Arms: Argent, a lion rampant gules within a double tressure flory counterflory, all within a bordure azure.
Crest: A lion’s head affrontée gules, encircled by an oak bush proper.
Supporters: Two lions proper, each crowned with an antique crown or, and gorged with a chaplet of oak leaves vert; pendant from each chaplet an escutcheon, that on the dexter charged with the arms of Bruce, viz argent, a saltire and chief gules, and on a canton argent, a lion rampant azure; that on the sinister with the arms of Fitzwilliam, viz lozengy or and gules.[1]
His son, the second Baron, was a Member of Parliament for Richmond and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Orkney and Shetland. In 1838 he was created Earl of Zetland in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[5] He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He also represented Richmond and York in Parliament and served as Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire. On his death, the titles passed to his nephew, the third Earl. At first a Liberal, he held minor office in the second administration of William Ewart Gladstone but later joined the Conservative Party and served from 1889 to 1892 as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The latter year he was honoured when he was made Earl of Ronaldshay, in the County of Orkney and Zetland, and Marquess of Zetland.[6] The Earl of Ronaldshay is the courtesy title of the eldest son and heir of the Marquess. He was succeeded by his son, the second Marquess. He was also a prominent politician and served as Governor of Bengal and as Secretary of State for India. As of 2026[update] the titles are held by his great-grandson, the fifth Marquess, who succeeded his father in that year.
Robin Lawrence Dundas, 5th Marquess of Zetland (born 1965)
Present peer
Robin Lawrence Dundas, 5th Marquess of Zetland (born 5 March 1965) is the son of the 4th Marquess and his wife Susan Rose Chamberlin and was styled as Earl of Ronaldshay between 1989 and 2026.[8]
On 24 January 2026, he succeeded as Marquess of Zetland (1892), Earl of Zetland (1838), Earl of Ronaldshay (1892), all in the peerage of the United Kingdom, and as Baron Dundas of Aske (1794), in the peerage of Great Britain. He also succeeded as 9th Baronet Dundas, of Kerse, Stirlingshire (1762),[9][8] and inherited the Aske Hall estate.
On 12 April 1997, Zetland married Heather Hoffman, a daughter of Robert Hoffman. They have four daughters, Lady Eliza Constance (born 1998), Lady Minna Hermione (2000),
Lady Flora Cicely (2001), and Lady Imogen Rose (2001).[8]
The heir presumptive is the current holder's brother, Lord James Edward Dundas (b.1967), whose heir apparent is his son Milo James Dundas (b.1998).[8]
