Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland
|
The Most Honourable The Marquess of Zetland KT PC |
|
|---|---|
Lord Zetland, by Leslie Ward, 1886.
|
|
| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | |
|
In office 30 July 1889 – 18 August 1892 |
|
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | The Marquess of Londonderry |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Houghton |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
16 August 1844 London |
| Died |
11 March 1929 Aske Hall, Yorkshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party |
Liberals Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Lilian Lumley (1851-1943) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland KT PC (16 August 1844 – 11 March 1929), known as Lawrence Dundas until 1873 and as the Earl of Zetland from 1873 to 1892, was a British Conservative politician and statesman. He was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1889 and 1892.
Zetland was born in London, the son of the Hon. John Charles Dundas, younger son of Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland. His mother was Margaret Matilda, daughter of James Talbit. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, being commissioned as a Cornet in the Royal Horse Guards in 1866.
By 1869 a Lieutenant, Zetland retired from the British Army in 1872 and was elected Member of Parliament for Richmond, North Yorkshire that same year. However, he sat in the House of Commons for less than a year before succeeding his uncle as third Earl of Zetland. A Lord in Waiting from May to September 1880, Lord Zetland subsequently moved from supporting the Liberals to joining the Conservative Party in 1884. In 1889 he was sent to Ireland as Lord Lieutenant, a post in which he proved both successful and popular, and remained there until the Liberals returned to power in 1892. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1889 and in 1892, on Lord Salisbury's recommendation, he was created Earl of Ronaldshay, in the County of Orkney and Zetland, and Marquess of Zetland.
...
Wikipedia