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]

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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]

The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of the three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county, County of York, West Riding, was based closely on the historic boundaries. The lieutenancy at that time included the City of York and as such was named West Riding of the County of York and the County of the City of York.

Lincolnshire is a county in eastern England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders Northamptonshire in the south for just 20 yards (18 m), England's shortest county boundary. The county town is the city of Lincoln, where the county council has its headquarters.

Scarbrough was Cofferer of the Household and deputy Earl Marshal from 1765 to 1766, and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1765.^[1]

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He married Barbara, the daughter of Sir George Savile, 7th Baronet. He was succeeded in turn by his sons George Lumley-Saunderson, 5th Earl of Scarbrough, Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 6th Earl of Scarbrough, and John Lumley-Savile, 7th Earl of Scarbrough.

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References

1 2 3 Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 3. London: Longmans, Green. p. 281.

Court offices
Preceded by The Earl of Thomond	Cofferer of the Household 1765–1766	Succeeded by Hans Stanley
Preceded by The Earl of Suffolk	Deputy Earl Marshal 1765–1777	Succeeded by The Earl of Effingham
Peerage of England
Preceded by Thomas Lumley-Saunderson	Earl of Scarbrough 1752–1782	Succeeded by George Lumley-Saunderson

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[baronage-1] 1 2 3 Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 3. London: Longmans, Green. p. 281.