Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough
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Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough (1650 – December 17, 1721) was an English statesman best known for his role in the Glorious Revolution. He was the grandson of Richard Lumley, 1st Viscount Lumley and Francis Shelley. He became the 2nd Viscount Lumley (in the Irish peerage) on his grandfather's death in 1662, his father John Lumley having died in 1658. He was created Baron Lumley by Charles II on May 31, 1681. Lumley was married to Frances Jones, daughter of Sir Henry Jones of Aston.
Lumley was one of the Immortal Seven, the English noblemen who invited William of Orange to invade England and depose his father-in-law, James II. After William became King, he appointed Lumley to the Privy Council and created him Earl of Scarbrough on April 15, 1690. He served as colonel of the 1st Troop of Horse Guards from 1689 to 1699, and participated in some of the later campaigns of Duke of Marlborough. Lumley was named Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland in 1689, and for Durham in 1690. After becoming Earl of Scarbrough, Lumley enlarged his county seat, Lumley Castle. He was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1716–1717.
Lumley and his wife had six children:
- Henry Lumley, Viscount Lumley, (d. 1710)
- Richard Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough, (1688 – January 29, 1739)
- Mary, (December 14, 1690 – December 12, 1726), who later married George Montague, 1st Earl of Halifax
- William, (d. April 9, 1709)
- Thomas Lumley, 3rd Earl of Scarborough, (1691 – March 15, 1752)
- Ann (d. February 28, 1740)
