Marquess Camden

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Marquess Camden is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1812 for the politician John Jeffreys Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden. The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Baron Camden, of Camden Place in the County of Kent (1765), Viscount Bayham (1786), Earl Camden (1786) and Earl of Brecknock (1812), all in the Peerage of Great Britain, except the Earldom of Brecknock which is in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The latter title is used as a courtesy title for the Marquess's eldest son and heir apparent.

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The Pratt family descends from John Pratt, Lord Chief Justice from 1718 to 1725. His third son from his second marriage, Charles Pratt, was also a prominent lawyer and politician and served as Lord Chancellor between 1766 to 1770. In 1765 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Camden and in 1786 he was further honoured when he was created Viscount Bayham and Earl Camden. His son, the second Earl, was a politician and notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and as Lord President of the Council. In 1812 he was created Earl of Brecknock and Marquess Camden. His son, the second Marquess, represented Ludgershall, Bath and Dunwich in the House of Commons and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire. In 1835 Lord Camden was called to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father's junior title of Baron Camden. His son, the third Marquess, briefly sat as a Member of Parliament for Brecon in 1866, before he succeeded his father and took his seat in the House of Lords. On his early death the titles passed to his three-month old son, the fourth Marquess. He was notably Lord Lieutenant of Kent from 1905 to 1943. As of 2006 the peerages are held by his grandson, the sixth Marquess, who succeeded his father in 1983.

Lord Michael John Henry Pratt was a younger son of the fifth Marquess.

The family live at Wherwell House near Andover in Hampshire.

[edit] Earls Camden (1786)

[edit] Marquesses Camden (1812)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son James William John Pratt, Earl of Brecknock (b. 1965)

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