Marquess of Ailsa

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The Marquess of Ailsa is a Scottish noble title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom historically associated with the Kennedy family and their ancestral estates in Ayrshire.

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Marquess of Ailsa canonical 4

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marquessate
noble title
title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
associatedClan Clan Kennedy
associatedCounty Ayrshire
associatedEstate Cassillis House
Culzean Castle
associatedGeographicFeature Ailsa Craig
associatedParliamentaryRole Scottish representative peer (for earlier Earls of Cassillis)
associatedWith Ayrshire
British aristocracy
Scotland
Scottish nobility
coatOfArmsBearer Kennedy family
country United Kingdom
createdFor 1st Marquess of Ailsa
Archibald Kennedy
creationDate 1831
familySeatTraditionallyHeldBy Kennedy family
heldByFamily Kennedy family
hereditary true
inheritanceType male‑preference primogeniture
jurisdictionCurrent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
linked to: United Kingdom
jurisdictionHistorical Kingdom of Great Britain
laterPrincipalSeat Culzean Castle
linkedEarlierTitle Earl of Cassillis
linkedEarlierTitleCreationCentury 16th century
monarchAtCreation William IV
nobleFamily Kennedy family
notableHolder Archibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of Ailsa
Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa
Charles Kennedy, 5th Marquess of Ailsa
originalFamilySeat Cassillis House
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
precedenceWithinPeerage marquessate of the United Kingdom
region Ayrshire
styleOfDaughters Lady [Forename] Kennedy
styleOfYoungerSons Lord [Forename] Kennedy
linked to: Lord Kennedy
subordinateTitle Earl of Cassillis
Lord Kennedy
territorialDesignation Ailsa
titleRank marquess
titleStatus extant (as of early 21st century)
traditionalPoliticalInfluenceArea south‑west Scotland
linked to: southwest Scotland
traditionalReligionOfFamily Presbyterianism

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Culzean Castle previousOwner Marquess of Ailsa
Ailsa Craig ownedBy Marquess of Ailsa
Clan Kennedy clanChiefTitle Marquess of Ailsa
Clan Kennedy notableTitleHeld Marquess of Ailsa