Earldom of Scarbrough | |
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Arms of Lumley, Earl of Scarbrough: Argent, a fesse gules between three parrots vert collared of the second
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Creation date | 15 April 1690 |
Monarch | William III |
Peerage | Peerage of England |
First holder | Richard Lumley, 2nd Viscount Lumley |
Present holder | Richard Lumley, 13th Earl of Scarbrough |
Heir presumptive | Hon. Thomas Henry Lumley |
Remainder to | Heirs male of the first earl's body lawfully begotten |
Subsidiary titles | Viscount Lumley Baron Lumley |
Seat(s) |
Sandbeck Park Lumley Castle |
Former seat(s) | Tickhill Castle |
Armorial motto | Murus aeneus conscientia sana ("A sound conscience is a wall of brass") |
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.
Lord Scarbrough was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He represented East Grinstead and Arundel in the House of Commons and served as Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland. His younger brother, the third Earl, sat as Member of Parliament for Arundel and Lincolnshire. In 1723 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Saunderson, upon inheriting the estates of his cousin James Saunderson, 1st Earl Castleton. His son, the fourth Earl, served as Cofferer of the Household, as Deputy Earl Marshal of England and as Joint Vice-Treasurer of Ireland. Lord Scarbrough married Barbara Savile, sister and heiress of Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet. The latter bequeathed his substantial properties in Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire to his nephew the Hon. Richard Lumley, younger son of Lord and Lady Scarbrough.