Marchioness of Bath

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

Marchioness of Bath
Incumbent Emma since 4 April 2020
Style	The Most Honourable
Member of	Thynn family
Term length	As long as married to the Marquess of Bath
Formation	1789
First holder	Elizabeth Bentinck

Countesses of Bath (England, 1536-1654)

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)

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)

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)

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	Living
Emma McQuiston		8th	8 June 2013^[14]	4 April 2020	Incumbent

References

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".
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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.
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12. "From bohemia to a life of nobility". Sydney Morning Herald. 31 October 2003. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
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14. "BBC One - Strictly Come Dancing - Viscountess Emma Weymouth". BBC. Retrieved 6 April 2020.