Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 4th Earl of Scarbrough
Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 4th Earl of Scarbrough
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
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:
- 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).
He was succeeded in turn by his sons George, Richard and John.
References
- ^ 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.