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Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 4th Earl of Scarbrough

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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

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

- Lady Louisa Lumley-Saunderson, (21 July 1773 - 10 Oct 1811)

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

References

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  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 by Cofferer of the Household
1765–1766
Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Earl Marshal
1765–1777
Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Earl of Scarbrough
1752–1782
Succeeded by