Marquess of Reading

Marquess of Reading is a hereditary British title of nobility in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, named after the town of Reading. It is worn by members of the Isaacs family. The respective Marquess, making it the Jew with the highest title of nobility in the United Kingdom.

Ancestral home of the family is Jaynes Court in Bisley, Gloucestershire.

Award

The title was created in 1926 for Rufus Isaacs. This was Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and Viceroy of India. Later, he was still Foreign Minister for a few months.

The Marquessat is the last, which has been awarded to this day outside the British Royal Family.

Subordinate title

Subordinate title of the Marquess of Reading are Baron Reading, of Erleigh in the County of Berkshire ( created 1914), Viscount Reading, of Erleigh in the County of Berkshire ( created 1916), Viscount Erleigh, of Erleigh in the County of Berkshire ( created 1926 ), and Earl of Reading ( created 1917). All titles that are all in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, were awarded the first Marquess.

The heir takes the courtesy title Viscount Erleigh.

The title Baron Reading had been in 1804 Henry Addington offered, as this retired from the post of Prime Minister. This time leaning from the elevation to the peerage, as he had lost by his seat in the House of Commons. He later accepted the title of Viscount Sidmouth.

List of Marquesses of Reading (1926 )

• Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading ( 1860-1935 )
• Gerald Rufus Isaacs, 2nd Marquess of Reading ( 1889-1960 )
• Michael Alfred Rufus Isaacs, 3rd Marquess of Reading ( 1916-1980 )
• Simon Charles Henry Rufus Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading ( b. 1942 )

The heir apparent is the son of present Marquesses, Michael Julian Rufus Isaacs, Viscount Erleigh (* 1986).

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