Charles Lumley (c. 1693–1728) was a British politician who sat in the

House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ...

from 1727 to 1728. Lumley was the fifth son of

Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough (1650 – 17 December 1721), was an English soldier and statesman best known for his role in the Glorious Revolution. Origins Lumley was the son of John Lumley and Mary Compton, and the grandson of Richa ...

, of Lumley Castle, county Durham, and Stanstead, near Chichester, Sussex, and his wife Frances Jones, daughter of Sir Henry Jones of Aston, Oxfordshire. Lumley was Equerry to the Prince of Wales from 1718 and then, from about 1726, groom of the bedchamber to George II as Prince of Wales and King. He was returned unopposed for Chichester at the

1727 British general election The 1727 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was trigg ...

on the joint interests of his brother Lord Scarbrough and the Duke of Richmond. Lumley died unmarried on 11 August 1728. He was the brother of

James Lumley James Lumley (c. 1706 – 14 March 1766) was an English Member of Parliament and landowner. Lumley was the seventh son of Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough and was educated at Eton College in 1718 and King's College, Cambridge in 1723. Hi ...

, John Lumley and Thomas Lumley who were all MPs.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lumley, Charles 1690s births 1728 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1727–1734 Younger sons of earls