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• Lord Lieutenant and Vice Admiral of Orkney and Shetland. 
• Lord Mayor of the city of York.
• M.P. Richmond 1790-1802 and 1808-1811, York 1802-07 and 1811-1820
• Lieutenant Colonel

1. Harriet Hale x Monday 21 April 1794 

the following children were born of this union:

1. Thomas Dundas  o Thursday 5 February 1795 
2. Laurence Dundas o 1799 
3. Harriott Frances Dundas o 1801 
4. William Dundas o 1806 
5. John Charles Dundas o Sunday 21 August 1808 
6. Margaret Bruce Dundas  
7. Charlotte Jane Dundas  

Bury and Norwich Post, 27/2/1839 - On the 19th, at Aske Hall, near Richmond, Yorkshire, aged 75, the Right Hon. Earl of Zetland. His Lordship appeared quite well the day before, but on rising that morning complained of giddiness; he fell into a slumber at noon, and expired about three o'clock without a sigh. The deceased was created Earl of Zetland at the Coronation. He is succeeded in the title by his son, Lord Dundas, M. P.. for Richmond, who was last week sworn in Lord- Lieutenant of Yorkshire.

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• M.P. for Richmond 
• Viceroy of Ireland 
• Vice Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire
• Lord - in - Waiting to Queen Victoria
• Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

1. Lillian Lumley x Thursday 3 August 1871  

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   1. Hilda Mary Dundas o Sunday 24 November 1872 
   2. Thomas Dundas o Monday 19 January 1874 
   3. Laurence John Lumley Dundas o Sunday 11 June 1876 in London 
   4. Maud Dundas o Monday 9 July 1877 
   5. George Heneage Laurence Dundas o Saturday 1 July 1882 

    

The following is an extract from a newspaper of the time, The cutting was amongst the Zetland Archives at Northallerton Record Office, N. Yorkshire.

"Hope told a flattering tale to those who conjured up visions of the reform of Dublin Castle. The Vice-royalty is not to be abolished, neither is it to be committed to the care of a Royal Prince.  Lord Londonderry's official shoes have gone a begging, like Cinderella's slipper, with the result that they are to be filled by Lord Zetland, an amateur politician and of whom the best that can be said is that he is a sturdy fox-hunting squire.  A safe seat in the saddle does not necessarily mean a bed of roses at Dublin Castle. Perhaps Lord Zetland would have been popular in the rollicking days of "Tom Burke of Ours," but the Ireland of the novelist is not the Ireland of to-day"

It is interesting to note that the newspapers of the time could be as unkind as today and I wonder whether the journalist was made to eat humble pie as Lord Zetland proved him wrong on all counts!

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 M.P. Linlithgow, 1747-1748. Newcastle under Lyme, 1762-1768.

 Governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland

He soon became a merchant contractor and during the "Forty Five", he managed to secure lucrative army contracts, which made him a man of some substance. In 1748, the Duke of Cumberland ordered Sir Laurence to attend in Flanders and appointed him Commissary General to the army under his command. However, Laurence's greatest opportunity came with the Seven Years War, when he managed to secure even greater contracts for the allied forces on the continent. Sir Laurence engaged in several large and extensive contracts with the Lords of His Majesty’s Treasury for the service of the army in Germany under the command of Prince Ferdinand, where he acted so prudently that he gained not only the regard and esteem of the army, but earned an immense fortune. After the war was concluded, his Majesty, in consideration of the many services that he had rendered for twenty years, conferred a baronetcy upon him in November 1762, with remainder to his brother, Thomas Dundas of Fingask.

He was a brilliant entrepreneur in his own right and made large sums by his legitimate speculation in Government stock and in East India Company stock.  

Laurence had made his home at Kerse in Stirlingshire, which he had bought by 1749. This was not however his only property.  He also had purchased a residence in Berkeley Square,  London and as his wealth grew, he made further large purchases in the property market.  He purchased Marske, Upleatham and Redcar in 1762 and the Loftus estate in 1764 in East Cleveland.  In the North Ridings, Yorkshire, Sir Laurence bought Aske and the accompanying Richmond estate, which has remained the family home to this date.  Further properties were purchased, which included a house in Arlington Street, London and Moor Park in Hertfordshire. Sir Laurence also had a house built in Edinburgh, which is now the home of the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Besides the great landed estates which he purchased, Sir Laurence also had a controlling interest in the Forth and Clyde Navigation Company whose canal passed through his land.
He was a director of the Royal Bank of Scotland and steered the bank through the crisis that arose as a result of the failure of the Bank of Ayr. Sir Laurence also had a couple of slave estates in the West Indies.
Sir Laurence was a great patron of the arts and formed a magnificent collection of paintings and tapestries along with furniture by Chippendale.
Sir Laurence entered politics as M.P. for Linlithgow Burghs in 1747 and Orkney and Shetland in 1766. He received a Baronetcy in 1762.
On the death of Sir Laurence, his son, Thomas succeeded to the baronetcy and estates at the age of 41 years.

Kerse House. Sir Laurence Dundas' home in Scotland. It was situated on the Kerse Estate in an area which is now known as Grangemouth. The building no longer exists.
This and many other photographs available at Falkirk Museums, Callendar House.

Portrait by Zoffany of Sir Laurence Dundas and his grandson who later became 1st Earl of Zetland.
Painted at Sir Laurence's London home in Arlington Street and now in the collection of the Marquess of Zetland, Aske, Richmond.
By kind permission of the Marquess of Zetland

19, Arlington Street, Sir Laurence Dundas' home in London

Sir Laurence Dundas died in 1781 and was buried in the Dundas mausoleum at Falkirk Old Parish Church. The Dundas mausoleum is attached to the east end of the church. However, prior to 1811, the building stood alone and it was only when the church was restored and extended, that the two buildings were joined. Items of particular note are the stone heads on the sides of the windows at the top of the mausoleum and the coat of arms above the oak door.

