or badly - and, above all, why." | ||||||
'Simon Marks had a passion for detail. For instance, he once sent research scientists to Greece | ||||||
and Turkey to persuade the peasants to grow uniform-sized currants. "He was a continuous | ||||||
one-man quality control commission," an associate once said of him and told how would visit | ||||||
a shoe department, pick up the most expensive shoe in stock, detach the lace and try to snap | ||||||
it in two. If he succeeded he would call the store manager and tell him softly: "However fine | ||||||
the shoe, the customer will condemn it if the lace breaks." | ||||||
'Cleanliness was an obsession with Marks. One day he suddenly decided to stop stocking ice | ||||||
cream although the firm was selling £2.5 million worth a year. He could not stand the sight of | ||||||
the empty cartons people dropped on the shop floor. Similarly he banned smoking because it | ||||||
polluted the air and he hated feeling cigarette butts underfoot. Marks's fetish for cleanliness | ||||||
also meant that girls who handled cash could not handle food. Cooks and food-handlers could | ||||||
not wear nail-varnish, or jewellery and had to tuck their hair up in plastic caps. | ||||||
'To the shopgirls who made up most of the staff Simon Marks had a friendly, fatherly manner. | ||||||
To the managers, however, he was always a tough-minded perfectionist. Once he visited a | ||||||
store and asked the manager: "Any rotten apples lately?" This remark resulted from his previous | ||||||
inspection seven years earlier when he had found some of the fruit bearing specks. "I go | ||||||
round the stores making a nuisance of myself," Marks once confessed. "I know what everyone | ||||||
says: 'There goes old so-and-so, interfering again. He's never satisfied.' But that's what I'm | ||||||
there for." | ||||||
'He once visited a store, saw a rail of dresses and asked the manager: "Do we dress pygmies | ||||||
now?" Picking out a dress labelled for a woman of 5ft 2in he called for a tape measure and | ||||||
demonstrated the dress was three-quarters of an inch short. Standing outside one of his stores | ||||||
Marks once saw a woman emerging wearing a print dress with large red chrysanthemums all | ||||||
over it. As she walked away he saw one extra large chrysanthemum covered a prominent part | ||||||
of her anatomy where good taste told him no chrysanthemum should be. The alarmed Marks | ||||||
rushed in to his shop to make sure the woman was not wearing a Marks and Spencer creation. | ||||||
To his relief he was assured she was not. Still not satisfied, he then personally checked every | ||||||
design and pattern of prints in stock to make sure no such chrysanthemum monstrosity | ||||||
disgraced the racks of Marks and Spencer. | ||||||
'In business circles he was generally regarded as having revolutionary ideas on staff relations. In | ||||||
fact he horrified other company heads by spending £2 million a year on staff welfare. From his | ||||||
father, too, he inherited charitable instincts which prompted him to donate more than £1.5 | ||||||
million over the years to causes both in England and Israel. | ||||||
'In 1944 Simon Marks was knighted and in 1961 he was raised to the peerage as Lord Marks [of | ||||||
Broughton]. At that time he told a friend: "I much preferred to be Sir Simon, it had the ring of | ||||||
riding a charger and saving ladies in distress. Lord Marks somehow has a much flatter sound." | ||||||
'Profits of Marks and Spencer mushroomed following a revolutionary anti-paperwork crusade he | ||||||
began in 1957 and which was estimated to have saved £2 million a year immediately. The | ||||||
figure increased progressively in later years because, while eliminating unnecessary records, | ||||||
Marks also eliminated 8,000 jobs out of 28,000. But there were no sackings because he | ||||||
promised the staff when he began the paper purge that no one would suffer. The firm simply | ||||||
did not replace staff when someone left and the numbers dropped gradually. | ||||||
'Lord Marks died at his desk of a heart attack on December 8, 1964. That year the firm he had | ||||||
built from his father's market stalls showed a profit of more than £25 million from sales of £200 | ||||||
