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Marchioness of Bath
Incumbent
Emma
since 4 April 2020
StyleThe Most Honourable
Member ofThynn family
Term lengthAs long as married to the Marquess of Bath
Formation1789
First holderElizabeth Bentinck

Marchioness of Bath is the principal courtesy title of the wife of the Marquess of Bath.

Countesses of Bath (England, 1536-1654)

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Countess Image Earl Married Became countess Ceased to be countess Died
Cecily Daubeny 1st Unknown
Florence Bonville Unknown
Elizabeth Wentworth Unknown
Eleanor Manners 2nd Before 25 May 1524 30 April 1539 Before 4 December 1548[1][2]
Margaret Donnington 4 December 1548 10 February 1561 1562
Mary Cornwallis 3rd 15 December 1578 28 April 1581[3] Unknown
Elizabeth Russell 1583 1605[4]
Dorothy St John 4th 14 July 1623[5] 20 August 1632
Ann Lovett 1633 31 March 1636 Unknown
Rachel Fane 5th 13 December 1638 16 August 1654 11 November 1680

Countesses of Bath (England, 1661-1711)

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Countess Image Earl Married Became countess Ceased to be countess Died
Jane Wyche 1st October 1652[6] 1661 1692

Countesses of Bath (Great Britain, 1742-1764)

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Countess Image Earl Married Became countess Ceased to be countess Died
Anna Maria Gumley 1st 27 December 1714[7] 14 July 1742 14 September 1758

Marchionesses of Bath (Great Britain, 1789-present)

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Marchioness Image Marquess Married Became
marchioness
Ceased to be
marchioness
Died
Elizabeth Bentinck 1st 22 March 1759[8] 18 August 1789 19 November 1796 12 December 1825
Isabella Byng 2nd 14 April 1794[9] 19 November 1796 1 May 1830
Harriet Baring 3rd 19 April 1830[10] 27 March 1837 24 June 1837 1892
Frances Vesey 4th 20 August 1861 20 April 1896 Unknown
Violet Mordaunt 5th 19 April 1890 20 April 1896 May 1928
Daphne Vivian 6th 27 October 1927[11] 9 June 1946 1953 5 December 1997
Virginia Parsons 15 July 1953[12] 30 June 1992 2003
Anna Gyarmathy 7th 1969[13] 30 June 1992 4 April 2020 17 September 2022
Emma McQuiston 8th 8 June 2013[14] 4 April 2020 Incumbent

References

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  1. ^ Peter W. Hammond (Ed.), The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 71
  2. ^ Vivian, p.107 "Dodington"
  3. ^ "Thomas CORNWALLIS".
  4. ^ "Bedford, Earl of (E, 1549/50)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  5. ^ Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, new edition, Vol II, p.18
  6. ^ "Grenville, John" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  7. ^ Courtney, William Prideaux (1911). "Bath, William Pulteney, Marquess of" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 510–511.
  8. ^ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 273.
  9. ^ Byng, John. The Torrington Diaries. C.B. Andrew, editor. 4 vols. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1934-8, volume 1, opposite page 382. Baptism dates drawn from the Southill Parish record book, available at the Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service, Bedford, England, UK.
  10. ^ "THYNNE, Lord Henry Frederick (1797-1837), of 6 Grovesnor Square, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  11. ^ Vickers, Hugo (17 December 1997). "Obituary: Daphne Fielding". The Independent. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  12. ^ "From bohemia to a life of nobility". Sydney Morning Herald. 31 October 2003. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  13. ^ Langley, William (27 November 2010). "The Marquess of Bath: the old lion abandons his pride". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  14. ^ "BBC One - Strictly Come Dancing - Viscountess Emma Weymouth". BBC. Retrieved 6 April 2020.