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.[1]
He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire 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 Lincolnshire on 30 November 1761.[1]
Scarbrough was Cofferer of the Household and deputy Earl Marshal from 1765 to 1766, and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1765.[1]
Marriage and succession
[edit]He married Barbara, the daughter of Sir George Savile, 7th Baronet. The couple had at least five children:
- George Lumley-Saunderson, 5th Earl of Scarbrough (22 September 1753 – 5 September 1807).
- Lady Frances Barbara Lumley-Saunderson (b. 25 February 1756).[2]
- Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 6th Earl of Scarbrough (16 April 1757 – 17 June 1832).
- John Lumley-Savile, 7th Earl of Scarbrough (15 Jun 1760 – 21 February 1835).
- Lady Louisa Lumley-Saunderson, (21 July 1773 - 10 Oct 1811)
He was succeeded in turn by his sons George, Richard and John.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 3. London: Longmans, Green. p. 281.
- ^ The Register of Births & Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster Vol. IV. 1741-1760. 25 March 1756.
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