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References

  1. "Deputy Lieutenant Commissions LIEUTENANCY OF THE COUNTY OF YORKSHIRE". The London Gazette. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  2. "Zetland Estates > Aske Hall > Some History". Aske.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 June 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  3. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
  4. Debrett's peerage, and titles of courtesy, in which is included full information respecting the collateral branches of Peers, Privy Councillors, Lords of Session, etc. London: Dean. 1921. p. 946.
The Marquess of Zetland
DL
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer
5 October 1989 11 November 1999
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Marquess of Zetland
1989–present
Member of the House of Lords
(1989–1999)
Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Robin Dundas, Earl of Ronaldshay
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by Gentlemen
The Most Hon. The Marquess of Zetland
Followed by