Background
Scarbrough was a younger son of Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 4th Earl of Scarbrough, and Barbara, daughter of Sir George Savile, 7th Baronet and sister and heiress of Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet.
Scarbrough was a younger son of Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 4th Earl of Scarbrough, and Barbara, daughter of Sir George Savile, 7th Baronet and sister and heiress of Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet.
When he later inherited his brother"s title and estates in 1807 (and gave up his previous inheritance) he replaced the Savile name with Saunderson. He served in the British Army as a Cornet in the 10th Dragoons ( 1775), was promoted to lieutenant in 1778 and captain in the 86th Foot (1780). He retired in 1784. He was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire for 1793-1794.
Lord Scarbrough died in June 1832, aged 75.
Henrietta Willoughby, daughter of Henry Willoughby, 5th Baron Middleton but had no children.
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He was returned as Member of Parliament for Lincoln in 1784, a seat he held until 1790.