High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The title Marquess of Ailesbury was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 17 July 1821 for the 2nd Earl of Ailesbury. On 18 March 1664, the 2nd Earl of Elgin in the Peerage of Scotland was created Earl of Ailesbury, Viscount Bruce, of Ampthill in the County of Bedford, and Baron Bruce, of Skelton in the County of York, all in the Peerage of England. The 3rd Earl of Ailesbury (and 4th Earl of Elgin) was created Baron Bruce, of Tottenham in the County of Wilts, on 17 April 1746, in the Peerage of Great Britain, but on his death in 1747, his English titles became extinct, except for the 1746 Barony of Bruce, which was inherited by his nephew Thomas Brudenell, fourth and youngest son of the 3rd Earl of Cardigan, by special remainder. His Scottish titles passed to the 9th Earl of Kincardine. The 2nd Baron Bruce, who changed his surname to "Brudenell-Bruce", was then created Earl of Ailesbury, on 10 June 1776, in the Peerage of Great Britain.