List of family seats of Welsh nobility information
This is an incomplete list of Welsh titled gentry family seats.
See also Welsh peers and baronets
Primary Title
Family Seat
The Marquess of Anglesey
Plas Newydd, Anglesey, Wales[1]
The Marquess of Milford Haven
The Earl of Carnarvon
Highclere Castle, Hampshire, England[2]
The Earl Cawdor of Castlemartin in Pembroke
Cawdor Castle, Nairn, Scotland[3]
The Earl of Denbigh and Desmond
Newnham Paddox, Warwickshire, England[4]
The Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor
Ffynone, near Newcastle Emlyn in Carmarthenshire, Wales[5]
The Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery
Wilton House, Wiltshire, England[6]
The Earl of Powis
Powis Castle, near Welshpool, Powys, Wales[7]
The Earl of Snowdon
The Earl of Lisburne
Trawsgoed, near Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales.[8]
The Viscount St Davids
The Viscount Tredegar
Tredegar House, Monmouthshire, Wales[9]
The Baron Dynevor
Historically, from the 12th century until 1974, Newton House, Llandeilo
The Lord Glanusk
Dower House in Glanusk Park, Powys, Wales
The Williams-Bulkeley baronets
Baron Hill, Anglesey, Wales[10]
The Williams-Wynn baronets
Historically, until 1920, Bodelwyddan Castle, Denbighshire, Wales[11]
The Baron of Cymmer-yn-Edeirnion
Historically, until 16th century, Gwerclas Castle, later Pen-y-Clawdd near Chirk, Denbighshire, Wales
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