Earl of Scarbrough
Earl of Scarbrough is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England , named after the town of Scarborough in North Yorkshire .
The Earls' family seat was Lumley Castle in County Durham and is now Sandbeck Park in Maltby in South Yorkshire .
Award and subordinate titles
The title was created on April 15, 1690 for Richard Lumley, 2nd Viscount Lumley . He was one of the seven peers who had invited William of Orange in 1688 to cross over to England with an army.
In 1663 he had inherited the title Viscount Lumley , of Waterford , from his grandfather Sir Richard Lumley (1589-1663) , which was given to this in 1628 in the Peerage of Ireland . In addition, in the Peerage of England in 1681 he was raised to Baron Lumley , of Lumley Castle in the County of Durham , and in 1689 to Viscount Lumley , of Lumley Castle in the County of Durham.
List of the Earls of Scarbrough (1690)
- Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough (1650-1721)
- Richard Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough (1686–1739)
- Thomas Lumley-Saunderson, 3rd Earl of Scarbrough (around 1691–1752)
- Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 4th Earl of Scarbrough (1725–1782)
- George Lumley-Saunderson, 5th Earl of Scarbrough (1753-1807)
- Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 6th Earl of Scarbrough (1757-1832)
- John Lumley-Savile, 7th Earl of Scarbrough (1761-1835)
- John Lumley-Savile, 8th Earl of Scarbrough (1788-1856)
- Richard Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough (1813-1884)
- Aldred Lumley, 10th Earl of Scarbrough (1857-1945)
- Lawrence Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough (1896–1969)
- Richard Lumley, 12th Earl of Scarbrough (1932-2004)
- Richard Lumley, 13th Earl of Scarbrough (* 1973)
Presumed title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is the brother of the current Earl, the Hon. Thomas Henry Lumley (* 1980).
Individual evidence
- ^ The London Gazette : 2550, p. 2 , April 17, 1690.
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Scarbrough, Earl of (E, 1690) at Cracroft's Peerage