# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-lumley-2nd-earl-of-scarbrough
# Generated: 2026-08-16T10:59:49.916Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-lumley-2nd-earl-of-scarbrough"
name: "Richard Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough"
slug: "richard-lumley-2nd-earl-of-scarbrough"
description: "Lieutenant-General Richard Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough, styled Viscount Lumley from 1710 to 1721, was a British Army officer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 until 1715 when he was raised to the House of Lords as Baron Lumley. He subsequently inherited his father's title as Earl of Scarbrough. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot at the age of 53."
tagline: "British politician and Earl"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Lumley%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Scarbrough_by_Sir_Godfrey_Kneller%2C_Bt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1686-11-30"
deathDate: "1740-01-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.672426666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lumley_(2e_comte_de_Scarbrough)"
    title: "Richard Lumley (2e comte de Scarbrough)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lumley%2C_2._hrab%C4%9B_ze_Scarborough"
    title: "Richard Lumley, 2. hrabě ze Scarborough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lumley%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Scarbrough"
    title: "Richard Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_2-%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84_%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Ламли, Ричард, 2-й граф Скарборо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lumley%2C_II_conte_di_Scarbrough"
    title: "Richard Lumley, II conte di Scarbrough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC_(%E7%AC%AC2%E4%BB%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%A9%E4%BC%AF%E7%88%B5)"
    title: "リチャード・ラムリー (第2代スカーバラ伯爵)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7327501"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump