List of Dukedoms

This page lists all dukedoms, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom. See also List of Marquessates, List of Earldoms, List of Viscountcies, and List of Baronies.

Contents

1 Dukedoms in the Peerage of England, 1337-1707 2 Dukedoms in the Peerage of Scotland, 1398-1707 3 Dukedoms in the Peerage of Great Britain, 1707-1801 4 Dukedoms in the Peerage of Ireland, 1661-1801 5 Dukedoms in the Peerages of the United Kingdom and Ireland, 1801-present

Dukedoms in the Peerage of England, 1337-1707

Title	Date of Creation	Surname	Current Status	Notes
Duke of Cornwall	1337	Plantagenet (originally)	extant	held by the eldest son of the monarch who is also heir-apparent to the throne
Duke of Lancaster	1351	Plantagenet	extinct 1361
Duke of Clarence	1362	Plantagenet	extinct 1368
Duke of Lancaster	1362	Plantagenet	merged in crown 1399
Duke of York	1385	Plantagenet	merged in crown 1461	forfeit 1459-1460
Duke of Gloucester	1385	Plantagenet	forfeit 1397
Duke of Ireland	1386	Vere	forfeit 1388
Duke of Hereford	1397	Plantagenet	merged in crown 1399
Duke of Aumale	1397	Plantagenet	deprived of title 1399
Duke of Exeter	1397	Holland	deprived of title 1399
Duke of Surrey	1397	Holland	forfeit 1399
Duke of Norfolk	1397	Mowbray	extinct 1476	title not in use 1399 to 1425
Duke of Lancaster	1399	Plantagenet	merged in crown 1413	also Duke of Cornwall
Duke of Clarence	1412	Plantagenet	extinct 1421
Duke of Bedford	1414	Plantagenet	extinct 1435
Duke of Gloucester	1414	Plantagenet	extinct 1447
Duke of Exeter	1416	Beaufort	extinct 1426
Duke of Somerset	1443	Beaufort	extinct 1444
Duke of Exeter	1444	Holland	forfeit 1461
Duke of Buckingham	1444	Stafford	forfeit 1521	also forfeit between 1483 and 1485
Duke of Warwick	1445	Beauchamp	extinct 1446
Duke of Somerset	1448	Beaufort	forfeit 1464	also forfeit 1461-1463
Duke of Suffolk	1448	de la Pole	surrendered 1493	also forfeit 1450-1463
Duke of Clarence	1461	Plantagenet	forfeit 1478
Duke of Gloucester	1461	Plantagenet	merged in crown 1483	also Duke of Cornwall from 1470
Duke of Bedford	1470	Nevill	deprived of title 1478
Duke of York	1473	Plantagenet	extinct 1483
Duke of Norfolk	1477	Plantagenet	extinct 1483
Duke of Norfolk	1483	Howard, Fitzalan-Howard	extant	title forfeit 1485-1514,1547-1553,1572-1660
Duke of Bedford	1485	Tudor	extinct 1495
Duke of York	1491	Tudor	merged in crown 1509	also Duke of Cornwall from 1502
Duke of Suffolk	1514	Brandon	extinct 1551
Duke of Richmond and Somerset	1525	Fitzroy	extinct 1536
Duke of Somerset	1547	Seymour	extant	forfeit 1552-1660
Duke of Northumberland	1551	Dudley	forfeit 1553
Duke of Suffolk	1551	Grey	forfeit 1554
Duke of York	1605	Stewart	merged in crown 1625	also Duke of Albany in Scotland and Duke of Cornwall from 1612
Duke of Richmond	1623	Stuart	extinct 1624
Duke of Buckingham	1623	Villiers	extinct 1687
Duke of Richmond	1641	Stuart	extinct 1672
Duke of Cumberland	1644	Wittelsbach	extinct 1682
Duke of York	1644	Stewart	merged in crown 1685
Duke of Gloucester	1659	Stewart	extinct 1660
Duke of Albemarle	1660	Monck	extinct 1688
Duke of Monmouth	1663	Scott	forfeit 1685
Duke of Cambridge	1664	Stewart	extinct 1667
Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne	1665	Cavendish	extinct 1691
Duke of Cambridge	1667	Stewart	extinct 1671
Duke of Cleveland	1670	Villiers, Fitzroy	extinct 1774	also Duke of Southampton from 1709
Duchess of Portsmouth	1673	Penancoët de Kérouaille	extinct 1734
Duke of Richmond	1675	Lennox	extant	also Duke of Gordon in the United Kingdom from 1876 and Duke of Lennox in Scotland
Duke of Southampton	1675	Fitzroy	extinct 1774	also Duke of Cleveland from 1709
Duke of Grafton	1675	Fitzroy	extant
Duke of Ormonde	1682	Butler	forfeit 1715	also Duke of Ormonde in Ireland
Duke of Beaufort	1682	Somerset	extant
Duke of Northumberland	1683	Fitzroy	extinct 1716
Duke of St Albans	1684	Beauclerk	extant
Duke of Berwick-upon-Tweed	1687	Fitzjames	forfeit 1695
Duke of Cumberland	1689	Oldenburg	extinct 1708
Duke of Bolton	1689	Paulet	extinct 1794
Duke of Schomberg	1689	Schomberg	extinct 1719	also Duke of Leinster in Ireland from 1691
Duke of Shrewsbury	1694	Talbot	extinct 1718
Duke of Leeds	1694	Osborne	extinct 1964
Duke of Bedford	1694	Russell	extant
Duke of Devonshire	1694	Cavendish	extant
Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne	1694	Holles	extinct 1711
Duke of Marlborough	1702	Churchill	extant
Duke of Buckingham and Normanby	1703	Sheffield	extinct 1735
Duke of Rutland	1703	Manners	extant
Duke of Montagu	1705	Montagu	extinct 1749
Duke of Cambridge	1706	Guelph	merged in crown 1727	also Duke of Cornwall from 1714

