James Lumley (c. 1706 – 14 March 1766) was an English Member of Parliament and landowner. Lumley was the seventh son of

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and was educated at

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in 1718 and

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in 1723. His biography in ''

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'' describes him as "uncouth and illiterate". Lumley was made a

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in 1728, and the following year was elected to Parliament for

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, succeeding his brother

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. He did not stand for re-election in

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, instead moving to the King's Household as one of the commissioners of the office of

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. He was appointed Avener and

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to the King in 1735. In 1740 his brother Lord Scarbrough died leaving him the Lumley estates in Sussex, and in

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Lumley was elected to Parliament for

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. He initially supported

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, but voted against him in 1742 and thereafter with the opposition. He retired from Parliament in

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. Lumley never married. He died "heavily in debt", and left his Durham estates to his nephew

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and his Sussex estates to his nephew

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References

* Romney R. Sedgwick
LUMLEY, Hon. James (c.1706-66).
in ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754'', 1970. Online version accessed 16 July 2012. , - 1700s births 1766 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of King's College, Cambridge British MPs 1727–1734 British MPs 1741–1747 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Younger sons of earls {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub