List of couples with British titles in their own right

This is a list of people holding in their own right a British title (of knighthood or in the Peerage) who are or were spouses or partners with a person also holding such a title in their own right.
Both partners with hereditary titles
* The 1st Earl of Kent (1301-1330) and The 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell (1297-1349)
* The 4th Countess of Kent (1328-1385) married first The 1st Earl of Kent (1314-1360), second The 2nd Earl of Salisbury (1328-1397) and third The Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall (1330-1376)
* The 1st Duke of Clarence (1338-1368) and The 4th Countess of Ulster (1332-1363)
* The 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1347-1375) and The 2nd Baroness Manny (1355-1384)
* The 4th Earl of March (1374-1398) and The 5th Countess of Ulster (1355-1382)
* The 6th Earl of Salisbury (1428-1471) and The 16th Countess of Warwick (1426-1492)
* The 1st Duke of York and Norfolk (1473-1483?) and The 8th Countess of Norfolk (1472-1481)
* The 1st Earl of Worcester (1460-1526) and The 3rd Baroness Herbert (1476?-1513?)
* The 7th Baroness Harington of Aldingham and 2nd Baroness Bonville (1460-1529) married first The 1st Marquess of Dorset (1455-1501) and second The 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1479-1523)
* The 1st Marquess of Northampton (1512-1571) and The 7th Baroness Bourchier (1515-1571)
* The 1st Duke of Suffolk (1484-1545) and The 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (1519-1580)
* The 21st Earl of Arundel (1585-1646) and The 13th Baroness Furnivall (1585-1654) (although she only inherited the title after his death)
* The 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628) and The 19th Baroness de Ros (d. 1649)
* The 2nd Baroness Clifton (1592-1637) married first The 3rd Duke of Lennox (1579-1624) and second The 2nd Earl of Abercorn (1604-1670)
* (1634-1694) and The 3rd Duchess of Hamilton (1631-1716)
* The 1st Earl of Castlemaine (1634-1705) and The 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640-1709)
* The 1st Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch (1649-1685) and The 1st Duchess of Buccleuch (1651-1732)
* The 7th Duke of Norfolk (1655-1701) and The 7th Baroness Mordaunt (1659-1705)
* The 1st Duke of Grafton (1663-1690) and The 2nd Countess of Arlington (1668-1723)
* The 2nd Earl of Godolphin (1678-1766) and The 2nd Duchess of Marlborough (1681-1733)
* The 5th Earl of Northampton (1687-1754) and The 14th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley (1694-1741)
* The 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720-1764) and The 6th Baroness Clifford (1731-1754) (though he had not inherited yet by the time of her death)
* The 1st Baron Holland of Foxley (1705-1774) and The 1st Baroness Holland of Holland (1723-1774)
* The 1st Duke of Northumberland (1714-1786) and The 2nd Baroness Percy (1716-1776)
* The 2nd Earl of Hardwicke (1720-1790) and The 2nd Marchioness Grey (1723-1797)
* The 5th Duke of Leeds (1751-1799) and The 12th Baroness Darcy de Knayth and 9th Baroness Conyers (1754-1784) (though he only inherited his title after their divorce)
* The 1st Marquess Townshend (1724-1807) and The 15th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley and 7th Baroness Compton (d. 1770) (at her death he was simply 4th Viscount Townshend)
* The 3rd Duke of Atholl (1729-1774) and The 8th Baroness Strange (1731-1805)
* The 1st Baroness Hamilton (1733-1790) married firstly The 6th Duke of Hamilton (1724-1758) and secondly The 5th Duke of Argyll (1723-1806)
* The 1st Baron Gwydyr (1754-1820) and The 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (1761-1828)
* The 1st Duke of Sutherland (1758-1833) and The 19th Countess of Sutherland (1765-1839)
* The 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754-1826) and The 6th Countess of Loudoun (1780-1840)
* The 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824) and The 11th Baroness Wentworth (1792-1860) (although she only inherited her title after his death)
