Earls of Scarbrough
The first Earl of Scarbrough, was Richard, Viscount Lumley, created an English Peer, by the title of Baron Lumley, 1681. He had a principal command of the troops that gained the victory at Sedgemoor over the Duke of Monmouth; but concurring in the Revolution of 1688. He was, in 1689, created Viscount Lumley, and in 1690, Earl of Scarbrough: he died in 1721.The subsidiary titles of the Earl are: Viscount Lumley of Waterford (created 1628) Viscount Lumley of Lumley Castle (1689) and Baron Lumley of Lumley Castle (1681). The first is in the Peerage of Ireland, while the last three, as well as the Earldom, are in the Peerage of England.
Viscounts Lumley (1628)
- Richard Lumley, 1st Viscount Lumley (1589-1663)
- Richard Lumley, 2nd Viscount Lumley (1650-1721) (became Earl of Scarbrough in 1692) Lord Lumley was a famous convert from Catholicism to Protestantism; he received the title "Viscount Lumley" from the Prince of Orange in 1689 and the title "Earl of Scarbrough" in 1690.
Earls of Scarbrough (1692)
- Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough (1650-1721) married (17.03.1684/5) Frances Jones, daughter of Sir Henry Jones of Aston
- Richard Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough (1688-1739). First son of above. Unmarried
- Thomas Lumley, 3rd Earl of Scarbrough (1691-1752).He inherited estates from his cousin James Saunderson, Earl of Castleton. 2nd son of 1st earl
- Richard Lumley Saunderson, 4th Earl of Scarbrough (1725-1782).Married in 1752 to Barbara Savile, daughter of George Savile. Son of 3rd earl
- George Augusta Lumley Saunderson , 5th Earl of Scarbrough (1753-1807). First son of Richard Lumley Saunderson
- Richard Lumley Saunderson, 6th Earl of Scarbrough (1757-1832) 2nd son of 4th earl
- Rev. John Lumley-Savile, 7th Earl of Scarbrough (1760-1835). Fourth son of 4th earl. Killed by falling from his Horse while Fox Hunting, near Markham Moor on 24th February.
- John Lumley, 8th Earl of Scarbrough (1788-1856) Son of 7th earl,born Edwinstow,baptised Bramley,died Sandbeck, interred Saxby. He took his M.A. at Cambridge in 1811, was M.P. (Whig) for Nottinghamshire 1826-32 and North Nottinghamshire 1832-35 and Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire 1839-1856. He never married but raised a family of illegitimate children with Agnes Lumley (described as a lady of French origin)
- Richard George Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough (1813-1884) Son of Frederick Lumley Savile of Tickhill Castle, Yorkshire
- Aldred Lumley, 10th Earl of Scarbrough (1857-1945). 6th child of 9th earl. Soldier, Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire
- Roger Lawrence Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough (1896-1969). Son of Col. Osbert Victor George Atheling Lumley, b. 18 JUL 1862(7th child of 8th earl)
- Richard Aldred Lumley, 12th Earl of Scarbrough (1932-2004).4th son of 11th earl
- Richard Lumley, 13th Earl of Scarbrough (b 1973)
On the death of Sir George Savile, the last heir male of the main branch of the Savile family, the Yorkshire estates of Rufford were divided. Barbara Savile had married a Lumley and that is where the Lumley - Savile connection began.
Richard Aldred Lumley
The 12th Earl of Scarbrough, was born in 1932. One of South Yorkshire's biggest landowners,his home was Sandbeck Park, near Maltby; he held the post of Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire from 1996 until 2003.
He was a godson of the then Duchess of York, later Queen Elizabeth, and Lord Halifax, former Viceroy of India and later Foreign Secretary in the years of appeasement.
His father, the 11th earl, was Lord Chamberlain to the Queen from the beginning of her reign in 1952 until 1963, and for many years Lord Lieutenant of the old West Riding, and his mother, Katharine, served the Queen Mother as a Lady-in-Waiting.
His ancestor, Sir Richard Lumley, a supporter of William of Orange, was created an earl in 1690. The title, in the letters patent creating the peerage, was gazetted as Earl of Scarbrough and not Scarbrough. Some authorities claim that this was due to a clerical error in the Lord Chancellor's office.
Eton and Oxford educated, Lord Scarbrough served as a 2nd lieutenant in the 11th Hussars, and was ADC to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Cyprus in 1956.
His many appointments include honorary Colonel of the 1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Volunteers, 1975-88; President: Northern Area, Royal British Legion, 1984-93; President, York Georgian Society, 1985-92; President, Northern Association of Building Societies, 1985-95.
He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for South Yorkshire in 1974, and served as Vice Lord Lieutenant between 1990 and 1996, in which year he was appointed Lord Lieutenant.
He succeeded his father in June, 1969, and in 1970, in a ceremony at at Brechin Castle, Angus, he married Lady Elizabeth Ramsay, daughter of the 16th Earl of Dalhousie, Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. The Countess served the Queen Mother as a Lady of the Bedchamber from 1994 until 2002, and was appointed LVO in 2002.
As Lord Lieutenant, he was the Queen's official representative in South Yorkshire and organised Royal visits and events. One of his last major official duties was to arrange the visit of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to Sheffield in May, 2003, for the opening of the Winter Garden and Millennium Galleries.
In March, 2004 Sheffield Hallam University announced that they were to award him a Honorary Doctorate for services to the area.
He died in April, 2004 and is survived by the Countess, and by two sons, Richard and Thomas, and a daughter, Lady Rose. The elder son, Viscount Richard Lumley, now succeeds as 13th earl.
My Memory of Lord Lumley, 12th Earl of Scarborough
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