of Wales. On 2 May 1721 he stood as proxy for Ernest, Duke of York at the baptism of William Augustus. After inheriting his father's titles in December 1721, as Lord Scarbrough, he became Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland and Colonel of the Coldstream Guards in 1722 and was made a Knight of the Garter on 9 July 1724. On the accession of King George II in 1727, he became Master of the Horse to the King and was admitted to the Privy Council on 15 June 1727. He gave up his court post in 1734 and was promoted to major-general in 1735 and lieutenant-general in 1739. In 1739, he was one of the founding governors for the Foundling Hospital in London. Death and legacy Lord Scarbrough committed suicide by shooting himself through the roof of the mouth on 29 January 1740, aged 53. At the time of his death it was rumoured to have been brought on by a mental disorder he developed from a knock on the head when he had an accident in his carriage a few days before. There was also a rumour that he had killed himself because of a betrayal of trust. The rumour ran that he had confided a secret of State to the dowager Duchess of Manchester whom he had been about to marry, and that she had then told this secret to others. When word got back to the king of the source of the leak of the secret, Scarborough killed himself. Lord Scarborough was buried on 4 February 1740 in the Grosvenor Chapel in South Audley Street, Mayfair. Scarborough's titles passed to his brother, Thomas. References |- |- 1686 births 1740 deaths Lumley, Richard Lumley, Richard Lumley, Viscount Lumley, Richard Lumley, Richard Lumley, Viscount Lumley, Richard Lumley, Viscount Coldstream Guards officers Knights of the Garter Lord-Lieutenants of Northumberland Lumley, Richard, Viscount Members of the Privy Council of Great Britain Lumley, Richard Suicides by firearm in England British politicians who committed suicide Earls of Scarbrough People from Stoughton, West Sussex 18th-century suicides