Biography of James Lumley 1706-1766

Paternal Family Tree: Lumley

Maternal Family Tree: Grace Barton

Before 12 Mar 1663 Richard Lumley 1st Viscount Lumley (age 73) died. His grandson [his father] Richard Lumley 1st Earl Scarborough (age 13) succeeded 2nd Viscount Lumley.

In or before 1685 [his father] Richard Lumley 1st Earl Scarborough (age 35) and [his mother] Frances Jones Countess Scarborough (age 17) were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward IV of England.

Invitation to William of Orange from the Immortal Seven

On 15 Apr 1690 [his father] Richard Lumley 1st Earl Scarborough (age 40) was created 1st Earl Scarborough by King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 39) in recognition of his (age 40) support of the Glorious Revolution he having been one of the signatories of the Invitation to William of Orange from the Immortal Seven. [his mother] Frances Jones Countess Scarborough (age 23) by marriage Countess Scarborough.

Around 1706 James Lumley was born to Richard Lumley 1st Earl Scarborough (age 56) and Frances Jones Countess Scarborough (age 38).

On 17 Dec 1721 [his father] Richard Lumley 1st Earl Scarborough (age 71) died at Gerard Street Soho. His son [his brother] Richard Lumley 2nd Earl Scarborough (age 35) succeeded 2nd Earl Scarborough, 3rd Viscount Lumley.

In 1722 [his mother] Frances Jones Countess Scarborough (age 54) died.

In 1728 James Lumley (age 22) was appointed Groom of the Bedchamber to Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales (age 20).

In 1729 James Lumley (age 23) was elected MP Chichester.

On 29 Jan 1740 [his brother] Richard Lumley 2nd Earl Scarborough (age 53) committed suicide by shooting himself through the roof of the mouth possibly as a result of his having told the Dowager Duchess of Manchester (age 34), who he had intended to marry the following day, a state secret which she then shared with her grandmother Sarah Jennings Duchess Marlborough (age 79) who shared it with William Pulteney 1st Earl Bath (age 55) who shared it with everyone else. On 29 Jan 1740 His brother [his brother] Thomas Lumley-Saunderson 3rd Earl Scarborough (age 49) succeeded 3rd Earl Scarborough, 4th Viscount Lumley. Frances Hamilton Countess Scarborough by marriage Countess Scarborough. He left his estates to his youngest brother James Lumley (age 34).

In 1741 James Lumley (age 35) was elected MP Arundel.

On 14 Mar 1766 James Lumley (age 60) died unmarried, heavily in debt. He left his Durham estates to his nephew Richard Lumley-Saunderson 4th Earl Scarborough (age 40) and his Sussex estates to his nephew George Montagu Dunk 2nd Earl Halifax (age 49).

Ancestors of James Lumley 1706-1766

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Lumley 3rd Baron Lumley Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Lumley Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Conyers Baroness Lumley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Lumley 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gray Unknown

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Lumley 1st Viscount Lumley 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Kurtwich

GrandFather: John Lumley 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Shelley of Worminghurst Park

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Shelley

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Shelley

Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Shelley

Father: Richard Lumley 1st Earl Scarborough 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Compton

Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Compton

Great x 4 Grandmother: Werburga Brereton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Talbot Countess Pembroke 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Walden

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Compton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Spencer

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Spencer

Great x 4 Grandmother: Susan Knightley

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Spencer Countess Dorset

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Kitson

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Kitson

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath

GrandMother: Mary Compton 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Sackville 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Winifred Brydges Marchioness Winchester

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Baker

Great x 3 Grandmother: Cicely Baker Countess Dorset

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dinley

Great x 1 Grandmother: Cecily Sackville 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Howard 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Howard 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Audley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

James Lumley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Rice Jones

GrandFather: Henry Jones of Oxfordshire

Great x 2 Grandfather: Giles Bray of Harrington

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Bray

Mother: Frances Jones Countess Scarborough 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bellasis of Newburgh Priory in Yorkshire 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fairfax 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fairfax of Denton in Yorkshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ursula Fairfax

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Belasyse 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard "The Great Black Knight of the North" Cholmeley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Cholmley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Clifford Baroness Scrope Bolton 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Barbara Cholmley Viscountess Faunconberg 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Babthorpe

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Babthorpe 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara Constable 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Frances Belasyse 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Barton of Smithells in Lancashire

Great x 1 Grandmother: Grace Barton

Royal Ancestors of James Lumley 1706-1766

Ancestors of James Lumley 1706-1766