The title of Marquess of Reading 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. It is the juniormost Marquessate in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Reading (1917), Viscount Reading (1916), Viscount Erleigh (1917), and Baron Reading (1914).

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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)


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