Earl of Scarbrough is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1690 for Richard Lumley, 2nd Viscount Lumley. He is best remembered as one of the Immortal Seven who invited William of Orange to invade England and depose his father-in-law James II. Lumley had already been created Baron Lumley, of Lumley Castle in the County of Durham, in 1681, and Viscount Lumley, of Lumley Castle in the County of Durham, in 1689. These titles are also in the Peerage of England. The title of Viscount Lumley, of Waterford, was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1628 for his grandfather Sir Richard Lumley, who later fought as a Royalist in the Civil War.

John Lumley-Savile, illegitimate son of the eighth Earl, was a prominent diplomat and was created Baron Savile in 1888.

The town in the North Riding of Yorkshire from which the title of the earldom is derived is now spelt Scarborough.

The family seat is Sandbeck Park near Rotherham, Yorkshire. The historic family seat is Lumley Castle, which is still owned by the earl, but is now a hotel.

Viscounts Lumley (1628)

  • Richard Lumley, 1st Viscount Lumley (1589–1663)
  • Richard Lumley, 2nd Viscount Lumley (1650–1721) (created Earl of Scarbrough in 1690)

Earls of Scarbrough (1690)

  • Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough (1650–1721)
  • Richard George Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough (1813–1884)

See also

  • Baron Lumley
  • Baron Savile
  • Savile Baronets

References

  • Sandbeck House.
  • Thomas Lumley's website.