Marquess Camden
Marquessate of Camden | |
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Creation date | 7 September 1812 |
Created by | The Prince Regent (acting on behalf of his father King George III) |
First holder | John Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden |
Present holder | David Pratt, 6th Marquess Camden |
Heir apparent | James Pratt, Earl of Brecknock |
Subsidiary titles | Earl Camden Earl of Brecknock Viscount Bayham Baron Camden |
Status | Extant |
Motto | JUDICIUM PARIUM AUT LEX TERRÆ (The judgement of my peers, or the law of the land) |
Marquess Camden is a title in the
Their son, the second Earl,
Lord Michael Pratt was a younger son of the fifth Marquess.
Camden Town in London is named after Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, and the elephant from the arms of Marquess Camden is therefore present in the crest in the coat of arms of the London Borough of Camden.
The family seat is Wherwell House, near Andover, Hampshire. Until the early 1980s, the family also owned the Bayham Abbey Estate, near Lamberhurst, Kent.
Baron Camden (1765)
- Charles Pratt, 1st Baron Camden (1713–1794) (created Viscount Bayham and Earl Camden in 1786)
Earls Camden (1786)
- Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (1713–1794)
- John Jeffreys Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden (1759–1840) (created Marquess Camden and Earl of the County of Brecknock in 1812)
Marquesses Camden (1812)
- John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden (1759–1840)
- George Charles Pratt, 2nd Marquess Camden (1799–1866)
- John Charles Pratt, 3rd Marquess Camden (1840–1872)
- John Charles Pratt, 4th Marquess Camden (1872–1943)
- John Charles Henry Pratt, 5th Marquess Camden (1899–1983)[8]
- David George Edward Henry Pratt, 6th Marquess Camden (b. 1930)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son James William John Pratt, Earl of Brecknock (b. 1965)
Family tree and Line of succession
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References
- ^ "Camden town". british-history.ac.uk.
- ^ "No. 10539". The London Gazette. 16 July 1765. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 12750". The London Gazette. 13 May 1786. p. 201.
- ^ "European Heraldry:::House of Pratt".
- ^ "George Pratt, 2nd Marquess of Camden". geni.com.
- ^ "No. 16632". The London Gazette. 15 August 1812. p. 1579.
- ^ "Camden, Marquess (UK, 1812)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk.
- ^ "John Pratt, 5th Marquess of Camden". geni.com.
- ISBN 2-9400-8502-1.
- ISBN 978-1-9997-6705-1.
External links
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: London: Dean & son, limited. p. 166.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- "Marjorie-Minna, Countess of Brecknock, DBE, CStJ". geni.com.
- David Pratt, 6th Marquess Camden[unreliable source?]