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List of Dukes

  

List of Dukes

This is a list of present Dukes in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. For a more complete historical listing, including extinct, dormant, abeyant, forfeit dukedoms in addition to these extant ones, see List of Dukedoms.

The general order of precedence among dukes is:

  • Dukes of England
  • Dukes of Scotland
  • Dukes of Great Britain
  • Dukes of Ireland created before 1801
  • Dukes of the United Kingdom and of Ireland created after 1801

    Dukes of England

  • The Duke of Norfolk (1483 or 1514)
  • The Duke of Somerset (1547)
  • The Duke of Richmond, Lennox, and Gordon (1675) (known as the Duke of Richmond and Gordon)
  • The Duke of Grafton (1675)
  • The Duke of Beaufort (1682)
  • The Duke of St Albans (1684)
  • The Duke of Bedford (1694)
  • The Duke of Devonshire (1694)
  • The Duke of Marlborough (1702)
  • The Duke of Rutland (1703)

    Dukes of Scotland

  • The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon (1644)
  • The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry (1663)
  • The Duke of Argyll (1701)
  • The Duke of Atholl (1703)
  • The Duke of Montrose (1707)
  • The Duke of Roxburghe (1707)

    Dukes of Great Britain

  • The Duke of Manchester (1719)
  • The Duke of Northumberland (1766)

    Dukes of Ireland prior to 1801

  • The Duke of Leinster (1766)

    Dukes of the United Kingdom and of Ireland after 1801

  • The Duke of Wellington (1814)
  • The Duke of Sutherland (1831)
  • The Duke of Abercorn (1868)
  • The Duke of Westminster (1874)
  • The Duke of Fife (1900)
  • The Duke of Gloucester (1928)1
  • The Duke of Kent (1934)1
  • The Duke of Edinburgh (1947)1
  • The Duke of York (1986)1

    1As members of the royal family, these dukes rank higher in precedence than they would by virtue of the seniority of their dukedom alone.


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