Lawrence Mark Dundas, 4th Marquess of Zetland, (born 28 December 1937), less formally known as Mark Zetland, is a

British peer The peerages in the United Kingdom are a legal system comprising both hereditary and lifetime titles, composed of various noble ranks, and forming a constituent part of the British honours system. The term ''peerage'' can be used both collec ...

, known before 1989 as Earl of Ronaldshay.

Education and career

He was educated at

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

and

Christ's College, Cambridge Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 170 graduate students. The college was founded by William Byngham in 1437 as ...

, before joining the

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. Later in his life, Lord Zetland was appointed as the Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of the

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North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...

on 6 May 1994. On 28 December 2012 He was moved to the retired list upon reaching the

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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 Aske Hall is a Georgian country house, with parkland attributed to Capability Brown, north of Richmond, North Yorkshire, England. It contains an impressive collection of 18th-century furniture, paintings and porcelain, and in its grounds a John ...

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

References

1937 births People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge Deputy Lieutenants of North Yorkshire Living people Marquesses of Zetland {{UK-marquess-stub Zetland