* The 1st Baron Aveland (1795-1867) and The 24th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (1809-1888)
* The 2nd Marquess of Hastings (1808-1844) and The 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn (1810-1858)
* The 4th Marquess of Lansdowne (1816-1866) and The 8th Lady Nairne (1819-1895)
* The 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881) and The 1st Viscountess Beaconsfield (1792-1872) (although she had passed away before he was ennobled)
* The 3rd Duke of Sutherland (1828-1892) and The 1st Countess of Cromartie (1829-1888)
* The 15th Duke of Norfolk (1847-1917) and The 12th Lady Herries of Terregles (1877-1945)
* The 3rd Earl of Dartrey (1855-1933) and The 25th Baroness de Ros (1854-1939)
* The 4th Earl of Yarborough (1859-1936) and The 13th Baroness Conyers and 7th Baroness Fauconberg (1863-1926)
* The 4th Earl of Powis (1862-1952) and The 16th Baroness Darcy de Knayth (1865-1929)
* The 3rd Earl of Lytton (1879-1951) and The 16th Baroness Wentworth (1873-1957) (although he only inherited his title after their divorce)
* The 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop (1885-1972) and The 11th Baroness Beaumont (1894-1971)
* The 1st Viscount St Davids (1860-1938) and The 14th Baroness Strange, 22nd Baroness Hungerford and 21st Baroness de Moleyns (1884-1974)
* The 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley (1891-1965) and The 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland (1896-1982)
* The 15th Laird of Rothiemurchus (1915-1987) and The 12th Countess of Dysart (b. 1918)
* The 7th Baron Brabourne (1924-2005) and The 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (b. 1924)
;Baronets
* Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk, 11th Baronet (1919-1985) and The 23rd Countess of Erroll (1926-1978)
* Sir Gerard Noel, 2nd Baronet (1759-1838) and The 2nd Baroness Barham (d. 1823)
Hereditary peerage and life peerage
Before 1958
* The 1st Viscount Boyle of Kinalmeaky (1619-1642) and The Countess of Guilford (d. 1667/1673) (although she received her title only after his death)
* The 3rd Countess of Buccleuch (1647-1661) and The Earl of Tarras (1644-1693)
Since the Life Peerages Act 1958
* The 14th Lady Herries of Terregles (b. 1938) and The Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge (1932-2000)
* The 2nd Earl of Swinton (1937-2006) and The Baroness Masham of Ilton (b. 1935) (Both Conservative)
* The 2nd Viscount Eccles (b. 1931) and The Baroness Eccles of Moulton (b. 1933) (Both Conservative)
* The 3rd Viscount Hailsham (b. 1945) and The Baroness Hogg (b. 1946) (Both Conservative)
Both with peerage for life
* The Baron Stewart of Fulham (1906-1990) and The Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch (1903-1984) (Both Labour)
* The Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte (1908-2000) and The Baron Brooke of Cumnor (1903-1984) (Both Conservative)
* The 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir (1911-1996) and The Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie (1915-1978) (Both Conservative)
* The Baron Llewelyn-Davies (1912-1981) and The Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe (1915-1997) (Baron cross-bencher and Baroness Labour)
* The Baron Cheshire (1917-1992) and The Baroness Ryder of Warsaw (married) (1923-2000) (Both Cross-benchers)
* The Baron Griffiths (b. 1923) and The Baroness Brigstocke (1929-2004) (Baron Crossbencher and Baroness Conservative)
* The Baron Howe of Aberavon (b. 1926) and The Baroness Howe of Idlicote (b. 1932) (Baron Conservative and Baroness Cross-bencher)
* The Baron Layard (b. 1934) and The Baroness Meacher (b. 1940) (Baron Labour and Baroness Cross-bencher)
* The Baron Thomas of Gresford (b. 1937) and The Baroness Walmsley (b. 1943) (Both Labour)
* The Baron Kinnock (b. 1942) and The Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead (b. 1944) (Both Labour)
* The Baron Razzall (b. 1943) and The Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (b. 1957) (unmarried but living together) <ref name=legacy /> (Both Lib-Dem)
Peerage and knighthoods
Post-nominals are only given in those instances where the knighthood is not a Knight Bachelor.
