Paternal Family Tree: Dundas
On 16th August 1844 Lawrence Dundas 1st Marquess Zetland was born to John Charles Dundas [aged 35].
On 14th February 1866 [his father] John Charles Dundas [aged 57] died.
In 1871 Lawrence Dundas 1st Marquess Zetland [aged 26] and Lilian Selina Elizabeth Lumley Marchioness Zetland [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess Zetland aka Shetland. She the daughter of Richard Lumley 9th Earl Scarborough [aged 57] and Adeliza Drummond Countess Scarborough.
On 24th November 1872 [his daughter] Hilda Mary Dundas Baroness Southampton was born to Lawrence Dundas 1st Marquess Zetland [aged 28] and [his wife] Lilian Selina Elizabeth Lumley Marchioness Zetland [aged 21]. She married 9th July 1892 Charles Fitzroy 4th Baron Southampton, son of Charles Fitzroy 3rd Baron Southampton and Ismania Katharine Nugent Baroness Southampton, and had issue.
On 6th May 1873 [his uncle] Thomas Laurence Dundas 2nd Earl Zetland [aged 78] died at his home Aske Hall North Yorkshire. His nephew Lawrence [aged 28] succeeded 3rd Earl Zetland aka Shetland, 4th Baron Dundas, 5th Baronet Dundas of Kerse.
On 19th January 1874 [his son] Thomas Dundas was born to Lawrence Dundas 1st Marquess Zetland [aged 29] and [his wife] Lilian Selina Elizabeth Lumley Marchioness Zetland [aged 22]. He died aged less than one years old.
On 11th February 1874 [his son] Thomas Dundas died.
On 11th June 1876 [his son] Lawrence John Lumley Dundas 2nd Marquess Zetland was born to Lawrence Dundas 1st Marquess Zetland [aged 31] and [his wife] Lilian Selina Elizabeth Lumley Marchioness Zetland [aged 24].
On 9th July 1877 [his daughter] Maud Frederica Elizabeth Dundas Countess Fitzwilliam was born to Lawrence Dundas 1st Marquess Zetland [aged 32] and [his wife] Lilian Selina Elizabeth Lumley Marchioness Zetland [aged 25]. She married 24th June 1896 her third cousin William Charles de Meuron "Billy" Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 7th and 5th Earl Fitzwilliam and had issue.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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The London Gazette 24843. St. James's Palace, May 10, 1880. THE Queen has been pleased to appoint to be Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty:-
Frederick Henry Paul [aged 62], Lord Methuen in the room of William, Lord Bagot [aged 69], resigned.
Lawrance [aged 35], Earl of Zetland, in the room of Charles Adolphus [aged 39], Earl of Dunmore, resigned.
William [aged 46], Earl of Listowel, in the room of Dudley Charles FitzGerald [aged 53], Lord de Ros, resigned.
Thomas [aged 25], Lord Ribblesdale, in the room of William Buller Fullerton [aged 51], Lord Elphinstone, resigned.
Charles Douglas Richard [aged 39], Lord Sudeley, in the room of John Major [aged 37], Lord Henniker, resigned.
Arthur [aged 55], Lord Wrottesley, in the room of Cornwallis [aged 63], Viscount Hawarden, resigned.
On 1st July 1882 [his son] George Heneage Lawrence Dundas was born to Lawrence Dundas 1st Marquess Zetland [aged 37] and [his wife] Lilian Selina Elizabeth Lumley Marchioness Zetland [aged 30].
On 5th December 1884 [his father-in-law] Richard Lumley 9th Earl Scarborough [aged 71] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Aldred [aged 27] succeeded 10th Earl of Scarborough, 11th Viscount Lumley, 10th Baron Lumley.
On 9th July 1892 [his son-in-law] Charles Fitzroy 4th Baron Southampton [aged 25] and Hilda Mary Dundas Baroness Southampton [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Baroness Southampton. She the daughter of Lawrence Dundas 1st Marquess Zetland [aged 47] and Lilian Selina Elizabeth Lumley Marchioness Zetland [aged 40].
The London Gazette 26328. Whitehall, September 22, 1892. THE Queen has been pleased, by letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, dated the 22nd August, 1892, to grant the dignities of an Earl and a Marquess of the said United Kingdom unto the Right Honourable Lawrence, Earl of Zetland [aged 48], and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, styles, and titles of Earl of Ronaldshay, in the county of Orkney and Zetland, and Marquess of Zetland. [[his wife] Lilian Selina Elizabeth Lumley Marchioness Zetland [aged 40] by marriage Marchioness Zetland.]
On 24th June 1896 [his son-in-law] William Charles de Meuron "Billy" Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 7th and 5th Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 23] and Maud Frederica Elizabeth Dundas Countess Fitzwilliam [aged 18] were married at St Paul's Cathedral [Map]. She the daughter of Lawrence Dundas 1st Marquess Zetland [aged 51] and Lilian Selina Elizabeth Lumley Marchioness Zetland [aged 44]. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 12th March 1898 Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford [aged 78] died at Weston Park, Staffordshire. His son George [aged 53] succeeded 4th Earl Bradford, 4th Viscount Newport of Shropshire, 5th Baron Bradford in Shropshire, 9th Baronet Bridgeman of Great Lever in Lancashire. [his sister-in-law] Ida Frances Annabella Lumley Countess Bradford [aged 49] by marriage Countess Bradford.
On 8th April 1899 [his brother-in-law] Aldred Beresford Lumley 10th Earl Scarborough [aged 41] and Lucy Cecilia Dunn-Garnder Countess Scarborough were married at Christ Church, Mayfair. She by marriage Countess of Scarborough. He the son of [his father-in-law] Richard Lumley 9th Earl Scarborough and [his mother-in-law] Adeliza Drummond Countess Scarborough.
On 11th March 1929 Lawrence Dundas 1st Marquess Zetland [aged 84] died at his home Aske Hall North Yorkshire. His son Lawrence [aged 52] succeeded 2nd Marquess Zetland, 2nd Earl of Ronaldshay in Orkney, 4th Earl Zetland aka Shetland, 5th Baron Dundas, 6th Baronet Dundas of Kerse.
On 24th December 1943 [his former wife] Lilian Selina Elizabeth Lumley Marchioness Zetland [aged 92] died.
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Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
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Kings England: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
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Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 21 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Laurence Dundas 1st Baronet 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Dundas 1st Baron Dundas
Grandfather: Lawrence Dundas 1st Earl Zetland 
13 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fitzwilliam 1st Earl Fitzwilliam 
14 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzwilliam 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam 15 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Cremor
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Fitzwilliam 1st and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam 16 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Stringer
Great x 1 Grandmother: Charlotte Fitzwilliam Baroness Dundas 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Watson 
9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Watson 1st Marquess Rockingham 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Watson Wentworth Countess Fitzwilliam 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Father: John Charles Dundas 14 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Lawrence Dundas 1st Marquess Zetland 15 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England