million. Perhaps his best obituary was in a current financial journal's summing up of the | ||||||
company: "No firm in Britain is stronger, better managed or more consistently successful." | ||||||
Abigail Masham (c 1670-6 Dec 1734), wife of the 1st Baron Masham of Otes | ||||||
The following article is taken from the February 1953 issue of the Australian monthly magazine | ||||||
"Parade":- | ||||||
'Royal St. James' Palace was in the throes of a minor rebellion one sultry day in 1708. Fat, | ||||||
gouty Queen Anne, described somewhat unkindly as the most stupid monarch in Europe, had | ||||||
plucked up courage to revolt. She gazed with some distaste at the blonde junoesque woman | ||||||
woman who, regardless of her costly gown, grovelled in tears at her feet. "Madame, I will not | ||||||
restore you to favour," she said through primly-pursed lips. Sarah Churchill, Duchess of | ||||||
Marlborough, brilliant, domineering "Viceroy Sarah" rose to her full height. "You'll suffer for this | ||||||
injustice," she shouted defiantly as she flounced from the room. The skirmish was a victory for | ||||||
the Queen who never spoke to Sarah Churchill again - and for the plain, waspish little woman | ||||||
who quietly entered the royal bedchamber as the angry Duchess swept out. | ||||||
'It was also a turning point in British history. For the waspish woman, Mrs. Masham, was to | ||||||
guide Anne through the welter of intrigue and fear engendered by rising Stuart pretensions. | ||||||
In the dying queen's last lucid moment, she persuaded her to hand the rod of office to an | ||||||
incorruptible statesman who assured the succession to George of Hanover and removed the | ||||||
threat of all-out civil war from the land. | ||||||
'History has never solved the enigma of Mrs. Masham. Some describe her as colourless, insipid, | ||||||
mousy; others as a wily, treacherous, venomous woman who betrayed her greatest benefactor. | ||||||
Whatever the verdict, she played a greater part behind the scenes than any of the noble | ||||||
soldiers and statesmen who jockeyed for power in an age of unbridled graft and corruption, | ||||||
when the very throne of England trembled. | ||||||
'Mrs. Masham was the daughter of a modest London merchant named Hill, who died unexpect- | ||||||
edly, leaving his two sons and two daughters penniless. They were running wild and rapidly | ||||||
sinking to the level of slum children when rescued by Sarah Jennings, their cousin. Sarah had | ||||||
been the friend since childhood of dumpy Princess Anne, second daughter of James II. She had | ||||||
married secretly a brilliant young strategist, John Churchill, who, by deserting to the enemy | ||||||
with his troops on the eve of battle, had sent his royal friend and patron, James II, fleeing | ||||||
overseas, and placed James' daughter Mary, and her foreign husband, William of Orange, firmly | ||||||
on the throne. | ||||||
'Sarah Churchill did well by her poor relations, particularly the dejected Abigail Hill - the future | ||||||
Mrs. Masham, whom she pitied. Though notoriously mean and tight-fisted, she took the girl into | ||||||
her own home and heaped presents on her. With the death of William and the accession of | ||||||
Anne, the Marlboroughs became the most powerful couple in the land. It was understandable | ||||||
for, in addition to their long personal friendship, Anne owed everything to them. They had | ||||||
forestalled her father's attempt to kidnap her when he fled and then incurred the displeasure of | ||||||
the new king by winning her a parliamentary income of £50,000 a year, | ||||||
'As Anne's 15 children died one after the other, the unhappy woman leant more and more on | ||||||
the lively, vivacious Sarah. Their friendship was so close that they called each other Mrs. | ||||||
Morley and Mrs. Freeman. Anne therefore stood meekly by when, on her accession, the | ||||||
Marlboroughs seized power and became virtual rulers. Sarah, as Lady of the Bedchamber and | ||||||
of the Privy Purse, amassed a fortune by selling preferments and public offices. She even | ||||||
deducted a pension for herself from the Queen's private funds. | ||||||
