marquess

• “A marquess was a sort of gone-off duke; even in this democratic age, he would have some influence, one supposed.”

  The Silver Spoon

• “Lest you picture me cowering in this cupboard to escape some hulking brute of a husband, let me assure you that the marquess has been the very model of solicitousness.”

  One Night Of Scandal

• “The wife of a marquess is a marchioness, the wife of an earl is a countess earl is the British equivalent of count, the wife of a viscount is a viscountess, the wife of a baron is a baroness.”

  Simon & Schuster: Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage

• “It seems presumptuous to call a marquess's heir Josh.”

  Snow Angels

• “I explained that she was a great lady and was to marry a marquess, that is a much more important person than an earl.”

  The Yeoman Adventurer

• “A county on the border with a particularly dangerous neighbour was referred to as a 'march' and its ruler as a "marquess" in English or a "marquis" in French.”

  Salem-News.com

• “As for her rank, she would only be “Lady Firstname Lastname” if her father or brother was a duke, a marquess, or an earl.”

  Ask Evangeline | Edwardian Promenade

• “I think it's more likely that it commemorates the first marquess himself, rather than his son, as his name was also Arthur (as were all four of his predecessors as Earl of Donegall).”

  Linkspam for 15-8-2009

• “It does make sense that the marquess, who basically owned Belfast, would commemorate his dead daughters in the streets built in the later eighteenth century; but looking at the geography, Arthur Street should have been constructed a few decades earlier.”

  Linkspam for 15-8-2009

• “In 2007, the present marquess, Johnny Crichton-Stuart, sold another family seat, Dumfries House, to a consortium funded by the Prince of Wales and the Scottish government for £45m.”

  The Guardian: Could rebranding Bute as a middle-class holiday haven halt its decline? | Ian Jack

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