Richard Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough
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Richard Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough, KG, PC (November 30, 1686 – January 29, 1740) was a British, Whig politician, known as Lord Lumley from 1710-21.
The second son of the 1st Earl of Scarbrough, Lumley was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. In 1708, he entered Parliament as MP for East Grinstead and took over from his recently deceased, elder brother as MP for Arundel in 1710. In 1715, he was called to the House of Lords in his father's barony of Lumley and fought against the Jacobites at Preston, Lancashire that year.
After inheriting his father's titles in 1721, Scarbrough became Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland and Colonel of the Coldstream Guards in 1722 and Master of the Horse in 1727, having been made a Knight of the Garter and admitted to the Privy Council. In 1739, he was one of the founding governors for the Foundling Hospital in London.
In 1740, Lord Scarbrough committed suicide by shooting himself through the roof of the mouth; this was possibly brought on by a mental disorder he developed from a knock on the head when he had an accident in his carriage a few days before. Dying unmarried and without male issue, his titles passed to his brother, Thomas.
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- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by John Conyers and John Toke |
Member of Parliament for East Grinstead with Henry Campion 1708–1710 |
Succeeded by John Conyers and Leonard Gale |
| Preceded by Viscount Lumley and The Viscount Shannon |
Member of Parliament for Arundel with The Earl of Thomond 1710–1715 |
Succeeded by Henry Lumley and Thomas Micklethwait |
| Military Offices | ||
| Preceded by The Earl Cadogan |
Colonel of the Coldstream Guards 1722–1740 |
Succeeded by The Duke of Cumberland |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by The Earl of Scarbrough |
Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland 1722–1740 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Tankerville |
| Custos Rotulorum of Northumberland 1722–1740 |
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| Preceded by In Commission |
Master of the Horse 1727–1734 |
Succeeded by The Duke of Richmond |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by Richard Lumley |
Baron Lumley (writ of acceleration) 1715–1740 |
Succeeded by Thomas Lumley |
| Earl of Scarbrough 1721–1740 |
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