James Lumley 1706-1766

Paternal Family Tree: Lumley

Maternal Family Tree: Grace Barton

In or before 1685 Richard, Baron Lumley [aged 34] and [his mother] Frances Jones [aged 17] were married.

Around 1706 James Lumley was born to Richard Lumley 1st Earl Scarborough [aged 56] and Frances Jones Countess Scarborough [aged 38].

After 1711 George Montagu 1st Earl Halifax [aged 27] and [his sister] Mary Lumley Countess Halifax [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Richard Lumley 1st Earl Scarborough [aged 61] and [his mother] Frances Jones Countess Scarborough [aged 43]. They were fifth cousin once removed.

In 1715 George Montagu 1st Earl Halifax [aged 31] was created 1st Earl Halifax. [his sister] Mary Lumley Countess Halifax [aged 24] by marriage Countess Halifax.

On 17th December 1721 Richard Lumley 1st Earl Scarborough [aged 71] died of apoplexy at Gerard Street, Soho. His son Richard [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Earl of Scarborough, 3rd Viscount Lumley, 2nd Baron Lumley.

In 1722 [his mother] Frances Jones Countess Scarborough [aged 54] died.

On 23rd May 1723 James Saunderson 1st Earl Castleton [aged 56] died unmarried. Earl Castleton and Viscount Castleton extinct. His estates were inherited by his cousin Thomas Lumley-Saunderson 3rd Earl Scarborough [aged 32] who added Saunderson to his surname.

On 27th June 1724 Thomas Lumley-Saunderson 3rd Earl Scarborough [aged 33] and [his sister-in-law] Frances Hamilton Countess Scarborough were married. She the daughter of George Hamilton 1st Earl Orkney [aged 58] and Elizabeth Villiers Countess Orkney [aged 67]. He the son of [his father] Richard Lumley 1st Earl Scarborough and [his mother] Frances Jones Countess Scarborough. They were fourth cousins.

On 12th December 1726 [his sister] Mary Lumley Countess Halifax [aged 35] died.

In 1728 James Lumley [aged 22] was appointed Groom of the Bedchamber to Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales [aged 20].

In 1729 James Lumley [aged 23] was elected MP Chichester.

On 29th January 1740 Richard Lumley 2nd Earl Scarborough [aged 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 [aged 34], who he had intended to marry the following day, a state secret which she then shared with her grandmother Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough [aged 79] who shared it with William Pulteney 1st Earl Bath [aged 55] who shared it with everyone else. His brother Thomas [aged 49] succeeded 3rd Earl of Scarborough, 4th Viscount Lumley, 3rd Baron Lumley. Frances Hamilton Countess Scarborough by marriage Countess of Scarborough. He left his estates to his youngest brother James Lumley [aged 34].

On 4th February 1740 Richard Lumley 2nd Earl Scarborough was buried at the Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair.

In 1741 James Lumley [aged 35] was elected MP Arundel.

On 15th March 1752 Thomas Lumley-Saunderson 3rd Earl Scarborough [aged 61] died. His son Richard [aged 26] succeeded 4th Earl of Scarborough, 5th Viscount Lumley, 4th Baron Lumley.

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

Ancestors of James Lumley 1706-1766

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

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

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

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

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gray Unknown

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

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Kurtwich

Grandfather: John Lumley 4 x Great Grandson 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 Grandson 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 Grandson of King Edward III of England

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

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

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Walden

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Compton 6 x Great Grandson 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 Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Sackville 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Winifred Brydges Marchioness Winchester

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward 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 Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Howard Earl of Surrey 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

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

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

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

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

James Lumley 6 x Great Grandson 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 Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bellasis of Newburgh Priory in Yorkshire 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

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

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III 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 Grandson of King Edward III of England

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

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

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

Great x 2 Grandmother: Barbara Cholmley 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Babthorpe

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

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

Grandmother: Frances Belasyse 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Barton of Smithells in Lancashire

Great x 1 Grandmother: Grace Barton

James Lumley 1706-1766

Royal Ancestors of James Lumley 1706-1766

Ancestors of James Lumley 1706-1766