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Lumley, Viscount (I, 1628)

Creation: let.pat. 12 Jul 1628

Family name: Lumley

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Arms:

 See Earl of Scarbrough

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Richard [Lumley], 1st Viscount Lumley

son and heir of Roger Lumley (by his wife Anne Kurtwich), son and heir of Hon Anthony Lumley (by his wife .... Gray, dau. of Richard Gray, of Northumberland), 2nd son of Richard [Lumley], 4th and 3rd Baron Lumley

bapt.

7 Apr 1589

mar. (1)

Frances Holland (bapt. 21 Nov 1592; widow of William Holland, of Chichester, co Sussex; bur. 10 Mar 1626/7), 2nd dau. of Henry Shelley, of Worminghurst, co. Sussex, by his wife Barbara Cromer, dau. of Sir William Cromer, of Tunstall

children by first wife

1. Hon John Lumley (dvp. and bur. 10 Oct 1658), mar. Mary Compton (d. aft. 26 Mar 1666), dau. and eventual cohrss. of Hon Sir Henry Compton KB, of Brambletye, co. Sussex (by his second wife Mary Paston (widow of Thomas Paston, of Thorpe, co. Norfolk), dau. of Hon Sir George Browne, of Wicham Brown, co. Kent (by his wife Mary Tyrwhitt, dau. of Sir Robert Tyrwhitt, of Kettleby, co. Lincoln), 1st son by his second wife of Anthony [Browne], 1st Viscount Montagu), only son by his second wife of Henry [Compton], 1st Baron Compton, and had issue:

1a. Hon Richard Lumley, later 2nd Viscount Lumley later 1st Earl of Scarbrough

2a. Hon Henry Lumley

1. Hon ..... Lumley

mar. (2)

11 May 1630 Elizabeth Sandys (widow of Sir William Sandys; dsp. 2 Feb 1657/8), 2nd dau. of Sir William Cornwallis, of Brome, co. Suffolk, by his first wife Hon Lucy Nevill, 3rd dau. and cohrss. of John [Nevill], 4th Baron Latymer

died

bef. 12 Mar 1662/3

created

12 Jul 1628 Viscount Lumley, of Waterford (Peerage of Ireland)

suc. by

grandson

note

inherited Lumley Castle, co. Durham, from his cousin John [Lumley], 1st Baron Lumley 1609; knighted 1616; Commissioner for the Duchy of Cornwall 1641; a supporter of King Charles I in the Civil War

Richard [Lumley], 2nd Viscount Lumley later 1st Earl of Scarbrough

created

31 May 1681 Baron Lumley, of Lumley Castle in the County of Durham, with special remainder failing his issue male to his only brother Henry Lumley

10 Apr 1689 Viscount Lumley, of Lumley Castle in the County of Durham (Peerage of England)

15 Apr 1690 Earl of Scarbrough

The Viscountcy of Lumley has been held by the Earls of Scarbrough since 15 Apr 1690.

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