John Lumley-Savile, 8th Earl of Scarbrough (18 July 1788 – 29 October 1856), styled Viscount Lumley between 1832 and 1835, was a British peer and politician.

Background

Scarbrough was the son of

John Lumley-Savile, 7th Earl of Scarbrough John Lumley-Savile, 7th Earl of Scarbrough (15 Jun 1760 – 21 February 1835) was a British peer, styled Hon. John Lumley until 1807, and Lumley-Savile from 1807 until 1832. A younger son of Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 4th Earl of Scarbrough, he w ...

, Prebend of York, younger son of

Richard Lumley, 4th Earl of Scarbrough Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...

and Barbara, sister and heiress of

Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet of Thornhill FRS (18 July 1726 – 10 January 1784) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1759 to 1783. Background Savile was born in Savile House, London, the only son of Sir George Savi ...

. His mother was Anna Maria, daughter of Julines Hering. He was educated at

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. In 1836 he assumed by Royal licence the additional and principal surname of Savile.

Political career

Scarbrough was returned to Parliament for

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in 1826, a seat he held until 1832, when the constituency was abolished. He then sat for Nottinghamshire North until 1835, when he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the

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. He also served as

Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. Since 1694, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Nottinghamshire. *Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland 1552–1563? *Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of R ...

from 1839 to 1856.

Family

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Lord Scarbrough never married. However, he had five natural children, four sons and one daughter. He bequeathed his large property at Rufford,

, to his second son Captain Henry Lumley (d. 1881), and on his death they passed to the fourth son, Augustus William Lumley (1829-1887). On the latter's death they were inherited by Lord Scarbrough's eldest natural son by a woman of French origin, John Lumley-Savile, who assumed the surname of Savile only. He was a prominent diplomat and was created

Baron Savile Baron Savile, of Rufford in the County of Nottingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1888 for the diplomat Sir John Savile. He was the eldest of the five illegitimate children of John Lumley-Savile, 8th Ear ...

in 1888. Lord Scarbrough died in October 1856, aged 68, and was succeeded in the earldom by his first cousin once removed, Richard Lumley.

Notes

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * *

External links

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