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.
Baron Savile, of Rufford in the County of Nottingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1888 for the diplomat Sir John Savile. He was the eldest of the five illegitimate children of John Lumley-Savile, 8th Earl of Scarbrough, and the grandson of John Lumley-Savile, 7th Earl of Scarbrough. The latter was the fourth of the seven sons of Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 4th Earl of Scarbrough, and his wife Barbara, sister and heiress of the politician Sir George Savile, 8th and last Baronet, of Thornhill, who bequeathed the substantial Savile estates in Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire to his nephew the Hon. Richard Lumley-Saunderson, later 6th Earl of Scarbrough. On his death the estates passed to his younger brother, the aforementioned seventh Earl, and then to his son the eighth Earl. The latter bequeathed the estates to his second natural son Captain Henry Lumley-Savile. When he died they passed to his younger brother Augustus William Lumley-Savile (1829–1887) and then to his eldest brother, the aforementioned John Savile, who was created Baron Savile the following year.
The title Marquess of Halifax was created in the Peerage of England in 1682 for the 1st Marquess of Halifax.
Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet of Thornhill FRS was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1759 to 1783.
Saunderson is a surname. It may refer to:
Rufford Abbey is a country estate in Rufford, Nottinghamshire, England, some 2 miles (4 km) south of Ollerton. Originally a Cistercian abbey, it was converted to a country house in the 16th century after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Part of the house was demolished in the 20th century, but the remains, standing in 150 acres of park and woodland, are open to the public as Rufford Country Park. Part of the park is a Local Nature Reserve.
John Savile, 1st Baron Savile,, was a British diplomat who served as Ambassador to Italy from 1883 to 1888.
Henry Willoughby, 5th Baron Middleton was an English nobleman, the son of Hon. Thomas Willoughby.
Charles Gore Hay, 20th Earl of Erroll, KT, CB, styled Lord Hay until 1891, was a Scottish soldier and Conservative politician.
Thomas Lumley-Saunderson, 3rd Earl of Scarbrough, KB was a British peer, British Army officer and diplomat.
George Augustus Lumley-Saunderson, 5th Earl of Scarbrough, styled Viscount Lumley until 1782, was a British peer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1780.
Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 6th Earl of Scarbrough, styled The Honourable Richard Lumley-Saunderson until 1807, was a British peer and politician.
Frances Douglas-Hamilton was a British courtier.
Peter Ludlow, 1st Earl Ludlow PC, known as The Lord Ludlow between 1755 and 1760, was a British politician. He served as Comptroller of the Household from 1782 to 1784.
Sir George Savile, 7th Baronet of Thornhill FRS, of Rufford Nottinghamshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1728 to 1734.
James Lumley was an English Member of Parliament and landowner.
Lieutenant-Colonel Richard George Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough was an Anglo-Irish peer and soldier.
Augustus William Lumley-Savile, renamed Augustus William Savile in 1881, was an English landowner and Her Majesty's Assistant Master of the Ceremonies.
