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

He married Barbara, the daughter of Sir George Savile, 7th Baronet. The couple had at least four children:

He was succeeded in turn by his sons George, Richard and John.

References

  1. ^ a b c Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 3. London: Longmans, Green. p. 281.
  2. ^ The Register of Births & Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster Vol. IV. 1741-1760. 25 March 1756.
Court offices Preceded byThe Earl of Thomond Cofferer of the Household 1765–1766 Succeeded byHans Stanley Preceded byThe Earl of Suffolk Deputy Earl Marshal 1765–1777 Succeeded byThe Earl of Effingham Peerage of England Preceded byThomas Lumley-Saunderson Earl of Scarbrough 1752–1782 Succeeded byGeorge Lumley-Saunderson


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