The highest herditary title in the United Kingdom
Below are the 24 Dukes with dates of their creation and surnames
ABERCORN (1868) - Hamilton

ARGYLL (1701) - Campbell
[The 1st Duke (c1651-1703) massacred the Macdonalds at Glencoe in 1692
and was created Duke in 1701. Inverary Castle is the family seat]

ATHOLL(1703) - Murray
[Blair Castle at Blair Atholl, Pitlochry is the family seat]

BEAUFORT (1682) - Somerset
[Main 52.000 acre estate is Badminton in Gloucestershire]

BEDFORD (1694) - Russell
[Woburn Abbey, 13.000 acres, is the family seat but it also owns substantial properties
around Bedford Square in London]

BUCCLEUCH (1663) - Scott
[In total he owns over 270.000 acres, and four stately homes, including Boughton House near Kettering.
Most of the land is in Scotland]

DEVONSHIRE (1694) - Cavendish
[Descended from Sir John Cavendish (executed 1381)
Family estate is Chatsworth in Derbyshire. Its valuable art collection is one the finest private
collections in the world.
Owns 75.000 acres in Derbyshire, Yorkshire & Ireland]

FIFE (1900) - Carnegie

GRAFTON (1675) - FitzRoy

HAMILTON (1643) - Douglas-Hamilton
[The 1st Duke led a Scottish army into England in 1648, fought Cromwell at Preston,
and, having been defeated was executed. The family own Lennoxlove House,
Haddington, East Lothian]

LEINSTER (1766) - FitzGerald

MANCHESTER (1719) - Montagu
[Kimbolton Castle, near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, was the home of the Earls & Dukes
of Manchester from 1615 to 1950]

MARLBOROUGH (1702) - Spencer-Churchill
[The first Duke, John Churchill (1650-1722), was a soldier]

MONTROSE (1707) - Graham

NORFOLK (1483) - Fitzalan-Howard
[John Howard, the 1st Duke, was killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.
Carlton Towers near Goole, is the Yorkshire home of the family.
Arundel Castle is also theirs.
Sir John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk c1430-1485
Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk & 1st Earl of Surrey 1443-1524
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk 1473-1554
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk 1536-1572]

NORTHUMBERLAND (1766) - Percy
[An ancient Norman family descended from William de Percy (c1030-1096)
The family seat is at Alnwick Castle and its 120.000 acre estate.
He also owns Syon House and 200 acres in London, the Albury Estate (3000 acres) in Surrey
and the Dryburgh estate in Scotland]

RICHMOND (1675) - Lennox
[The 12.000 acre Goodwood Estate in West Sussex is the family seat]

ROXBURGHE (1707) - Innes-Ker
[Floors Castle and its 65.600 acres at Kelso in Southern Scotland]

RUTLAND (1703) - Manners
[Family seat is Belvoir Castle and 18.000 acres in the East Midlands]

ST ALBANS (1684) - Beauclerk

SOMERSET (1547) - Seymour
[Edward Seymour (c1506-1552) the first duke was a soldier and statesman who, on the death
of Henry VIII in 1547, became Protector of England during the early years of Edward VI]

SUTHERLAND (1833) - Egerton
[12.000 acres in East Anglia & the Scottish Borders]

WELLINGTON (1814) - Wellesley
[Arthur Wellesley was given the title following his military successes against Napoleon]

WESTMINSTER (1874) - Grosvenor
[The wealthiest man in Britain (£4.7 billion in 2002). Owns 300 acres in Mayfair & Belgravia,
150.000 acres in Scotland, Lancashire & Cheshire (Eaton Park Estate), plus land in Ireland]

Plus six Royal dukes
EDINBURGH (1947)
CORNWALL (1337)
ROTHESAY (1398)
YORK (1986)
GLOUCESTER (1928)
KENT (1934)