Marquess of Reading
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The title of Marquess of Reading is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, and refers to the town of Reading in the county of Berkshire. It was created in 1926 for Rufus Isaacs, 1st Earl of Reading, the former Viceroy of India and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. This peerage is the highest ever attained by a Jew, and is the juniormost Marquessate in the peerage.
The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Reading (1917), Viscount Reading, of Erleigh in the County of Berkshire (1916), Viscount Erleigh, of Erleigh in the County of Berkshire (1917), and Baron Reading, of Erleigh in the County of Berkshire (1914).
The family live at Jaynes Court, Bisley, Gloucestershire.
In May 1804, the title of Baron Reading was offered to the outgoing Prime Minister, Henry Addington, who had many links with the town, as a subsidiary title of the customary retirement Earldom for Prime Ministers. However, Addington refused the honour, though later accepting a peerage as Viscount Sidmouth. See Earl of Banbury.
[edit] 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)
Heir Apparent: Julian Michael Rufus Isaacs, Viscount Erleigh
