Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland
The Marquess of Zetland | |
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| Secretary of State for India and Burma | |
| In office 28 May 1937 – 13 May 1940 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Leo Amery |
| Secretary of State for India | |
| In office 7 June 1935 – 28 May 1937 | |
| Monarchs | George V Edward VIII George VI |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt |
| Succeeded by | Office renamed Secretary of State for India and Burma |
| Governor of Bengal | |
| In office 26 March 1917 – 28 March 1922 | |
| Governor General | The Viscount Chelmsford |
| Preceded by | The Lord Carmichael |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Lytton |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 12 March 1929 – 6 February 1961 Hereditary Peerage | |
| Preceded by | The 1st Marquess of Zetland |
| Succeeded by | The 3rd Marquess of Zetland |
| Member of Parliament for Hornsey | |
| In office 5 June 1907 – 6 December 1916 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Balfour |
| Succeeded by | Kennedy Jones |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 June 1876 London, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 6 February 1961 (aged 84) Richmond, England, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Cicely Archdale (m. 1907) |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | John Dundas (brother) Lawrence Dundas (son) Richard Lumley (maternal grandfather) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland (11 June 1876 – 6 February 1961), styled Lord Dundas until 1892 and Earl of Ronaldshay between 1892 and 1929, was a British hereditary peer and Conservative politician. An expert on India, he served as Secretary of State for India in the late 1930s.