'To make her position secure she surrounded the Queen with her own minions. Prominent among | ||||||
them was the mousy Abigail Hill, the cousin she had picked from the gutter, whom she badgered | ||||||
Anne into accepting as a woman of the bedchamber. Sarah had the utmost confidence in | ||||||
Abigail. Demure, self-effacing, she appeared to be passionately devoted to her. She was | ||||||
deferential almost to the point of servility. Even the flabby Queen could not understand why the | ||||||
Duchess insisted on forcing such a dull creature, with lacklustre eyes, into the royal suite. | ||||||
'The star of Marlborough began to set before he reached his peak of glory. The stolid people of | ||||||
England, particularly the taxpayers, though outwardly impressed by his victories at Ramillies, | ||||||
Oudenarde and, finally, Blenheim, began to doubt the wisdom of pouring wealth into a war | ||||||
merely to decide which of two impossible princes - French or Austrian - should inherit the throne | ||||||
of Spain. | ||||||
'To keep her family in power against this growing hostility, the Duchess of Marlborough began to | ||||||
bully Anne. When the Queen protested the Duchess would stamp her feet and shout: "Lor, | ||||||
Ma'am, it must be so." She even told the Queen frankly that she was a "fool" and "ignorant." | ||||||
The Duchess had misplaced confidence in her palace minions. Frequently absent, she could not | ||||||
know that the Queen had drawn closer to the humble woman of the bedchamber, Abigail Hill. | ||||||
Anne became so attached to her that when her consort died [in 1708], leaving her a childless | ||||||
widow, she had little Abigail Hill to sleep on the floor of the royal bedroom. | ||||||
'As the Duchess' bullying increased, Abigail turned against her. She stressed to the Queen that | ||||||
the Duchess held her in contempt. She began to dabble in politics. The tide of popular feeling | ||||||
was running fast against the Marlboroughs and their war party, and she decided to unseat | ||||||
them. Among her cousins was Robert Harley, brilliant son of a Herefordshire squire, who had | ||||||
become Speaker of the House of Commons, then cabinet minister, but who was in temporary | ||||||
eclipse after being falsely charged with revealing the contents of secret documents. As a | ||||||
result he was a bitter enemy of the Marlboroughs and their Whig friends and willingly entered | ||||||
the plots of Abigail. On many evenings Abigail would admit Harley by a back stairway to the | ||||||
private suite of the Queen, where in long political talks, they would plan the overthrow of the | ||||||
Whigs. | ||||||
'Suddenly the Duchess of Marlborough noticed that Abigail Hill was avoiding her. It was the | ||||||
first hint of treachery. Then she heard that Abigail had been privately married to Mr. Samuel | ||||||
Masham, a gentleman of the household and a Tory enemy. Angrily she demanded why, as Lady | ||||||
of the Bedchamber, she had not been informed or invited. Abigail pleaded shyness, whereupon | ||||||
the Duchess forgave her and offered to tell the Queen. | ||||||
'The Duchess was not satisfied. She delved further and, to her rage, discovered that the Queen | ||||||
had actually attended the marriage and had given the bride a large sum of money which the | ||||||
Duchess herself had disbursed. It was obvious from such a snub that Abigail was now the | ||||||
reigning favourite. The Duchess' rage became the greater when she discovered that she was | ||||||
also the confederate of her husband's mortal enemy, Robert Harley. With a view to bullying her | ||||||
into submission, she ordered Abigail before her. Abigail ignored the command. | ||||||
'The quarrel came to a head when the Queen attended a thanksgiving service at St. Paul's | ||||||
Cathedral for Marlborough's victories against the French. As usual, the Duchess, in her role of | ||||||
Lady of the Bedchamber, selected and laid out the jewels the Queen was to wear. At the last | ||||||
moment she discovered that her selection had been discarded for another prepared by Mrs. | ||||||
Masham. The Duchess was so enraged that she had a violent quarrel with the Queen on the | ||||||
