Lawrence Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough

Lumley was the son of Brigadier General Osbert Lumley. He himself saw service in World War I with the 11th Hussars in France 1916–1918. He continued to be attached to the Yorkshire Dragoons 1921–1937.

Lumley sat in the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Hull East 1922–29, then York 1931–37. In 1923 he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to William Ormsby-Gore, from 1924–26 to Sir Austen Chamberlain and subsequently to Anthony Eden. In 1937, he was appointed Governor of Bombay, serving until 1943.

Upon his return from India, Lumley served as acting Major-General in World War II. Following the War, he continued his connections with the Army, as an honorary colonel.

He succeeded to the Earldom of Scarbrough in 1945 following the death of his uncle. He served as Lord Chamberlain from 1952 to 1963 and chancellor of the University of Durham from 1958 to 1969. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1948.

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Sir Lawrence Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough was born on 27 July 1896. He was the son of Colonel Osbert Victor George Athling Lumley and Constance Ellinor Wilson-Patten. He married Katherine Isobel McEwen, daughter of Robert Finnie McEwen and Mary Frances Dundas, on 12 July 1922. He died in 1969.

Children

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   Lady Mary Constance Lumley b. 20 Apr 1923, d. 23 Jan 1998
   
2. 
   Lady Anne Katharine Gabrielle Lumley+ b. 16 Nov 1928
   
3. 
   Richard Aldred Lumley, 12th Earl of Scarbrough+ b. 5 Dec 1932, d. 23 Mar 2004
   
4. 
   Lady Jane Lily Serena Lumley b. 5 Oct 1935
   
5. 
   Lady Elizabeth Lumley b. 22 Jul 1945
   

Lawrence Roger Lumley, Earl of Scarbrough, Lord Chamberlain of the royal household from 1952-63. He was an old-school aristocrat whose family motto is "A Sound Conscience Is a Wall of Brass," the Lord Chamberlain ran head-on into the New Morality in his traditional role as censor of plays, protected Britons from histrionic homosexuality by barring such plays as Tea and Sympathy and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof from the London stage and emasculated Beckett's Waiting for Godot on grounds of blasphemy

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(born 9 October 1935), is a member of the British Royal Family, a grandchild of King George V. He has held the title of Duke of Kent since 1942.

The Duke of Kent carries out royal duties on behalf of his cousin, Queen Elizabeth II. He is perhaps best known as President of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, presenting the winner of the Wimbledon men's tennis tournament with the winning shield. He also served as the United Kingdom's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, retiring in 2001.

Prince Edward was born on 9 October 1935 at #3 Belgrave Square, London. His father was Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary. His mother was Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, (nee Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark), the daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Helen Vladimirovna of Russia. As a grandson of the British sovereign in the male line, he was styled as a Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with the prefix, His Royal Highness, styled His Royal Highness Prince Edward of Kent.

The Prince was baptised in the Private Chapel of Buckingham Palace on 20 November 1935 by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cosmo Lang and his godparents were: King George V, Queen Mary, The Prince of Wales, The Princess Royal, the Duke of Connaught (for whom his son, Prince Arthur of Connaught stood proxy), the Duchess of Argyll and Prince Nicholas of Greece.