Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland
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The Most Honourable The Marquess of Zetland KG GCSI GCIE PC JP DL |
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| Secretary of State for India | |
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In office 7 June 1935 – 28 May 1937 |
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| Monarch |
George V Edward VIII George VI |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt |
| Succeeded by | Office renamed Secretary of State for India and Burma |
| Secretary of State for India and Burma | |
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In office 28 May 1937 – 13 May 1940 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Leo Amery |
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| Born | 11 June 1876 |
| Died | 6 February 1961 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Cicely Archdale (1886–1973) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, JP, DL (11 June 1876 – 6 February 1961), styled Lord Dundas until 1892 and Earl of Ronaldshay between 1892 and 1929, was a British Conservative politician. An expert on India, he served as Secretary of State for India in the late 1930s.
Zetland, born in London, was the son of Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland, and Lady Lillian, daughter of Richard Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough. He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. At Cambridge, he was a member of the University Pitt Club.
Zetland was returned to Parliament for Hornsey in 1907, a seat he held until 1916. Much of his public career centred on British India. In September 1912, he was appointed (with Lord Islington, Herbert Fisher, Mr Justice Abdur Rahim, and others) as a member of the Royal Commission on the Public Services in India of 1912–1915. He was Governor of Bengal between 1917 and 1922 and Secretary of State for India between 1935 and 1940. Although a member of the Conservative Party, his belief was that Indians should be allowed to take ever-increasing responsibility for the government of the country, culminating in Dominion status (enjoyed by Canada, Australia, and other formally self-governing parts of the British Empire).
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