Speirs was the son of Archibald Speirs and his wife Margaret Dundas, daughter of Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas.
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Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland (1795–1873), made "substantial but essentially cosmetic" alterations to Aske Hall.
On 2 October 1861 the foundations were laid for the hotel by Lord Zetland.