Marquess of Ailesbury

showing the Brudenell-Bruce coat of arms. The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the marquessate is: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, or a saltire and chief gules on a canton argent a lion rampant azure (for Bruce); 2nd and 3rd, argent a chevron gules between three chapeaux to the sinister azure (for Brudenell). This can be translated as: a shield divided into quarters, the top left and bottom right quarters being gold, with a red saltire over the gold field, and the top part of the shield also being red. In addition, there is a white square in the top left corner of the shield with a blue lion rampant (for the Bruce family); the top right and bottom left quarters are white with a red chevron between three blue caps of state that are turned to face to the viewer's right (for the Brudenell family). ==Earls of Ailesbury, Viscount Bruce, Baron Bruce: First creation (1664) ==

• Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin, 1st Earl of Ailesbury (–1685) • Thomas Bruce, 3rd Earl of Elgin, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury (1656–1741) • Charles Bruce, 4th Earl of Elgin, 3rd Earl of Ailesbury (1682–1747) (Created Baron Bruce in 1746 in the peerage of Great Britain with remainder to his nephew) ==Barons Bruce (1746)==

• Charles Bruce, 4th Earl of Elgin, 3rd Earl of Ailesbury, 1st Baron Bruce (1682–1747) • Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Baron Bruce (1729–1814) (Younger nephew, created Earl of Ailesbury in 1776) ==Earls of Ailesbury; Second creation (1776)==

• Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury (1729–1814) • George Bruce-Brudenell, Lord Bruce (1762–1783) • Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury (1773–1856) (created Viscount Savernake, Earl Bruce, and Marquess of Ailesbury in 1821) ==Marquesses of Ailesbury (1821), Earls of Cardigan (inherited 1868)==

• Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury (1773–1856) • George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury (1804–1878) • Ernest Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury (1811–1886) • George John Brudenell-Bruce (1839–1868) • George Brudenell-Bruce, 4th Marquess of Ailesbury (1863–1894) • Henry Brudenell-Bruce, 5th Marquess of Ailesbury (1842–1911) • George Brudenell-Bruce, 6th Marquess of Ailesbury (1873–1961) • Cedric Brudenell-Bruce, 7th Marquess of Ailesbury (1904–1974) • Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury (1926–2024) • David Brudenell-Bruce, 9th Marquess of Ailesbury (born 1951) The heir apparent is the present holder's son, Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, Earl of Cardigan (born 1982). • Ernest Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury, 9th Earl of Cardigan (1811–1886) • George John Brudenell-Bruce (1839–1868) • George Brudenell-Bruce, 4th Marquess of Ailesbury, 10th Earl of Cardigan (1863–1894) • Henry Brudenell-Bruce, 5th Marquess of Ailesbury, 11th Earl of Cardigan (1842–1911) • George Brudenell-Bruce, 6th Marquess of Ailesbury, 12th Earl of Cardigan (1873–1961) • Cedric Brudenell-Bruce, 7th Marquess of Ailesbury, 13th Earl of Cardigan (1904–1974) • Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury, 14th Earl of Cardigan (1926–2024) • David Brudenell-Bruce, 9th Marquess of Ailesbury, 15th Earl of Cardigan (b. 1951) • (1). Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, Earl of Cardigan (b. 1982) • Lord Robert Thomas Brudenell-Bruce (1845–1912) • George Lionel Thomas Brudenell (1880–1962) • Edmund Crispin Stephen James George Brudenell (1928–2014) • (2). Robert Edmund Brudenell (b. 1956) • (3). William Robert Brudenell (b. 2000) • (4). Thomas Mervyn Brudenell (b. 1956) • Robert Hanbury Brudenell-Bruce (1881–1955) • Chandos Robert Henry Brudenell-Bruce (1923–1993) • (5). Andrew Robert Joel Brudenell-Bruce (b. 1951) • (6). Henry Robert Wolf Brudenell-Bruce (b. 1976) • (7). Rowan Garvey Pema Brudenell-Bruce (b. 2002) • John Charles Brudenell-Bruce (1885–1960) • Simon Robert Brudenell-Bruce (1928–2008) • (8). Peter Gregory Brudenell-Bruce (b. 1965) • (9). Hayden Robert Brudenell-Bruce (b. 1998) • Marc Hadrian Brudenell-Bruce (1930–1965) • (10). Marc Raymond Christopher Brudenell-Bruce (b. 1962) == Family tree ==