Scarbrough was the son of John Lumley-Savile, 7th Earl of Scarbrough, Prebend of York, younger son of Richard Lumley, 4th Earl of Scarbrough and Barbara, sister and heiress of Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet. His mother was Anna Maria, daughter of Julines Hering.
He was educated at Street John"s College, Cambridge.
In 1836 he assumed by Royal licence the additional and principal surname of Savile. Scarbrough was returned to Parliament for Nottinghamshire in 1826, a seat he held until 1832, when the constituency was abolished. He then sat for Nottinghamshire North until 1835, when he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords.
He also served as Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire from 1839 to 1856.
Lord Scarbrough never married. On the latter"s death they were inherited by Lord Scarbrough"s eldest natural son by a woman of French origin, John Lumley-Savile, who assumed the surname of Savile only.
He was a prominent diplomat and was created Baron Savile in 1888.
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