Dukedoms in the Peerage of Scotland, 1398-1707

Title	Date of Creation	Surname	Current Status	Notes
Duke of Rothesay	1398	Stewart	extant	held by eldest son of the monarch who is also heir-apparent
Duke of Albany	1398	Stewart	forfeit 1425
Duke of Albany	1457	Stewart	extinct 1536	forfeit 1479-1482, 1483-1514
Duke of Ross	1488	Stewart	extinct 1504
Duke of Montrose	1488	Lindsay	extinct 1495	deprived of title 1488-1489, title for life from 1489
Duke of Ross	1514	Stewart	extinct 1515
Duke of Albany	1541	Stewart	extinct 1541
Duke of Albany	1565	Stewart	merged in crown 1567
Duke of Orkney	1567	Hepburn	forfeit 1567
Duke of Lennox	1581	Stuart	extinct 1672	also Duke of Richmond in England from 1623 until 1624 and from 1641
Duke of Albany	1600	Stewart	merged in crown 1625	also Duke of York in England from 1605 and Duke of Rothesay from 1612
Duke of Kintyre and Lorne	1602	Stewart	extinct 1602
Duke of Hamilton	1643	Hamilton	extant	also Duke of Brandon in Great Britain from 1711
Duke of Albany	1660	Stewart	merged in crown 1685
Duke of Buccleuch	1663	Scott	forfeit 1685	also Duke of Monmouth in England
Duke of Buccleuch	1663	Scott, Montagu-Douglas-Scott	extant	also Duke of Queensberry from 1810
Duke of Lauderdale	1672	Maitland	extinct 1682
Duke of Lennox	1675	Lennox	extant	also Duke of Gordon in the United Kingdom from 1876 and Duke of Richmond in England
Duke of Rothes	1680	Leslie	extinct 1681
Duke of Gordon	1684	Gordon	extinct 1836
Duke of Queensberry	1684	Douglas, Montagu-Douglas Scott	extant	also Duke of Dover in Great Britain from 1708 until 1778 and Duke of Buccleuch from 1810
Duke of Argyll	1701	Campbell	extant	also Duke of Greenwich in Great Britain from 1718 until 1743 and Duke of Argyll in the United Kingdom from 1892
Duke of Atholl	1703	Murray	extant
Duke of Douglas	1703	Douglas	extinct 1761	created for the Marquess of Douglas
Duke of Montrose	1707	Graham	extant
Duke of Roxburghe	1707	Ker	extant

