Mark Dundas, 4th Marquess of Zetland

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 Lieutenant (DL) of the County of North Yorkshire on 6 May 1994.[1] On 28 December 2012 He was moved to the retired list upon reaching the Mandatory retirement age of 75. Lord Zetland has also appeared as a contestant on the 4 August 1959 episode of To Tell the Truth. He currently resides at Aske Hall.[2]

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)

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.
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