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 was educated at Eton and

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, receiving an MA in 1782. In November 1785, he married Anna Maria Herring (d. 1850). He was made a

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in 1782, and became Rector of Thornhill in 1793. Later Rector of Wintringham, he adopted the additional surname of Savile in 1807, pursuant to the will of his uncle

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, when his elder brother

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inherited the earldom and the Savile estates passed to John. He inherited the

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from his brother in 1832. He was succeeded by his son John Lumley-Savile, 8th Earl of Scarbrough.

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