James FitzJames Butler,2nd Duke of Ormonde,(1665–1745) was an Irish statesman and soldier. He was the third of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom of Ormond. Like his grandfather,the 1st Duke,he was raised as a Protestant,unlike his extended family who held to Roman Catholicism. He served in the campaign to put down the Monmouth Rebellion,in the Williamite War in Ireland,in the Nine Years' War and in the War of the Spanish Succession but was accused of treason and went into exile after the Jacobite rising of 1715.
Thomas Herbert,8th Earl of Pembroke and 5th Earl of Montgomery,,styled The Honourable Thomas Herbert until 1683,was an English and later British statesman of Welsh descent during the reigns of William III and Anne.
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.
Robert Bertie,1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven PC,styled17th Baron Willoughby de Eresby between 1666 and 1701,and known as 4th Earl of Lindsey between 1701 and 1706,and as 1st Marquess of Lindsey between 1706 and 1715,was a British statesman and nobleman.
The 1st Troop of Horse Guards was formed from King Charles II's exiled followers in the Netherlands.
Richard Lumley,2nd Earl of Scarbrough,of Stansted Park,Sussex and Lumley Castle,County Durham,known as Viscount Lumley from 1710 to 1721,was a British Army officer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 until 1715 when he was raised to the House of Lords as Baron Lumley. He subsequently inherited his father's title as Earl of Scarborough. He committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.
The Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in 1685 as the Lord Lumley's Regiment of Horse. It was renamed as His Majesty's 1st Regiment of Carabiniers in 1740,the 3rd Regiment of Horse (Carabiniers) in 1756 and the 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards in 1788. After two centuries of service,including the First World War,the regiment was amalgamated with the 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales's) to form the 3rd/6th Dragoon Guards in 1922.
Lieutenant-General Charles Butler,1st Earl of Arran,de jure3rd Duke of Ormonde (1671–1758) was an Anglo-Irish peer. His uncle Richard was the 1st Earl of Arran of the first creation. The titles were re-created for Charles in 1693. His elder brother,the 2nd Duke of Ormonde,was attainted during the Jacobite rising of 1715,but in 1721 Arran was allowed to buy the estate back. At the death of the 2nd Duke,he succeeded as de jure 3rd Duke of Ormonde in the Irish peerage but did not claim the title.
There have been four creations of the title Baron Lumley,all in the Peerage of England:
George Cholmondeley,2nd Earl of Cholmondeley,PC,FRS,styled The Honourable from birth until 1715 and then known as Lord Newborough to 1725,was an English soldier. Cholmondeley was the second son of Robert Cholmondeley,1st Viscount Cholmondeley,and Elizabeth Cradock. Hugh Cholmondeley,1st Earl of Cholmondeley,was his elder brother. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church,Oxford. Cholmondeley supported the claim of William of Orange and Mary to the English throne and after their accession he was appointed a Groom of the Bedchamber.
Henry Dillon,8th Viscount Dillon was an Irish soldier and politician. In 1689 he sat in the Patriot Parliament. He fought for the Jacobites during the Williamite War,defending Galway against Ginkel and surrendering it in 1691 after a short siege. He obtained the reversal of his father's attainder in 1696 recovering his father's lands.
Gentleman of the Bedchamber was a title in the Royal Household of the Kingdom of England from the 11th century,later used also in the Kingdom of Great Britain. A Lord of the Bedchamber was a courtier in the Royal Household,the term being first used in 1718. The duties of the Lords and Gentlemen of the Bedchamber originally consisted of assisting the monarch with dressing,waiting on him when he ate,guarding access to his bedchamber and closet,and providing companionship. Such functions became less important over time,but provided proximity to the monarch;the holders were thus trusted confidants and often extremely powerful. The offices were in the gift of The Crown and were originally sworn by Royal Warrant directed to the Lord Chamberlain.
Charles Boyle,2nd Earl of Burlington,PC was an Anglo-Irish peer,courtier and politician.
Frances Lumley-Saunderson,Countess of Scarbrough was a British courtier.
Lieutenant-General Thomas Windsor,1st Viscount Windsor,styled The Honourable Thomas Windsor until 1699,was a British Army officer,landowner and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1685 and 1712. He was then elevated to the British House of Lords as one of Harley's Dozen.
Richard Osbert Lumley,13th Earl of Scarbrough,known as Viscount Lumley until 2004,is a British peer and landowner.
Richard Lumley,1st Viscount Lumley was an English royalist and military commander. He was the grandfather of Richard Lumley,1st Earl of Scarbrough.
Lieutenant-Colonel Richard George Lumley,9th Earl of Scarbrough was an Anglo-Irish peer and soldier.
John Lumley was a British Army officer,courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1728 to 1739.
