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 the first born son of Thomas Lumley-Saunderson, 3rd Earl of Scarbrough, and his wife, Lady Frances Hamilton, the second daughter and coheiress of

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. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the

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on 4 August 1757. On 27 October 1759, he was appointed colonel of the North Lincolnshire battalion of militia, and was made a deputy lieutenant of

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on 30 November 1761. Scarbrough was

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and deputy

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from 1765 to 1766, and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1765.

Marriage and succession

He married Barbara, the daughter of Sir George Savile, 7th Baronet. The couple had six children: * George Lumley-Saunderson, 5th Earl of Scarbrough (22 September 1753 – 5 September 1807). * Lady Frances Barbara Lumley-Saunderson (b. 25 February 1756). *

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(16 April 1757 – 17 June 1832). * John Lumley-Savile, 7th Earl of Scarbrough (15 Jun 1760 – 21 February 1835). ** John Lumley-Savile, 8th Earl of Scarbrough (18 July 1788 - 29 October 1856), five children out-of-wedlock with eldest 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 ...

. *** John Savile, 1st Baron Savile (6 January 1818 – 28 November 1896) *Lady Louisa Lumley-Saunderson, (21 July 1773 - 10 Oct 1811) * Frederick Lumley-Savile (17 October 1761- 20 September 1831). ** Frederick Lumley-Savile (14 January 1788 - 27 February 1837) ***

Richard Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough Lieutenant-Colonel Richard George Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough (7 May 1813 – 5 December 1884) was an Anglo-Irish peer and soldier. Biography He was born at Tickhill Castle, the son and heir of Frederick Lumley-Saville (1788–1837), the o ...

(7 May 1813 - 5 December 1884)

References

1725 births 1782 deaths Deputy lieutenants of Lincolnshire Deputy lieutenants of the West Riding of Yorkshire Members of the Privy Council of Great Britain Earls of Scarbrough {{England-earl-stub