On the inside of the mausoleum, facing the door is a wall with several niches into which the coffins were slid, end on. The niche was then sealed and a memorial plaque put in place. Unfortunately, the burial records have not survived, but it is believed that there were about six burials in the mausoleum, two of them being Sir Laurence Dundas and his son, Thomas, 1st Baron Dundas. The memorial plaques are regrettably missing, having fallen into the hands of vandals over the years.

The stone heads on the side of the mausoleum

The Dundas mausoleum.

The Dundas coat of arms above the door of the mausoleum

The founding of Grangemouth and the part played by Sir Laurence Dundas.

In 1767, when a public company, the Forth and Clyde Navigation Company was formed to build a canal from the river Carron into the Forth, the company issued 15000 £100 shares.  Sir Laurence Dundas put up an astonishing £10.000 of his family fortune into the venture. Although Sir Laurence had a great deal to gain from the building of the canal as it would join the river Carron on his land and he intended that a new port would be built to handle the trade that the canal would generate, (this would be considerable because the only way to move goods in large quantities in the 1700's, was by water),  the town of Grangemouth and the canal would probably never had existed had it not been for the vision, the hard work, and of course the money of Sir Laurence Dundas.

 
Unfortunately, Sir Laurence did not live long enough to see the work completed, as he died in 1781 and the canal was not completed until 1796. Three years earlier, just as Sir Laurence had planned, work had began on the new port and the village of Grange Burn Mouth. The new community was unofficially known as Sealock, but the name  Grangemouth was chosen, and had a population of about 400. The rapid growth of Grangemouth caused the steady decline of the port of Bo'ness, which never recovered .

Sir Laurence's son, Thomas, was created Lord Dundas and in 1832, Thomas' son, who was also called Laurence, was created 1st Earl of Zetland, which led to that part of Grangemouth becoming known as the "Earl's Gates."

The village of Laurieston which is near to Grangemouth, came into being in 1765 when it was owned by Sir Laurence Dundas. The town takes it name from Sir Laurence.

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1. Penelope Pike  x Wednesday 2 December 1936 

the following children were born of this union:

1. Lawrence Mark Dundas o Tuesday 28 December 1937 
2. Serena Jane Dundas o Tuesday 10 September 1940 
3. David Paul Nicholas Dundas o Saturday 2 June 1945 
4. Richard Bruce Dundas o Saturday 6 January 1951 

Lord Zetland, who was a prominent figure on the Turf and maintained a long-established hereditary interest and influence in racing matters in the North, died on October 5 at the family home at Aske, near Richmond, Yorkshire. He was 80.
He was for many years Chairman of Catterick Bridge and Redcar Racecourses as well as being a steward at both and also at York. At Redcar, whose most important established race is, appropriately, the Zetland Gold Cup, he was instrumental in the return to great popularity of this seaside track; a progress which has been carried on by Lord Ronaldshay, his eldest son, who has admitted that Redcar and its well-being are something of a family obsession.
The famous Zetland racing colours of ``white, red spots, scarlet cap'' or ``the Aske spots'' were first registered in 1774 and were carried most notably by that great horse Voltigeur, winner of the Derby and St Leger in 1850.
There was no Voltigeur, alas, among the horses which Lord Zetland raced. On the Flat his trainers were Bill Watts and Peter Calver and, under National Hunt rules, Neville Crump, who saddled Canharis, a popular winner of many steeplechases for his owner early in the 1970s.
He maintained a breeding establishment at his home where his mare Bibi Mah bred Jukebox, who was sold but became the winner of the Stewards' Cup at Goodwood in 1970 and Lester Piggott's one and only success in that big sprint.
Lawrence Aldred Mervyn Dundas, third Marquess of Zetland, was born on November 12, 1908, and educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was an ADC on the staff of the Viceroy of India in the early 1930s, thus continuing a family connection with that country. His father had been Governor of Bengal, was later Secretary of State for India and was also an enlightened and
forward-looking Turf administrator.
During the 1939-45 War he was commissioned in the Yorkshire Hussars (Yeomanry) and, serving in the Middle East from 1940 to 1943, was mentioned in despatches.
He was Junior Grand Warden, United Grand Lodge of Freemasons. This and other Masonic appointments continued family tradition at the highest level.
Zetland was elected to the Jockey Club in 1962. He was also a member of the All-England Tennis Club, having been a talented player in his youth.
He leaves a widow, Penelope, three sons and one daughter.

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Governor of Bengal

Secretary of State for India and Burma.

A.D.C. to Viceroy of India.(Lord Curzon)

President of the Royal Geographic Society 1922-1925

Author

1. Cicely Archdale  

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   1. Laurence Aldred Mervyn Dundas o Thursday 12 November 1908 
   2. Viola Mary Dundas o Tuesday 4 January 1910 
   3. Lavina Margaret Dundas o Thursday 31 December 1914 
   4. Bruce Thomas Dundas o Monday 18 October 1920 
   5. Jean Agatha Dundas o Thursday 4 May 1916 

    

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1. Susan Rose Chamberlin   x Saturday 4 April 1964 

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   1. Robin Lawrence Dundas o Friday 5 March 1965 
   2. James Edward Dundas o 1967 
   3. Henrietta Kate Dundas o 1970 
   4. Victoria Clare Dundas o 1973 

    

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1. George Gilpin Brown   x Tuesday 14 December 1847 

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