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Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 6th Earl of Scarbrough (16 April 1757 – 17 June 1832), styled The Honourable Richard Lumley-Saunderson until 1807, was a British peer and politician.

Background

Scarbrough was a younger son of

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. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire on 4 August 1757. On 27 October 1 ...

, and Barbara, daughter of

Sir George Savile, 7th Baronet Sir George Savile, 7th Baronet, (10 February 1678 – 16 September 1743), of Thornhill, of Rufford Nottinghamshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1728 to 1734. Savile was the son of Rev. John Savile, rector of T ...

and 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 ...

. He inherited substantial estates (

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and

Thornhill Hall Thornhill Hall is a ruined medieval manor house on a moated island located in Rectory Park, Thornhill, West Yorkshire, England. The ruins are listed as grade II. and the moat, with the surrounding grounds, is a scheduled monument. Excavations car ...

) on the death of his maternal uncle in 1784, assuming the additional surname of Savile. When he later inherited his brother's title and estates in 1807 (and gave up his previous inheritance) he replaced the Savile name with Saunderson.

Career

He served in the British Army as a Cornet in the 10th Dragoons ( 1775), was promoted to lieutenant in 1778 and captain in the 86th Foot (1780). He retired in 1784. He was returned as Member of Parliament for

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in 1784, a seat he held until 1790. In 1807 he succeeded his elder brother in the earldom and entered the

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. He was appointed

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for 1793–94.

Family

Lord Scarbrough died in June 1832, aged 75. He had married the Hon. Henrietta Willoughby, daughter of

Henry Willoughby, 5th Baron Middleton Henry Willoughby, 5th Baron Middleton (19 December 1726 – 14 June 1800), was an English nobleman, the son of Hon. Thomas Willoughby. He was born at York in 1726 and entered Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1745. He succeeded his father in 1742, ...

but had no children. He was succeeded by his younger brother, Reverend John Lumley-Savile.thepeerage.com
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References

* 1757 births 1832 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1784–1790 Politics of Lincoln, England High Sheriffs of Nottinghamshire Earls of Scarbrough {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub