Marquess of Zetland is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 22 August 1892 for the former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lawrence Dundas, 3rd Earl of Zetland. Zetland is an archaic form of Shetland. The Dundas family descends from the wealthy Scottish businessman and Member of Parliament, Lawrence Dundas. In 1762 he was created a Baronet, of Kerse in the County of Linlithgow, in the Baronetage of Great Britain. The title was created with remainder, failing heirs male of his own, to his brother Thomas Dundas and the heirs male of his body. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He represented Richmond and Stirling in the House of Commons and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Orkney and Shetland. In 1794 he was created Baron Dundas, of Aske in the North Riding of the County of York, in the Peerage of Great Britain. Lord Dundas notably purchased the right to the earldom of Orkney and lordship of Zetland from James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton.
Thomas Laurence Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas, FRS was a Scottish politician and peer who sat in the British House of Commons from 1763 to 1794 when he was raised to the peerage of Great Britain as Baron Dundas. He was responsible for commissioning the Charlotte Dundas, the world's "first practical steamboat".
The title Lord Forrester was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1633 for Sir George Forrester, Bt who had already been created a baronet in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1625. When his only son died, Forrester was given a regrant of the peerage in 1651 with special remainders:
Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland,, known as Lawrence Dundas until 1873 and as The Earl of Zetland from 1873 to 1892, was a British hereditary peer and Conservative statesman. He was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1889 and 1892.
Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland was a British politician and peer who sat in the House of Commons from 1790 to 1820 when he was raised to the peerage of the United Kingdom.
Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland,, styled Lord Dundas until 1892 and Earl of Ronaldshay between 1892 and 1929, was a British hereditary peer and Conservative politician. An expert on India, he served as Secretary of State for India in the late 1930s.
Charles Dundas, 1st Baron Amesbury was a British politician.
Marske Hall is a 17th-century former mansion house, now a Valorum Care Group residential care home, in Marske-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland, England. It has Grade I listed building status.
Charles Dallas, was a British military officer and colonial administrator. He served as the last East India Company Governor of Saint Helena.
The Hon. John Charles Dundas, was a British Liberal politician.
Major General Thomas Dundas was a British military officer, politician, and Governor of Guadeloupe. He held a seat in the British House of Commons between 1771 and 1790.
Baron of Grougar is a title of nobility in the Baronage of Scotland in north Ayrshire in the district formerly known as Cunninghame.
Thomas Dundas of Fingask and Carronhall, Stirlingshire was a Scottish merchant and politician.
Robert Baikie was a Scottish politician from Tankerness and Egilshay in Orkney.
Sir William Honyman, 1st Baronet, also known by his judicial title Lord Armadale, was a Scottish landowner, and judge from Orkney. On his lands in Sutherland he was one of the first landlords to evict tenants in order to create sheep farms, a process which grew to become the Highland Clearances.
Sir Richard Bempdé Johnstone Honyman, 2nd Baronet was a Scottish official of the British East India Company who served for six years in the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Orkney and Shetland.
Admiral Robert Honyman was a Scottish admiral in the British Royal Navy who served in the French Revolutionary Wars and in the Napoleonic Wars. A native of Orkney, he also held office for ten years as a member of parliament (MP) for Orkney and Shetland.
William Douglas, Earl of Morton was a Scottish nobleman and Earl of Morton.
Hon. Charles Lawrence Dundas was a British politician and Whig Member of Parliament in the House of Commons. He represented Malton from 1798–1805 and Richmond from 1806 to his death.
