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General Sir William Lumley, GCB (28 August 1769 – 15 December 1850) was a British Army officer and courtier during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The son of the Earl of Scarborough, Lumley enjoyed a rapid rise through the ranks aided by a reputation for bravery and professionalism established on campaign in Ireland, Egypt, South Africa, South America, Italy, Portugal and ...
Aldred Frederick George Beresford Lumley, 10th Earl of Scarbrough (16 November 1857 – 4 March 1945), styled Viscount Lumley from 1868 to 1884, was an Anglo-Irish peer, soldier and landowner. He was noted for his long service in both the Territorial Army and politics, which included 60 years in the House of Lords , and for his contributions to ...
A son of the Reverend James Lumley and his wife Alice Rutherford, he was baptised on 22 December 1773 at Longford, Shropshire. [1] Lumley was commissioned into the Honourable East India Company’s Bengal Infantry [2] and by 1824 was a lieutenant-colonel. [3] In January 1837 he was promoted to Major-General. [4]
General Lumley may refer to: . Aldred Lumley, 10th Earl of Scarbrough (1857–1945), British Army major general; Henry Lumley (c. 1658–1722), British Army general; Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough (1896–1969), British Army major general
Lumley was the son of Brigadier General Osbert Lumley (1857–1923), youngest child and son of the 9th Earl. His mother was Constance Ellinor Wilson-Patten (1864–1933), granddaughter of John Wilson-Patten, 1st Baron Winmarleigh. He attended Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford.
Major-General Robert Douglas (1727—1809), commander of 's-Hertogenbosch, a garrison city 1780—1794; Major-General Sir Robert Percy Douglas (1804—1891), 4th baronet of Carr; Major-General Robert Douglas of Garlston, NB', (c. 1744—1798) Major-General Robert Douglas ( —1828, of the 55th Regiment of Foot, formerly Adjutant-General in the ...
Harry Lumley (baseball) (1880–1938) Harry Lumley (ice hockey) James Rutherford Lumley (1773–1846), Bengal Army major-general; Jane Lumley, wife of John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley; Joanna Lumley, British actress; John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley; John Lumley (real tennis), British real tennis player; John L. Lumley, American Professor of ...
After William became King, he appointed Lumley in rapid succession in 1689/90 as a Gentleman of the Bedchamber, a member of the Privy Council, Colonel of the 1st Troop of Horse Guards (until 1699), Viscount Lumley of Lumley Castle, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland and Lord Lieutenant of Durham. Lumley was created Earl of Scarbrough on 15 April ...