steps of the Cathedral before a crowd. As a result the Duchess was summarily dismissed from | ||||||
her positions at court. The Marlboroughs were tumbled out of office. The country returned a | ||||||
Tory pro-peace Parliament. | ||||||
'The change brought a vast increase of power to Mrs. Masham, now undisputed power behind | ||||||
the throne. Her cousin, Harley, soon to be Lord Oxford, was appointed Prime Minister. Her | ||||||
husband was made a baron. She became Keeper of the Privy Purse. The war petered out | ||||||
indecisively in the Treaty of Utrecht. The Marlboroughs, hounded as scapegoats, went into | ||||||
exile, the dominant Sarah violently denouncing the ungrateful Mrs. Masham. | ||||||
'Though peace had come to the land, a far greater terror now descended on it. Queen Anne, | ||||||
a gross feeder, was obviously failing. All her 15 children had died. There was no direct | ||||||
succession to the throne. Under the Act of Settlement the throne was due to go to Protestant | ||||||
George of Hanover, a descendant of a daughter of James I, unknown, unpopular, but safe. At | ||||||
St. Germain, in France, however, James Francis Edward Stuart, son of the exiled James II and | ||||||
brother of Queen Anne, had been proclaimed King of England. To many, particularly those of the | ||||||
Catholic faith, he was the true King. | ||||||
'All over England his supporters intrigued for his return. Even Protestant cabinet ministers and, | ||||||
some say, Queen Anne herself, corresponded with him. The Protestant faction knew that if he | ||||||
returned the heads of their leaders would fall. Estates would again be sequestered and re- | ||||||
distributed. There would be bitter religious strife. Civil war as ruthless as Cromwell's would split | ||||||
the land. England panicked. As Queen Anne sank gradually in health, Court, Cabinet and | ||||||
services were split by plot and counter-plot. No one could trust his neighbour. The whole | ||||||
country was in the grip of fear. | ||||||
'It is believed that even Mrs. Masham's cousin, the Prime Minister, Lord Oxford, tentatively | ||||||
approached the Pretender, while his Secretary of State, Lord Bolingbroke, was openly plotting | ||||||
his return. The unhappy, ailing Queen became the shuttlecock of quarrelling factions, The crisis | ||||||
reached a head when Mrs. Masham quarrelled violently with Oxford in the presence, it is said, of | ||||||
the Queen, who then dismissed Oxford. The exultant Bolingbroke prematurely assumed power, | ||||||
appointed his own minions and prepared to repeal the Act of Settlement and restore James | ||||||
Francis Edward Stuart to the throne of his fathers, despite the opposition of the people. | ||||||
'He acted too soon. As a result of the quarrel the Queen became suddenly ill. She went into a | ||||||
coma. When the announcement, "Queen Anne is dead," came on 1 August 1714, it struck fear | ||||||
into the hearts of citizens anxious for life and property. The fear lifted when it was announced | ||||||
that in a moment of returning consciousness, Queen Anne had handed the cloak of office to the | ||||||
incorruptible Whig Duke of Shrewsbury, who could be relied upon to secure the peaceful | ||||||
succession of George of Hanover. | ||||||
'Some authorities maintain that Anne was influenced in this historic act by Mrs. Masham. If that | ||||||
were so, then the self-effacing mousy woman dragged from the gutter by Sarah Churchill was | ||||||
one of the greatest figures in history. In the whirlpool of succession he faded quietly into | ||||||
into obscurity in the country, where she died in 1734.' | ||||||
Clotworthy Skeffington, 2nd Earl of Massereene | ||||||
Massereene's father died when he was a lad of 15. When he came of age, he inherited the | ||||||
family estates in county Antrim, but by then he had already settled in Paris, leaving the | ||||||
management of his Irish property in the hands of his mother. | ||||||
His allowance of £200 per month could not, however, cover his tailor's bills, gambling losses | ||||||
and the demands of his many mistresses. Even so, he might have survived had he not become | ||||||
in a business speculation put to him by a crooked merchant named Vidari, who proposed to | ||||||
