Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 4th Earl of Scarbrough
Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 4th Earl of Scarbrough PC (May 1725 – 12 May 1782) was a British peer, styled Viscount Lumley from 1740 to 1752.[1]
He was the first born son of Thomas Lumley-Saunderson, 3rd Earl of Scarbrough, and his wife, Lady Frances Hamilton, the second daughter and coheiress of George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney.
He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire on 4 August 1757. On 27 October 1759, he was appointed colonel of the North Lincolnshire battalion of militia, and was made a deputy lieutenant of Lincolnshire on 30 November 1761.[1]
Scarbrough was Cofferer of the Household and deputy Earl Marshal from 1765 to 1766, and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1765.[1]
Marriage and succession
He married Barbara, the daughter of Sir George Savile, 7th Baronet. The couple had six children:
- George Lumley-Saunderson, 5th Earl of Scarbrough (22 September 1753 – 5 September 1807).
- Lady Frances Barbara Lumley-Saunderson (b. 25 February 1756).[2]
- Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 6th Earl of Scarbrough (16 April 1757 – 17 June 1832).
- John Lumley-Savile, 7th Earl of Scarbrough (15 Jun 1760 – 21 February 1835).
- John Lumley-Savile, 8th Earl of Scarbrough (18 July 1788 - 29 October 1856), five children out-of-wedlock with eldest created Baron Savile.
- John Savile, 1st Baron Savile (6 January 1818 – 28 November 1896)
- John Lumley-Savile, 8th Earl of Scarbrough (18 July 1788 - 29 October 1856), five children out-of-wedlock with eldest created Baron Savile.
- Lady Louisa Lumley-Saunderson, (21 July 1773 - 10 Oct 1811)
- Frederick Lumley-Savile (17 October 1761- 20 September 1831).
- Frederick Lumley-Savile (14 January 1788 - 27 February 1837)
- Richard Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough (7 May 1813 - 5 December 1884)[3]
- Frederick Lumley-Savile (14 January 1788 - 27 February 1837)
References
- ^ a b c Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 3. London: Longmans, Green. p. 281.
- ^ The Register of Births & Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster Vol. IV. 1741-1760. 25 March 1756.
- ^ "Lumley paternal family tree". Retrieved 13 May 2025.