Mark Dundas, 4th Marquess of Zetland

British peer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBritish peer
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
isPolitician Peer
Work fieldReligion Politics
Gender
Male
Birth28 December 1937
Age87 years
Star signCapricorn
Family
Mother:Penelope Pike
Father:Lawrence Dundas, 3rd Marquess of Zetland
Siblings:Lord David Dundas
Children:Robin Dundas, Earl of Ronaldshay Lord James Edward Dundas Lady Henrietta Kate Dundas Lady Victoria Clare Dundas
Education
Christ's College
Harrow School
The details

Biography

Lawrence Mark Dundas, 4th Marquess of Zetland DL (born 28 December 1937), less formally known as Mark Zetland, is a British peer, known before 1989 as Earl of Ronaldshay.

Education and career

He was educated at Harrow School and Christ's College, Cambridge, before joining the Grenadier Guards.

Later in his life, Lord Zetland was appointed as the Deputy Lord Lieutenant of the North Yorkshire county. Lord Zetland has also appeared as a contestant on the August 4, 1959 episode of To Tell the Truth. He currently resides at Aske Hall.

Family

He is the son of Lawrence Aldred Mervyn Dundas, 3rd Marquess of Zetland and Penelope Pike. He married Susan Chamberlin on 4 April 1964; they have four children:

He is the elder brother of rock musician David Dundas.

Arms

Coat of arms of Mark Dundas, 4th Marquess of Zetland
Coronet
A Coronet of a Marquess
Crest
A Lion's Head affrontée struggling through an Oak Bush all proper fructed Or crowned with an Antique Crown of the last
Escutcheon
Argent a Lion rampant within a Double Tressure flory counter-flory all within a Bordure Azure
Supporters
On either side a Lion proper crowned with an Antique Crown Or and gorged with a Chaplet of Oak leaves Vert fructed Gold with a Shield pendent from each, the dexter being charged with Argent a Saltire and Chief Gules on a Canton of the field a Lion rampant Azure for Bruce, and the sinister being charged with lozengy Argent and Gules for Fitzwilliam
Motto
Essayez (Try)
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