Social Victorians/People/Zetland

Overview

The courtesy title of the eldest son of the Marquess of Zetland is the Earl of Ronaldshay.

Timeline

1871 August 3, Lawrence Dundas and Lady Lilian Selina Elizabeth Lumley married.

1889–1892, Lawrence Dundas was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

1892 July 9, Lady Hilda Mary Dundas and Charles Henry FitzRoy married.

1897 June 28, Monday, Lawrence, Marquis of Zetland and Lilian, Marchioness of Zetland were invited to Queen Victoria's immense Diamond Jubilee garden party at Buckingham Palace, as was Lawrence, Earl of Ronaldshay.

1897 July 2, Friday, the Marquess and Marchioness of Zetland and their son Lawrence Dundas, Earl of Ronaldshay attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball

Princess Henrietta Maria of France, Queen consort of England.

Marchioness of Zetland

At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Lilian, Marchioness of Zetland sat at Table 6 in the first seating for supper and was dressed as

• "Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I., after Van Dyck, in black and silver."
• "Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I., after Vandyke. In black and silver."
• "Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I., after Vandyke, was in black and silver."

Van Dyke painted a number of portraits of Charles II and Henrietta Maria, Queen Consort. The portrait at right of Henrietta Maria is Van Dyke's his first portrait of her (in 1632).

Marquis of Zetland

Lawrence Dundas, Marquis of Zetland sat at Table 4 at the first supper seating.

• "Duke of Buckingham. Ruby velvet and gold doublet and breeches, and mantle and plumed hat."
• "The Marquess of Zetland, as the Duke of Buckingham, wore a ruby velvet and gold doublet and breeches, and mantle and plumed hat."
• "Earl of Zetland (Cavalier, Charles II.), ruby velvet and gold doublet and breeches, mantle, hat, and feathers."
• "The MARQUIS OF ZETLAND, as Duke of Buckingham, was in ruby velvet and gold, with a plumed hat."

The Earl of Ronaldshay as Sir Peter Teazle. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.

Earl of Ronaldshay

Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, Earl of Ronaldshay also attended. Lafayette's portrait (left) of "Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland when Earl of Ronaldshay as Sir Peter Teazle" in costume is photogravure #80 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery. The printing on the portrait says, "The Earl of Ronaldshay as Sir Peter Teazle."

Sir Peter Teazle is a character in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal (1777).

Demographics

• Nationality: the Marquessate is a peerage in the U.K., but Zetland is an old spelling of Shetland.

Family

• Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland (16 August 1844 – 11 March 1929)
• Lady Lilian Selina Elizabeth Lumley Dundas (1851 – March 1943)

1. Lady Hilda Mary Dundas (24 November 1872 – 19 May 1957)
2. Thomas Dundas, Lord Dundas (19 January 1874 – 11 February 1874)
3. Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland (11 June 1876 – 6 February 1961)
4. Lady Maud Frederica Elizabeth Dundas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (9 July 1877 – 15 March 1967)
5. Lord George Heneage Lawrence Dundas (1 July 1882 – 30 September 1968)

Relations

• Daughter Lady Hilda Mary Dundas married Charles Henry FitzRoy, Baron Southampton in 1892, both of whom attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

Also Known As

• Family name: Dundas
• Marquess of Zetland, created 22 August 1892
  • Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland (22 August 1892 – 11 March 1929)
  • Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland (11 March 1929 – 6 February 1961)
• Marchioness of Zetland
• Earl of Zetland, no Earls of Zetland once the marquessate was created, so no 4th Earl of Zetland
  • Lawrence Dundas, 3rd Earl of Zetland (6 May 1873 – 1892)
• Countess of Zetland
• Earl of Ronaldshay
  • Lawrence John Lumley Dundas (1892–1929)

Notes and Questions

1. Mrs. Sophie Walker, Lady Wavertree, who attended the ball with her husband, was a direct descendant of Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
2. Lilian, Marchioness of Zetland is #48 on the list of people who were present; Lawrence Dundas, Marquis of Zetland is #59; Lawrence Dundas, Earl of Ronaldshay is #529.