Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough (1650 – 17 December 1721), was an English soldier and statesman best known for his role in the

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Origins

Lumley was the son of John Lumley and Mary Compton, and the grandson of

Richard Lumley, 1st Viscount Lumley Richard Lumley, 1st Viscount Lumley (7 April 1589 – 12 March 1663) was an English royalist and military commander. He was the grandfather of Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough. Richard Lumley was baptized at Chester-le-Street, County D ...

, and Frances Shelley. The Lumleys were an ancient family from the north of England. Richard became the 2nd Viscount Lumley (in the

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) on his grandfather's death in 1661/1662, his father having died in 1658. He was brought up as a Roman Catholic and was taken on the Grand Tour by Catholic priest, Richard Lassels, but had turned Protestant by the time of his introduction into the House of Lords on 19 May 1685. Edward Chaney, ''The Grand Tour and the Great Rebellion'' (Geneva-Turin, 1985).

Early career

Lumley attended the

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on his way to Scotland in November 1679 and was a volunteer in the abortive expedition to

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in 1680. In the latter year, he was appointed Master of the Horse to

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, whose Treasurer he later became in 1684. He was created Baron Lumley by Charles II on 31 May 1681. He played a prominent part in the suppression of the rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth, having been personally responsible (according to

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) at the head of the

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for Monmouth's arrest, unarmed and bearded in a dry ditch covered with fern brakes. From 1685 to 1687, he was Colonel of the Queen Dowager's or 9th Regiment of Horse.

Career following the Glorious Revolution

Lumley was one of the Immortal Seven, the English noblemen who invited William of Orange to invade England and depose his father-in-law, James II. He secured Newcastle for William in December 1688. After William became King, he appointed Lumley in rapid succession in 1689/90 as a

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, a member of the

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, Colonel of the 1st Troop of Horse Guards (until 1699), Viscount Lumley of Lumley Castle, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland and

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. Lumley was created

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on 15 April 1690. Scarbrough took part in the

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in 1690 and was afterwards in

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. He was appointed major-general in May 1692 and lieutenant-general on 4 October 1694, retiring from active service after the

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in 1697 (though he received a new commission as lieutenant-general of all the forces on 9 March 1701/2). He was

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from 1716 to 1717. After his elevation, he significantly extended his family seat at Lumley Castle. He died of apoplexy in Gerard Street,

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, on 17 December 1721.

Family

Lumley was married to Frances Jones (1665–1722), daughter of Sir Henry Jones of Oxfordshire. The Countess served as a

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at the court of Queen Anne. He and his wife had children: *

Henry Lumley, Viscount Lumley Henry Lumley, Viscount Lumley (c. 1685 – 24 April 1710), of Stansted Park, Sussex and Lumley Castle, county Durham, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1710. Lumley was the eldest son of Richard Luml ...

, (died 1710) *

Richard Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough Richard Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough (30 November 1686 – 29 January 1740), of Stansted Park, Sussex and Lumley Castle, County Durham, known as Viscount Lumley from 1710 to 1721, was a British Army officer and Whig politician who sat in t ...

, (1688 – 29 January 1739) *Mary, (14 December 1690 – 12 December 1726), who married George Montague, 1st Earl of Halifax *William, (died 9 April 1709) * Thomas Lumley, 3rd Earl of Scarborough, (1691 – 15 March 1752) *

Charles Lumley Charles Henry Lumley VC (1824 – 17 October 1858) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Detail ...

(c.1693–1728) *Ann (died 28 February 1740) * John Lumley (c.1703–1739) *

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. H ...

(c.1706–1766)

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Origins

Early career

Career following the Glorious Revolution

Family

See also

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