;Deceased
* The 3rd Duke of Abercorn KG KP (1869-1953) and The Duchess of Abercorn DBE (1869-1958) (Both Conservative)
* The 6th Duke of Portland KG GCVO (1857-1943) and The Duchess of Portland DBE (1863-1954) (Both Conservative)
* The 7th Duke of Portland KG (1893-1977) and The Duchess of Portland DBE (1887-1982) (Both Conservative)
* The 8th Duke of Atholl KT GCVO (1871-1942) and The Duchess of Atholl DBE (1874-1960) (Both Conservative)
* The 8th Duke of Richmond (1870-1935) and The Duchess of Richmond DBE (1872-1971) (Both Conservative)
* The 11th Duke of Devonshire KG (1920-2004) and The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire DCVO (b. 1920) (Both Conservative)
* The 11th Duke of Bedford KG KBE (1858-1940) and The Duchess of Bedford DBE (1865-1937) (Both Conservative)
* The 12th Duke of St Albans (1874-1964) and The Duchess of St Albans, Marchioness of Waterford GBE (1877-1953)
* The 16th Duke of Norfolk KG GCVO GBE (1908-1975) and The Duchess of Norfolk LG (1916-1995) (Both Unknown)
* The 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava KP GCB GCSI GCMG GCIE (1826-1902) and The Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava DBE (1843-1936) (Both Liberal)
* The 1st Marquess of Reading GCB GCSI GCIE GCVO (1860-1935) and The Marchioness of Reading GBE (1866-1930) (Both Liberal)
* The 1st Marquess of Reading GCB GCSI GCIE GCVO and The Marchioness of Reading, Baroness Swanborough GBE (1894-1971) (became life peeress as a widow) (Both Liberal)
* The 1st Marquess of Willingdon GCMG GBE GCIE (1866-1941) and The Marchioness of Willingdon DBE (1875-1960) (Both Liberal)
* The 5th Marquess of Lansdowne KG GCSI GCMG GCIE (1845-1927) and The Marchioness of Lansdowne GBE (1850-1932)
* The 5th Marquess of Abergavenny KG (1914-2000) and The Marchioness of Abergavenny DCVO (1915-2005)
* The 6th Marquess of Waterford KP (1875-1911) and The Duchess of St Albans, Marchioness of Waterford GBE (1877-1953)
* The 1st Earl of Stockton (1894-1986) and Dame Dorothy Macmillan GBE (1900-1966; Dame Dorothy died before her husband was ennobled; never became Countess of Stockton) (Both Conservative)
* The 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley KG (1867-1947) and The Countess Baldwin of Bewdley GBE (1869-1945) (Both Conservative)
* The 2nd Earl of Liverpool GCB GCMG GBE (1870-1941) and The Countess of Liverpool GBE (1875-1948) (Both Liberal)
* The 3rd Earl of Stradbroke KCMG (1862-1947) and The Countess of Stradbroke DBE (d. 1949) (Both Conservative)
* The 4th Earl Granville KG GCVO (1880-1953) and The Countess Granville GCVO (1890-1967) (Both Conservative)
* The 4th Earl of Gosford KP (1841-1922) and The Countess of Gosford DBE (1856-1944) (Both unknown)
* The 5th Earl of Limerick KCB GBE (1888-1967) and The Countess of Limerick DBE (1897-1981) (Both unknown)
* The 6th Earl of Rosebery and 2nd Earl of Midlothian (1882-1972) and The Countess of Rosebery DBE (1892-1987) (Both Liberal)
* The 7th Earl of Jersey GCB GCMG (1845-1915) and The Countess of Jersey DBE (1849-1945) (Both Conservative)
* The 8th Earl of Darnley (1859-1927) and The Countess of Darnley DBE (d. 1944) 9Both Unknown)
* The 9th Earl De La Warr GBE (1900-1976) GBE and The Countess De La Warr DBE (1903-1992) (Both Conservative)
* The 11th Earl of Airlie (1856-1900) and The Countess of Airlie GCVO GBE (1866-1956) (Both unknown)
* The 15th Earl of Eglinton (1848-1919) and The Countess of Eglinton DBE (d. 1923) (Both unknown)
* The 1st Viscount Rhondda (1856-1918) and The Viscountess Rhondda DBE (1857-1941) (Both Liberal)
* The 1st Viscount Novar KT GCMG (1860-1934) and The Viscountess Novar GBE (Both Conservative)
* The 1st Viscount Simon GCVO GCSI (1873-1954) and The Vicountess Simon DBE (1872-1955) (Both Conservative)
* The 1st Viscount Brookeborough KG (1888-1973) and The Viscountess Brookeborough DBE (d. 1970) (Both Conservative)
* The 1st Viscount Davidson GCVO (1889-1970) and The Viscountess Davidson, Baroness Northchurch DBE (1894-1985) (became a life peeress as a widow) (Both Conservative)
* Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden (1921-1984) and Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden DBE (b. 1921) (NOTE: Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden was only a peer by courtesy) (Both Conservative)
* The 1st Baron Mount Stephen (1829-1921) and The Baroness Mount Stephen, DBE (Both unknown)
* The 1st Baron St Helier GCB (1843-1905) and The Baroness St Helier DBE (d. 1931) (Both unknown)
* The 1st Baron Northcote GCMG GCIE (1846-1911) and The Baroness Northcote DBE (d. 1934) (Both Conservative)
* The 1st Baron Baden-Powell GCMG GCVO KCB (1857-1941) and The Baroness Baden-Powell GBE (1889-1977) (Both Conservative)
* The 1st Baron Lugard GCMG (1858-1945) and The Baroness Lugard DBE (1852-1929) (Both unknown)
* The 1st Baron Freyberg GCMG KCB KBE (1889-1963) and The Baroness Freyberg GBE (d. 1973) (Both unknown)
* The 1st Baron Adrian (1889-1977) and The Baroness Adrian DBE (1899-1966) (Both unknown)
* The 2nd Baron Wakehurst KG GCMG (1895-1970) and The Baroness Wakehurst DBE (d. 1994) Both Conservative)
* The 1st Baron Melchett (1868-1930) and The Baroness Melchett DBE (d. 1945) (Both Conservative)
* The 2nd Baron Ampthill GCSI GCIE (1869-1935) and The Baroness Ampthill GCVO GBE (1874-1957) (Both Conservative)
* The 3rd Baron Denman GCMG KCVO (1874-1954) and The Baroness Denman GBE (1884-1954) (Both Liberal)
* The Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth DBE (1914-1981) and Sir Robert Jackson KCVO (1911-1991) (Both Unknown)
* The Baron Thorneycroft (1909-1994) and The Baroness Thorneycroft DBE (1914-2007) (Both Conservative)
;Baronets
* Sir Havilland de Sausmarez, 1st Baronet (1861-1941) and Dame Annie de Sausmarez GBE (died 1947) (married) (Both Unknown)
* Sir Abraham Bailey, 1st Baronet KCMG (1864-1940) and Dame Mary Bailey DBE (1890-1960) (married) (Both Unknown)
* Sir Arthur Pearson, 1st Baronet (1866-1921) and Dame Ethel Pearson DBE (c.1870-1959) (married) (Both Conservative)
* Sir Robert Houston, 1st Baronet (1853-1926) (married) (Both Conservative) and Dame Lucy Houston DBE (1857—1936) (married) (Lady Houston Conservative, Sir Robert Houston Unknown)
* Sir John Ritchie Findlay, 1st Baronet KBE (1866-1930) and Dame Harriet Findlay DBE (1880-1954) (married) (Both Unknown)
* Sir Thomas Dixon, 2nd Baronet (1868-1950) and Dame Edith Dixon DBE (died 1964) (married) (Both Unknown)
* Major Sir John Alexander Arnott, 2nd Baronet (1853-1940) and Dame Caroline Arnott DBE (died 1933) (married) (Both Unknown)
* Sir Thomas Hugh Bell, 2nd Baronet of Rounton Grange (1844-1931) and Dame Florence Bell DBE (1851-1930) (married) (Both Unknown)
* Sir Denis Thatcher, 1st Baronet (1915-2003) and The Baroness Thatcher (b. 1925) (married) (Both Conservative)
* Sir Timothy Cassel, 4th Baronet (b. 1942) and The Baroness Mallalieu (b. 1945) (divorced) (Both Unknown)
;Living
* Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex KG and Sophie, Countess of Wessex GCVO (married) (Both Unknown)
* Sir Angus Ogilvy KCVO and Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy LG, GCVO (married) (Both Unknown)
* The 11th Duke of Grafton KG and The Duchess of Grafton GCVO (married) (Both Unknown)
* Sir William Fraser GCB and Lady Marion Fraser LT (married) (Both Unknown)
* The 8th and 13th Earl of Airlie KT, GCVO and Countess of Airlie DCVO (married) (Both Unknown)
* The 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford and Dame Ruth Runciman DBE (disclaims use of the title of Viscountess) (married) (Both Unknown)
* Sir Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier and Dame Joan Plowright DBE (became a dame as a widow; she is not a life peer) (Both Unknown)
* Sir Jonathan Mance, Baron Mance and Dame Mary Arden DBE (married) (Both Unknown)
* Sir Christopher Soames, Baron Soames GCMG GCVO and The Baroness Soames LG, DBE (married) (Both Conservative)
* Sir Leslie Plummer and The Baroness Plummer (married) (Both Labour)
* Sir Richard Sharples KCMG and The Baroness Sharples (married) (Both Conservative)
* The Baron Brittan of Spennithorne and The Baroness Brittan of Spennithorne DBE (married) (Baron Brittan Conservative, Baroness Unknown)
* Sir Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins KBE and The Baroness Higgins DBE (married) (Sir Terence Higgins is Conservative; Lady Higgins Unknown)
* Sir Bernard Williams and The Baroness Williams of Crosby (divorced) (Both Lib-Dem)
* Sir Alan Beith and The Baroness Maddock (married) (Both Lib-Dem)
* Sir Timothy Garden, Baron Garden KCB and The Baroness Garden of Frognal (became life peeress as a widow) (Both Lib-Dem)
Both with knighthood
Post-nominals are only given in those instances where the knighthood is not a Knight Bachelor.
