Earl of Zetland

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The Earl of Zetland is a hereditary title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom historically associated with the Dundas family, prominent in 19th-century British politics and society.

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Earl of Zetland canonical 5

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Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British peer ⓘ
hereditary title ⓘ
noble family ⓘ
alternativeName Shetland ⓘ
associatedWith Dundas family ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
createdFor Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland ⓘ
familyName Dundas ⓘ
Dundas ⓘ
Dundas ⓘ
Dundas ⓘ
governingSystemContext constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasGenderRule male-preference succession ⓘ
hasHeraldicTradition British heraldry ⓘ
hasHigherTitleInFamily Marquess of Zetland ⓘ
hasTitleHolder Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland ⓘ
Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland ⓘ
Lawrence Dundas, 3rd Earl of Zetland ⓘ
Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith 19th-century British high society ⓘ
19th-century British politics ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfProminence 19th century ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
namedAfter Zetland ⓘ
nobilityType hereditary peerage ⓘ
nobleFamily Dundas family ⓘ
Dundas family ⓘ
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
rank earl ⓘ
region Shetland Islands ⓘ
linked to: Shetland
socialStatus nobility ⓘ
style The Right Honourable ⓘ
titleHolderFamily Dundas family ⓘ
titleType noble title ⓘ
usedIn British aristocracy ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dundas → associatedTitle → Earl of Zetland ⓘ
Dundas family → hasTitle → Earl of Zetland ⓘ
Harriet Hale → spouseNobleTitle → Earl of Zetland ⓘ