Dukedoms in the Peerage of Great Britain, 1707-1801

Title	Date of Creation	Surname	Current Status	Notes
Duke of Dover	1708	Douglas	extinct 1778	also Duke of Queensberry in Scotland
Duke of Kent	1710	Grey	extinct 1740
Duke of Brandon	1711	Douglas	extant	also Duke of Hamilton in Scotland
Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven	1715	Bertie	extinct 1809
Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull	1715	Pierrepont	extinct 1773
Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne	1715	Pelham-Holles	extinct 1768	also Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1756
Duke of York and Albany	1716	Guelph	extinct 1728
Duke of Portland	1716	Bentinck	extinct 1990
Duke of Wharton	1718	Wharton	extinct 1731
Duchess of Kendal	1719	Schulenburg	extinct 1743	also Duchess of Munster in Ireland, peerage for life only
Duke of Manchester	1719	Montagu	extant
Duke of Chandos	1719	Brydges	extinct 1789
Duke of Greenwich	1719	Campbell	extinct 1743	also Duke of Argyll in Scotland
Duke of Dorset	1720	Sackville	extinct 1843
Duke of Bridgwater	1720	Egerton	extinct 1803
Duke of Edinburgh	1726	Guelph	merged in crown 1760	also Duke of Cornwall from 1727 to 1751
Duke of Cumberland	1726	Guelph	extinct 1765
Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme	1756	Pelham-Holles	extinct 1988	also Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne until 1768
Duke of York and Albany	1760	Guelph	extinct 1767
Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh	1764	Guelph	extinct 1834
Duke of Northumberland	1766	Percy	extant
Duke of Montagu	1766	Montagu	extinct 1790
Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn	1766	Guelph	extinct 1790
Duke of York and Albany	1784	Guelph	extinct 1827
Duke of Clarence and St Andrews	1789	Guelph	merged in crown 1830
Duke of Kent and Strathearn	1799	Guelph	extinct 1820
Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale	1799	Guelph	suspended 1919

Dukedoms in the Peerage of Ireland, 1661-1801

Title	Date of Creation	Surname	Current Status	Notes
Duke of Ormonde	1661	Butler	extinct 1758	also Duke of Ormonde in England until 1715
Duke of Leinster	1691	Schomberg	extinct 1719	also Duke of Schomberg in England
Duchess of Munster	1716	Schulenberg	extinct 1754	also Duchess of Kendal in Great Britain from 1719, peerage for life only
Duke of Leinster	1766	FitzGerald	extant

Dukedoms in the Peerages of the United Kingdom and Ireland, 1801-present

Title	Date of Creation	Surname	Current Status	Notes
Duke of Sussex	1801	Guelph	extinct 1843
Duke of Cambridge	1801	Guelph	extinct 1904
Duke of Wellington	1814	Wellesley	extant
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos	1822	Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville	extinct 1889
Duke of Sutherland	1833	Leveson-Gower, Egerton	extant
Duke of Cleveland	1833	Vane	extinct 1891
Duchess of Inverness	1840	Underwood	extinct 1873	peerage for life only
Duke of Edinburgh	1866	Wettin	extinct 1900
Duke of Abercorn	1868	Hamilton	extant	Irish peerage
Duke of Westminster	1874	Grosvenor	extant
Duke of Connaught and Strathearn	1874	Wettin	extinct 1943
Duke of Gordon	1876	Gordon-Lennox	extant	also Duke of Richmond in England and Duke of Lennox in Scotland
Duke of Albany	1881	Wettin	suspended 1919
Duke of Fife	1889	Duff	extinct 1912
Duke of Clarence and Avondale	1890	Wettin	extinct 1892
Duke of Argyll	1892	Campbell	extant	also Duke of Argyll in Scotland
Duke of York	1892	Wettin	merged in crown 1910	also Duke of Cornwall from 1901
Duke of Fife	1900	Duff	extant
Duke of York	1920	Windsor	merged in crown 1936
Duke of Gloucester	1928	Windsor	extant
Duke of Kent	1934	Windsor	extant
Duke of Windsor	1937	Windsor	extinct 1972
Duke of Edinburgh	1947	Mountbatten	extant
Duke of York	1986	Mountbatten-Windsor	extant