* Dame Clementine Churchill GBE (became life peeress as a widow) and Sir Winston Churchill KG
* Dame Norma Ingram DCMG and Sir Keith Holyoake KG GCMG (married)
* Dame Ada Norris DCMG and Sir John Gerald Norris (married)
* Dame Isobel Cripps GBE and Sir Stafford Cripps (married)
* Dame Pattie Menzies GBE and Sir Robert Menzies KT (married)
* Dame Beryl Oliver GBE and Sir Henry Oliver GCB KCMG (married)
* Dame Flora Reid GBE and Sir George Reid GCB, GCMG (married)
* Dame Audrey Hylton-Foster DBE (became life peeress as a widow) and Sir Harry Hylton-Foster
* Dame Olive Smith-Dorrien DBE and General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien GCB GCMG (married)
* Dame Daphne du Maurier DBE and Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Browning GCVO, KBE (married)
* Dame Mary Cramer, DBE and Sir John Cramer (married)
* Dame Agatha Christie DBE and Sir Max Mallowan (married)
* Dame Belle Cox DBE and Major-General Sir Percy Cox GCMG GCIE KCSI (married)
* Dame Edith Sclater DBE and General Sir Henry Crichton Sclater GCB GBE (married)
* Dame Gertrude Cosgrove DBE and Sir Robert Cosgrove KCMG (married)
* Dame Violet Bonham Carter DBE and Sir Maurice Bonham Carter KCB KCVO (married)
* Dame Alida Brittain DBE and Sir Henry Brittain KBE (married)
* Dame Guinevere Tilney DBE and Sir John Tilney (married)
* Dame Molly Gibbs DBE and Sir Humphrey Gibbs GCVO, KCMG (married)
* Dame Agnes Jekyll DBE and Sir Herbert Jekyll KCMG (married)
* Dame Mary Cook DBE and Sir Joseph Cook GCMG (married)
* Dame Sybil Thorndike DBE and Sir Lewis Casson (married)
* Dame Jean Conan Doyle DBE and Air Vice Marshal Sir Geoffrey Bromet KBE (married)
* Dame Elisabeth Murdoch DBE and Sir Keith Murdoch (married)
* DBE and (married)
* Dame Ethel Locke-King DBE and Sir Hugh Locke-King (married)
* Dame Reniera Stanley DBE and Sir Herbert Stanley GCMG (married)
* Dame Eileen Walwyn DBE and Sir Humphrey Walwyn KCMG (married)
* Dame Thea Muldoon DBE and Sir Robert Muldoon GCMG (married)
* Dame Edith Anderson DBE and Admiral Sir David Anderson KCB KCMG (married)
* Dame Alix Kilroy DBE and Sir Francis Meynell (married)
* Dame Rosamund Holland-Martin DBE and Admiral Sir Deric Holland-Martin GCB (married)
* Dame Margaret Davidson DBE and Sir Walter Davidson KCMG (married)
* Dame Katherine Trefusis-Forbes DBE and Sir Robert Watson-Watt KCB (married)
* Dame Moyra Browne, DBE and Sir Denis Browne (married)
* Dame Felicity Peake DBE and Air Commodore Sir Harald Peake (married)
* Dame Jacobena Angliss DBE and Sir William Angliss (married)
* Dame Cleo Laine DBE and Sir John Dankworth (married)
* Dame Norma Major DBE and Sir John Major KG (married)
* Dame Paddy Ridsdale DBE and Sir Julian Ridsdale (married)
* Dame Margaret Drabble DBE and Sir Michael Holroyd (married)
* Dame A.S. Byatt DBE and Sir Ian Byatt (divorced)
* Dame Maggie Smith DBE and Sir Robert Stephens (divorced)
* Dame Shirley Porter DBE and Sir Leslie Porter (married)
* Dame Betty Kershaw DBE and Sir Ian Kershaw (married)
* Dame Caroline Swift DBE and Sir Peter Openshaw (married)
* Dame Carol Kidu DBE and Sir Buri Kidu KBE (married)

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