import salt to France from the Barbary Coast. Massereene signed a number of bills of exchange | ||||||
which he was called upon to honour when the business collapsed. While his mother, the | ||||||
dowager Countess, set about the task of raising the money required to pay his creditors, | ||||||
Massereene himself was thrown into prison. His creditors, aware of his extensive property in | ||||||
Ireland, assumed that he would become sick of imprisonment and pay the £30,000 he owed | ||||||
in order to obtain his liberty. However, Massereene insisted that the debts had been incurred | ||||||
by means of a fraud against himself, and he refused to acknowledge them. Rather than admit | ||||||
his guilt by paying the debts, he decided to stay in prison for 25 years, after which time, | ||||||
according to French law, the debts would be cancelled. | ||||||
While imprisoned in the Chatelet prison, Massereene married Marie Anne Barcier, daughter of | ||||||
the prison governor. She made two unsuccessful attempts to help him to escape. Finally, in | ||||||
1789, after 18 years in prison, he was released on the day before the storming of the Bastille | ||||||
by a mob which was partly inspired by bribes paid by Lady Massereene. | ||||||
After his release, he returned to Antrim Castle, his seat in Ireland. He showed no interest in | ||||||
the way his estates were being run, leaving after a short period for London. Here, he was soon | ||||||
lured into another fraudulent business venture, again resulting in imprisonment for debt. Blaming | ||||||
his wife's extravagance for his problems, he deserted her at a time when her health had been | ||||||
ruined by her exertions on his behalf. | ||||||
His total lack of feeling for his wife was the result of a new relationship with 19-year-old | ||||||
Elizabeth Blackburn, a servant in the house opposite his lodgings. Being a devotee of nude | ||||||
shadow-boxing, Massereene exposed himself at his window and caught her eye; soon she was | ||||||
living with him. Meanwhile, he had been swindled again to the extent of £9,000, which landed | ||||||
him in prison, where Miss Blackburn was allowed to join him. After a humiliating lawsuit in which | ||||||
he pleaded that he had acted with extreme foolishness, coupled with a loan from his brother-in- | ||||||
law, the Earl of Leitrim, he was eventually freed. | ||||||
In 1797 he returned to Ireland with Miss Blackburn. Although he owed his own liberty to the | ||||||
rebellious spirit of the French Revolution, he had a horror of Jacobinism and now took an active | ||||||
part in an anticipated uprising in Ireland. He formed a company of yeomen and trained it in his | ||||||
own peculiar fashion. The men were drilled without weapons; they simulated rifle shots by | ||||||
clapping their hands and presented arms in a complicated pantomime involving a series of hand | ||||||
signals. He also developed a number of new drills with names such as Serpentine and Eel-in-the- | ||||||
Mud. All this military activity convinced Massereene that he was a natural leader of men, an | ||||||
assessment not subscribed to the military establishment of the time. | ||||||
When not drilling his troops, Massereene continued to indulge his personal whims. From time to | ||||||
time he ordered the dining table, completely set, all the chairs and an elaborate dinner, to be | ||||||
hoisted onto the roof by means of a pulley. His guests climbed to the roof by means of a small | ||||||
ladder inside the house, but once they had assembled, Massereene usually declared himself | ||||||
dissatisfied with the arrangements and ordered everything to be taken down again. When one | ||||||
of his dogs died, all the local dogs were invited to its funeral at Antrim Castle. Some 50 of them, | ||||||
provided with white scarves, acted as a guard of honour. | ||||||
When his loyal and unappreciated first wife died, Massereene married Miss Blackburn who, | ||||||
together with her family, had gained control of his fortune. On his death a few years later, his | ||||||
brothers contested the will and gained the verdict they sought. | ||||||
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